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SystemSystem Posts: 11,008
edited May 2018 in General

imagepoliticalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If you want to compare main party/leader performances from past elections use this chart based on the CON + LAB aggregate

Last night in a discussion on LE2018 on Newsnight the Oxford-educated Corbyn cheerleader, Owen Jones, sought to suggest that his man’s performance at the 2017 General Election was comparable with what Tony Blair achieved in 2001. He did it by taking the national percentage vote shares rather than looking at seat total or size of majority or some other measure. Certainly LAB got 40.3% at GE2017 compared with Blair’s 40.7% at GE2001

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    Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,799
    Agreed. It would be like saying the Conservatives did as well as in 1983.

    Re: London Boroughs, Bexley was Con 55%, Lab 37%, Lib Dem 3%, Others 5%.

    Lewisham was Lab 60%, Con 14%, Lib Dem 12%, Green 12%, Others 2%.

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