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Jim Lane

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11. Thanks, I meant to mention that.

Fri May 8, 2015, 05:01 PM

May 2015

Both major parties registered tiny popular-vote gains: 1.4 percentage points for Labour and 0.8 percentage points for the Conservatives. The big gainers, as you say, were UKIP, up by 9.5 percentage points, and the SNP, up by 4.7 percentage points (obviously a much higher percentage gain in the seats they actually contested as opposed to nationwide).

UKIP polled in the same ballpark as did George Wallace in the 1968 Presidential election -- not the only similarity between the two.

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My condolences to any Labour supporters posting here tonight. [View all] Ken Burch May 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 May 2015 #1

Just realized what group this is marym625 May 2015 #2

exit polls dead on again MattP May 2015 #3

1992 2.0 Dawson Leery May 2015 #4

Trouble is.... T_i_B May 2015 #5

Watching the returns today I remembered this short video of Ed campaigning. pa28 May 2015 #6

What a hopeless, horrible mess LeftishBrit May 2015 #7

What struck me was that Labour slightly *increased* its share of the popular vote. Jim Lane May 2015 #8

The Conservative popular vote is the same as in 2010 and the same as in.... LeftishBrit May 2015 #9

Thanks, I meant to mention that. Jim Lane May 2015 #11

because they lost their dominant position in Scotland muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #10