[Closed] The All Night Election Results Thread

Alex safely on his way south

Alex safely on his way south

I wouldn't be so sure, it's a really long journey to London, and accidents happen - every day...

Labour aren't extinct in Scotland after all.

and Borris surrounded but the Loony and Extravagant parties almost scripted 🙂

Vince out

allthepies - Member

Vince out

Oh dear ... 😯

Very sad for Cable clearly absolutely devasted, good MP

Tories on course to be second largest party in scotland

Murphy gone....ya dancer!

mefty - Member
Tories on course to be second largest party in scotland

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-on-here-voting-tory-why
Quite a few it seems
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-on-here-voting-labour-why-
not as many
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/pleasant-thought-for-the-day-48-hrs-from-now-and-they-could-be-out-the-door
a little premature?

That's the half century of SNP MPs now.

Balls has lost

Cleggy holds

It seems that the country, unlike Stephanie Flanders, isn't going to get screwed by the two Eds.

🙂

allthepies - Member

Cleggy holds

I would rather Vince Cable to hold his seat rather than Cleggy.

😡

mefty - Member

Balls has lost

I hope so ...

Cleggs eyes were red, he was a man who had been through a long night...

Boris seems frighteningly confident...

Only Tory in Scotland holds his seat 😯 😆

duckman - Member
Murphy gone....ya dancer!

Norwich south is held by Labour, Greens may not get a second seat...

David Laws... Gone.

So what's it to be; a minority Tory government with a wafer thin majority, or another coalition with the rump of the lib-dems?

And surely this will reignite the smouldering Scottish Question.

Lib Dems would be mad to go into coalition again with just a handful of MPs, so much less negotiating power...

Charles Kennedy... Gone.

Rest of the Lib Dems? Hardly worth talking too, was that Charles Kennedy just leaving the game...

How far from a conservative majority? The 3 Sinn Feins won't turn up so the majority is lower.

Might be hard for [insert name here] to get all to agree to oppose.

They were mad to get into bed with the tories the last time, yet it didn't stop them. They have ben cut down to their minimum, so they really don't have any more to lose by doing so.

I was wrong, Labour took Norwich South from the LDs, greens actually saw areduced share of the vote...

and no resignation from Ed .... Thought he might jump

so they really don't have any more to lose by doing so.

Only Tory in Scotland holds his seat

Just - 798 votes. Slim majority.

Sounded like Ed Milliband was conceding there....

and no resignation from Ed .... Thought he might jump

It's not over til it's over. But the fat lady is gargling.

Bercow must be nervous!

Tories and DUP may just have enough with the UKIP guy. The rest are too fragmented.

Strong argument that Sinn Fein should swallow their pride and properly engage with the democratic process.

Jeez - Tories taken another Welsh labour seat - Plaid splitting the Labour vote and letting the Tories in?

Shockingly low turn out in places - 56% in Millibands seat

Cameron gains a working majority for the eighteen months he'll want to consolidate his position, then try again for another mandate.

Labour Rochdale & Heywood and Middleton - but UKIP are 2nd place in both constituencies.
That really worries me.

Cameron gains a working majority for the eighteen months he'll want to consolidate his position, then try again for another mandate.

Fixed term parliament act.

Can be sidestepped.

Section 2 of the Act also provides for two ways in which a general election can be held before the end of this five-year period:

If the House of Commons resolves "That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government", an early general election is held, unless the House of Commons subsequently resolves "That this House has confidence in Her Majesty's Government". This second resolution must be made within fourteen days of the first.
If the House of Commons, with the support of two-thirds of its total membership (including vacant seats), resolves "That there shall be an early parliamentary general election".
In either of these two cases, the monarch (on the recommendation of the prime minister) appoints the date of the new election by proclamation. Parliament is then dissolved 25 working days before that date.

There will be problems for the tories to come, keeping them in line for EU issues will be very tough, there will be defeats potentially of lots of trading to do.

Poor Ed
Not sure if its the stupid economy or all that negative press campaigning but he'll surely go
I'm off to a bunkhouse for 3 days now so I will be spared the post mortem

Surprised Cameron didn't thank the Scots people in his victory speech.

Sterling up 2% against dollar and euro overnight

My con maj bet not looking silly, even if I think it will fall short by a few seats.

Let the left wing whining commence.

It's his own stupid fault, trying to out tory the tories. It's a lesson 'Labour' stubbornly refuses to learn. No doubt his replacement will be just as inept.

Whining? No, this time you might actually get some rioting...

Surprised Cameron didn't thank the Scots people in his victory speech.

Even with Scotland's seats Labour would still be short. Ed abandoned the centre ground, that's what lost it for him, IMO.

Let the left wing whining commence.

And let it be shrill and long-lasting!

and there goes Danny Alexander....

another one down.

@Stoner it started many pages back

Even with Scotland's seats Labour would still be short. Ed abandoned the centre ground, that's what lost it for him, IMO.

But the SNP bogeyman narrative played well South of the border and probably cost Labour seats there.

But the SNP bogeyman narrative played well South of the border and probably cost Labour seats there.

Yep, I can buy that.

Whining? No, this time you might actually get some rioting...

patronising dramatics. The petulant equivalent of a toddler banging their fists on the floor in the frozen food isle because mummy didnt buy any ice cream.

patronising dramatics. The petulant equivalent of a toddler banging their fists on the floor in the frozen food isle because mummy didnt buy any ice cream.

Not so sure. Cameron due to his negative campaigning has backed himself into a corner - his anti-SNP rhetoric will feed into the anti-English Scots and the anti-Scots English and he has promised an in/out EU referendum to appease his extreme right-wing.

The UK could look an awful lot different in five years' time.

George Galloway gone!

In fact properly trounced? Fantastic!

There are many desperate people out there who have nothing to look forward to except their lives being made deliberately even worse by the new government. One day their forbearance is going to snap.

and interestingly for all those PR fans the LIb Dems currently have more votes than the SNP but only 10% of their seats

Not so sure. Cameron due to his negative campaigning has backed himself into a corner - his anti-SNP rhetoric will feed into the anti-English Scots and the anti-Scots English and he has promised an in/out EU referendum to appease his extreme right-wing.

The UK could look an awful lot different in five years' time.

Could devo max potentially solve both problems, Scotland governed largely by the Scots with EVEL being the flipside?

Galloway gone!

In fact properly trounced? Fantastic!

+1

George Galloway gone!

In fact properly trounced? Fantastic!

"Coming to a mayoral candidature near you soon...."

ohnohesback - Member
There are many desperate people out there who have nothing to look forward to except their lives being made deliberately even worse by the new government. One day their forbearance is going to snap.

So many things that I'm enjoying about the results and one massive one that is turning the rest sour. Great to see Labour punished in Scotland and likewise the LibDems everywhere. Galloway losing his seat another plus. Another 5 years of the Tories though *boke*

Might just have to apply for residency out here in Canada. Not sure the UK is going to be somewhere I want to come back to 🙁

and in the other news Galloways private jet has been fueled and is ready to go
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Unfortunately for me, the Ladbrokes def of a majority is 326, they dont count the Sinn Fein effect.

Great result - far better than I could have hoped 🙂

ohnohesback - Member
Whining? No, this time you might actually get some rioting...

Much simpler to respect the democratic process.

Well done Dave and Nicola, bad luck the rest.

So Scotland has voted against independence but now has more devolved power and a strong say in Westminster. Now let's hope the result of that is also respected and the debate can cease and people get on with implementing their policies and taking responsibility for their actions, the hiding places have gone now. As SNP said this last vote was not about independence, it was about their right of centre policies, many more RW than the Tories. 😉

What has happened to LW voters and their champions?!?

they are forecasting 325 Stoner so it could go either way, 50/50 to see which way it goes.

and interestingly for all those PR fans the LIb Dems currently have more votes than the SNP but only 10% of their seats
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Yep, although you would have to assume that there would be some regional limits on the PR as it common in other places, it's not a magic bullet and just a different way of cutting the cake up. Also given the amount of tactical voting to remove and bolster certain candidates raw vote numbers from a FPTP shouldn't be translated to PR numbers - my point was a little tongue in cheek to the nationalists shouting about how important they now are.

he has promised an in/out EU referendum to appease his extreme right-wing.

Indeed and with a slim majority Cameron will have to tread lightly to keep his anti EU backbenchers happy

Not sure how the SNP will wangle another referendum, but using them as a stick to beat labour with has no doubt alienated the Scots further

Will the next 5 years be the Referenda Parliament? By the next election we could be a much smaller country much farther from Europe

Just need The odious Ed Balls out and my night will be complete!

Silver linings - the evil Esther McVey has gone. 😀

Brutal business politics - some shattered carreers tonight.

Cameron also has a much tougher job now, especially with cuts coming.

Just need The odious Ed Balls out and my night will be complete!

potential renaming of the "Portillo Moment"? 😀

EDIT: mike: https://twitter.com/FXMC1957/status/596543501267038208

327? possibly?

If somebody goes with a Balls Out gag I reckon some of these on no sleep might just descend into giggles, another Mr Hunt moment

I think Berwick will fall to the tories, it was mostly the popularity of Alan Beith for the Lib Dems locally that helped up there and he is retiring.

Woken up to the election news, fair taken the shine off the day.
I don't think this country is going to be a very nice place live for some time to come.

The Balls Out Moment could work

A bad night for all the Socialist Track World big hitters 🙂 I can't keep the smile off my face.

Very surprised here, a few minutes ago my local lib dem longstanding Norman Baker has been ousted by a woman that insists on plastering her face everywhere on 6 foot billboards.

I think the loss of Danny Alexander is the only one I regret. Cable is a silly old man and I wont mourn his eviscerating, but Danny was far more pragmatic in his economics and I think he did a good job at the treasury and should take a lot of credit for the economic stability we have now.

+1 if you didn't vote, don't even consider complaining for the next 5 years

"Today they are wringing the bells; tomorrow they will be wringing their hands!" - Robert Walpole.

A bad night for all the Socialist Track World big hitters I can't keep the smile off my face.

Looking forward to the attacks on welfare, the nhs, the poor, the jobless, foreigners, low tax payers and the EU? I'm glad someone is, because I'm definitely not.

I can't keep the smile off my face.

Oh great, gloating right wingers

^^^^ whatnobeer you forgot the break up of the union too

Oh and we are stuck with Katie Hopkins now, does it get any worse than this?

Looking forward to the attacks on welfare, the nhs, the poor, the jobless, foreigners, low tax payers and the EU? I'm glad someone is, because I'm definitely not.

+1 I am genuinely worried.

+1 whatnobeer - good luck to anyone not 100% fit and able or financially stable - it's going to be a very grim 5 years for many.