June 10, 20178 yr Mid Beds has been Tory since 1931 and it stayed that way :lol: Nadine Dorries since 2005...
June 10, 20178 yr Author Labour did manage to break the all blue monopoly of Gloucestershire though - oddly enough in Stroud, which they can only usually win in landslide years. :huh:
June 10, 20178 yr It was a landslide year. 40% and nearly taking a lot more Tory seats. Tories were just protected by the unprecedented and undemocratic smear campaign, that's all.
June 10, 20178 yr Labour in Manchester Central, and all the other Manchester seats. In where I used to live in Sheffield, we did a clean sweep for the first time as well.
June 10, 20178 yr Tories but Labour increased their vote numbers from about 8k to 21k somehow and I'm still slightly shaken over the massive increase and the fact that my local area, which has never once had an Labour MP (though before boundary changes part of the seat did in 97 and 01), is now probably best defined as a marginal.
June 10, 20178 yr Author It was a landslide year. 40% and nearly taking a lot more Tory seats. Tories were just protected by the unprecedented and undemocratic smear campaign, that's all. A landslide year is when you win a 100 seat or so majority, e.g. 1997 - not when, despite your best efforts, you still trail by 56. :wacko: As for the 'smear campaign', even without it, I don't believe enough hard-working tax-payers would have agreed to have their money stolen to pay for Corbyn's extravagant promises.
June 10, 20178 yr Labour huge majority for Stephen Timms who was stabbed a few years ago. One of the highest in the country, even higher than Abbott's I think.
June 10, 20178 yr Author Labour huge majority for Stephen Timms who was stabbed a few years ago. One of the highest in the country, even higher than Abbott's I think. I dare say she had 'recovered' enough to appear at her count... :rolleyes:
June 10, 20178 yr A landslide year is when you win a 100 seat or so majority, e.g. 1997 - not when, despite your best efforts, you still trail by 56. :wacko: As for the 'smear campaign', even without it, I don't believe enough hard-working tax-payers would have agreed to have their money stolen to pay for Corbyn's extravagant promises. The vote sharw was landslide any other year. The Tories were propped up by a vicious smear campaign and completely buased media. This is no small thing. It stole the Democratic Convention from Bernie too. Your right wing party is a mess. We are on landslide numbers after people like tou said we ha dno chance and were on 20s oe low 30s best lol. Edited June 10, 20178 yr by Willy's Tears
June 10, 20178 yr Labour unsurprisingly won in Salford and Eccles with an increased majority. The SNP hung on to retain Fife North East where I grew up by just 2 votes!
June 10, 20178 yr Labour with ease here in Brent. Always been a safe Labour seat (Ken Livingstone used to be the MP here) except for a few years post-Iraq when we went Lib Dem.
June 10, 20178 yr Labour in Manchester Central, and all the other Manchester seats. In where I used to live in Sheffield, we did a clean sweep for the first time as well. You happy with the labour campaign?
June 10, 20178 yr Stil the Tories down here in Hampshire but the Labour vote in Fareham doubled and locally they managed to win Portsmouth South for the first time ever and came within 10,000 votes of winning Basingstoke. They got a clean Red/Green sweep in Brighton as well.
June 10, 20178 yr The tories sadly gained Aberdeen South from the SNP (on a 15% swing) for the first time since 1992 (Anne Begg had held it from then until 2015) :(
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