General Election 2017: The Results and Aftermath

[AlterEgo]

SNP hold North East Fife

Maj: 2

Two??

Jesus.

 

[me123]

Lucky, that should have gone Lib Dem. So SNP will be happy here, albeit far from complacent. Two votes - that's unbeleivable.

A lot of tight margins tonight I noted. Lots <1000, plenty <100.

 

[Dave1987]

Very very happy this morning!

 

[D365]

Very very happy this morning!

Seconded!

 

[507021]

Seconded!

Thirded!

 

[me123]

Mixed here. Thrilled to see Theresa May in jeopardy and support for progressive politics on the up in England and Wales. Really disappointed at the rise of the Tories in Scotland (more so that than the fall in SNP support). Scotland will hand the Conservatives a real possibility of holding onto power with a DUP coalition. They'll probably be able to form a functional majority once you exclude the SF seats.

 

[chris11256]

Mixed here. Thrilled to see Theresa May in jeopardy and support for progressive politics on the up in England and Wales. Really disappointed at the rise of the Tories in Scotland (more so that than the fall in SNP support). Scotland will hand the Conservatives a real possibility of holding onto power with a DUP coalition. They'll probably be able to form a functional majority once you exclude the SF seats.

That's the only way for there to be any majority. As a Labour 'progressive alliance' wouldn't have enough seats.

 

[A Challenge]

The one thing I was hoping wouldn't happen - a hung parliament!

 

[AlterEgo]

Labour may well feel emboldened by this and the parliamentary party might set aside some of its differences. Let's hope they can form a credible and effective opposition. A Conservative and DUP coalition should be easy pickings for the opposition front bench.

 

[GusB]

So it's just 4 seats in the south west to declare. What are the chances of them going blue?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Going back over the last 20 years, noting the required figure of 326 seats to have an overall majority, the Labour Party's record of seats won in General Elections have been...

1997...418 seats...A Blair win for Labour
2001...412 seats...A Blair win for Labour
2006...355 seats...A Blair win for Labour
2010...258 seats...Labour loss
2015...232 seats...Labour loss

If the projection of 261 seats for Labour in this 2017 election, just three more than in the 2010 General Election, proves to be the case, they will still be 65 seats short of the 326 required mark.

 

[bussnapperwm]

On a scale of 1-10 on how screwed are we as the public, how bad do you think it is?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

On a scale of 1-10 on how screwed are we as the public, how bad do you think it is?

Since it was "the public" who actually cast their votes, it is "the public" at whose feet you should lay the blame to which you so allude.

 

[me123]

According to the BBC, the lady's not for turning. TM will not resign.

 

[DerekC]

On a scale of 1-10 on how screwed are we as the public, how bad do you think it is?

Anywhere between 1 and 10 depending on your point of view, I suppose. The trouble is that "the public" doesn't have a single set of interests. If you ask whether it's good for the nation (i.e. the UK overall) the answer has to be surely that a period of uncertainty is not what we need. But that is unarguably at Teresa May's door.

 

[AM9]

Don't blame the public, I think that there were dark forces working here:



It seems that even after the election, nobody has noticed him there on the extreme right.

 

[me123]

Anywhere between 1 and 10 depending on your point of view, I suppose. The trouble is that "the public" doesn't have a single set of interests. If you ask whether it's good for the nation (i.e. the UK overall) the answer has to be surely that a period of uncertainty is not what we need. But that is unarguably at Teresa May's door.

The whole point of the election, according to TM, was to minimise uncertainty. To create a strong and stable government.

That's worked out brilliantly, hasn't it She is solely responsible for the uncertain times ahead. The irony is priceless.

 

[NSEFAN]

The whole point of the election, according to TM, was to minimise uncertainty. To create a strong and stable government.

That's worked out brilliantly, hasn't it She is solely responsible for the uncertain times ahead. The irony is priceless.

She also made a point that this was a Brexit election. And just like the referendum, the result was quite close and didn't leave a clear picture of what exactly the people want!

 

[SpacePhoenix]

Don't blame the public, I think that there were dark forces working here:

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It seems that even after the election, nobody has noticed him there on the extreme right.

It's the Black Knight from Monty Python And The Holy Grail

I wouldn't be surprised to see a new General Election called within the next year.

 

[chris11256]

According to sky News the Conservatives are in coalition talks with the DUP.

 

[AlterEgo]

It's the Black Knight from Monty Python And The Holy Grail

I wouldn't be surprised to see a new General Election called within the next year.

That's Lord Buckethead, an election stalwart.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckethead

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Labour pull off a clean sweep in Kirklees...

Holding the trio of Huddersfield (Barry Sheerman), Dewsbury (Paula Sheriff), and Batley & Spen (Tracy Brabin); They also gained Colne Valley (Thelma Walker) from the incumbent Tory and Huddersfield Town supporter Jason McCartney.

 

[najaB]

According to sky News the Conservatives are in coalition talks with the DUP.

The DUP is the only party that could form a workable coalition with the Conservatives. The question is: what will their price be?

 

[Groningen]

I see on the BBC website that at the bottom someone still has 1 seat in Parlement. Question is what party?!

Others 1 Net change in seats0 Votes185,997 Vote Share0.6 Net change in seats+0.3

Source: BBC

Has the island of Man no seat? Looking at the BBC map Labour is in south Wales, Sunderland, Birmingham to Liverpool, London. Labour seats in Conservative areas are rather small compared to what is around them. Exeter, Bristol, Southampton, Reading, Peterborough, Norwich, Luton, Bedford, Cambridge, Luton to name a few.

 

[northwichcat]

In Cheshire it seems the Lib Dem voters have mainly switched to Labour to get rid of Conservative MPs in Warrington South, Weaver Vale and Crewe & Nantwich and also to win City of Chester by almost 10,000 votes - the Conservatives top target seat!

While I'm not surprised Esther McVey won Tatton, it is unusal for a new person parachuted in to a safe seat to get as big a majority as their predecessor. Even in Tatton Labour got more votes than they have got in any election since 1992, despite there being both Green and Independent candidates.

I think in Scotland the SNP losing so many seats to the Conservatives highlights the view that the SNP are a Conservative attacking centralist party, rather than a left wing party. I can't remember which seat it was but there's won the SNP won by just 2 votes.

Nick Clegg looked shocked at losing his seat, despite many predictions that Labour would take it. Sarah Olney didn't look surprised that she lost Richmond Park despite only finishing up around 40 votes behind Zac Goldsmith.

 

[EM2]

It's the Black Knight from Monty Python And The Holy Grail

I wouldn't be surprised to see a new General Election called within the next year.

As any fule kno, it is actually Lord Buckethead - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckethead

Lord Buckethead is a political satirist from the United Kingdom. Lord Buckethead has, at various times, run for political office; first against Margaret Thatcher for parliament in Finchley in 1987, and again for Prime Minister against John Major in 1992. On both occasions Lord Buckethead represented the Gremloids frivolous political party. In 2017, the satirist announced his intent to run for office in Maidenhead, opposing Theresa May.

Lord Buckethead claims to be an intergalactic space lord. His name and costume are derived from the 1984 movie Hyperspace (also known as Gremloids, the name of Lord Buckethead's party).

Lord Buckethead ran against then-Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher in 1987. He campaigned to demolish Birmingham to make way for a spaceport.Buckethead received 131 votes in the ensuing United Kingdom general election.

In June 2017, Lord Buckethead began to campaign for election in Maidenhead. Lord Buckethead received 249 votes in the ensuing election.

 

[AlterEgo]

The DUP is the only party that could form a workable coalition with the Conservatives. The question is: what will their price be?

They won't need a price because they'll be pleased to feel relevant regardless.

 

[chris11256]

The DUP is the only party that could form a workable coalition with the Conservatives. The question is: what will their price be?

Personally I definitely think it'll be a brexit compromise, or something similar given the situation with the potential NI boarder.

 

[northwichcat]

I see on the BBC website that at the bottom someone still has 1 seat in Parlement. Question is what party?!

Just checked if it was East Devon where Independent Claire Wright was tipped to win but she lost out to Conservative Hugo Swire.

Has the island of Man no seat?

Isle of Man is independent from the UK and has it's own mini-parliament where most politicians are independent.

 

[EM2]

I see on the BBC website that at the bottom someone still has 1 seat in Parlement. Question is what party?!

It's Lady Hermon, an Independent candidate in Northern Ireland.