The UK Election Results Explained
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Published 2024-07-05
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Yesterday millions of Brits voted - and this morning we have not only the results but a new government. So we unpack the results of the UK General Election but also what it means for both Labour and the Conservatives.
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All Comments (21)
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Tories lost because they were crap at government.
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Everyone: Why should we vote for you? Labour: We're not the Tories Everyone: True tbf
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I've never seen a man so happy about losing his job than Rishi
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Funnier still, the Lettuce lost her seat. In 2 years she went from Foreign secretary to Prime minister to International laughing stock to not even being able to get elected to her seat
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6:11 "Assemble his first cabinet" * shows a man assembling an IKEA cabinet *
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Jeremy Corbyn 2019 = 10,295,912 = 203 seats Keir Starmer 2024 = 9,712,011 = 412 seats Rishi Sunak 2024 = 6,814,469 = 121 seats Nigel Farage 2024 = 4,091,549 = 4 seats Ed Davey 2024 = 3,696,419 = 71 seats John Swinney 2024 = 708,759 = 9 seats Yeah the Uks system is fucked.
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Funniest thing Sunak said was that the UK is in a better financial position now than in 2010... like what fucking planet is he on?
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Chief Mouser Larry probably has a fair shot for tory leadership.
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As a Kiwi watching this election I find it crazy that Starmer can win a 400+ seat majority with 33.8% of the vote while Corbyn in 2017 only won 232 seats with 40%, and as much as I detest Reform UK they only win 4 seats with 14.3% while Lib Dems win 71 with 12.2%... Ya'll need proportional representation!
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What’s interesting is the combined vote share of the two big parties. In 2017, Tories + Labour weighed more than 80% of the vote ; in 2024 only about 55%. That makes the discrepancy between the vote share and the number of seats much more glaring.
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Lizz Truss’ story reminds me of Kim Campbell’s story in Canada. They were both deeply unpopular leaders of floundering parties in their respective countries, and were promptly ousted from their chairs as PM
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12.2% gets you 71 seats while 14.3% gets you an entire 4 seats. I love democracy Edit: WE JUST MADE IT TO 5 SEATS 🔥🔥🔥
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Finally we had an election where a great number of people voted for parties other than the main two, or for complete independents. And this is with a lot of people voting for the main two because of the fear of 'wasting' their vote.
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“ Larry the Cat “ won the seat uncontested 🐈
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You forgot the best thing of all!!!! Jacob Rees-Mogg (the gentleman from the 1800 century) lost his seat!
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"Assemble his first cabinet" Shows a guy putting a literal cabinet together
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Can't wait for CGP Grey to make another video about winning 32-34% popular vote means you form the government
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Cat walks by... Cat walks back... Cat get pets.
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congratulations to Sinn Fein for getting the most seats in Northern Ireland! they didn't gain a new seat, but they still came out on top!!
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A bartender I met on holiday in the Scottish Highlands early June, who was himself pro-independence, said he thought there would be a big slump in the SNP vote because the main thing on voters' minds was no longer independence, but the state of the NHS and cost of living.
