General Election ZZZzzzzz....
Well, Labour held my constituency of Brighton Kemptown, no surprise there. Labour majority of 2,737 on a 60% turn out. I voted Lib Dem, and they got 6,560 votes, a 16.5% share. Would have liked to see the Lib Dems do better nationally, oh well. Looks like what most people wanted - a Labour government but with a reduced majority - is what has been delivered. Maybe our electoral system does work relatively well after all, I dunno.
Surprised to hear that so many people I know stayed up late to hear the results. As a true Politics graduate, I went to bed...
posted by Powerful Pierre @ 9:47 AM
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Kemptown, May 2005 Result
Des Turner Labour 15,858
Judith Symes Conservative 13,121
Marina Pepper Lib Dem 6,560
Simon Williams Green 2,800
I think from this its pretty clear its Labour or Conservative. What would you prefer, a Tory MP? Thats very nearly what you got! The Tories reduced the majority in Kemptown despite their vote actually falling!
The voting system is a lottery. A few more switchers from Labour to Lib Dems in enough marginals and we would have had a Tory govt. The Tories gained 33 seats despite not increasing their vote.
In some seats the Tory vote actually went DOWN but they won because enough switched from Labour to Lib Dem. Where is the sense in this electoral system?
Sorry to put a boring politics post on your blog, nice picture from Embassy Court by the way!
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