Funny how people wanted to punish the libdems for going into government with the tories, and they’ve done that by voting tory!!
I don’t know why some people always come to the conclusion that the drop in support for one party must automatically explain the increase in support for another.
No survey has been done as it’s less than 24 hours since the polls closed.
There could be any manner of different scenarios, such as most of the former LibDem vote going to Labour but Labour losing some votes to the Greens and UKIP, or/and possibly disillusioned Labour voters staying at home and not voting, or/and Tory voters making a greater effort to vote because of the perceived SNP “threat”.
A substantial amount of LibDem support has always been a tactically anti-Tory vote so it’s just silly to assume that it went to the Tories. Specially when it is widely accepted that in all the elections for the last 5 years the LibDems have been punished for their coalition with the Tories.
LibDem seats tend to be in fairly affluent areas such as Kingston and Surbiton, Twickenham, etc, that’s why people vote for them tacitly, to stop the Tories. But even if in areas like Kingston much of the LibDem vote goes to Labour the Tory vote is so huge that the Tories win, giving the impression that LibDem voters have switched to the Tories.
And it should be remembered that the Tory share of the vote this election only increased by 0.08% compared to last time. Which doesn’t suggest that the Tories were substantial benefactors of the 15.2% lost LibDem vote.
