British Election Results

According to wikipedia, with one seat still unsettled, the results of the June 8 House of Commons election are: Conservative 317, Labour 261, Scottish National Party 35, Liberal Democrat 12, Democratic Unionist 10, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, Green 1, one independent, and the district that elects the speaker always elects a non-partisan individual.

The popular vote shares for the parties that won at least one seat are: Conservative 42.4%; Labour 40.0%; Liberal Democrat 7.4%; Scottish National 3.0%; Green 1.6%; Democratic Unionist .9%; Sinn Fein .7%; Plaid Cymru .5%. Here is the wikipedia article; scroll down for the results.

The Conservative and Democratic Unionist Parties will cooperate with each. Together the two parties have 327 members, out of 650 seats.


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British Election Results — 3 Comments

  1. I would say one other seat may be unsettled: in North East Fife SNP won over the Lib Dems by 2 votes after 2 recounts…I imagine this will go to court?

  2. There won’t be a CON-DUP coalition. It will be something on the lines of confidence and supply and then that might be too formal for some Tory MPs.

    The DUP has some very right wing views that don’t necessarialy fit into the modern Tory Party (abortion and gay marriage for starters)

    And it is complicated by the fact that there still isn’t a Government in Northern Ireland. The UK Government is supposed to be working wth the DUP and Sein Fein to agree a basis for governing but if it is dependent on the DUP to shore it up in Westminister then there are doubts (already expressed) about how much of an honest broker it can be.

  3. DSZ199 unlike in the US we are very reluctant to go to court over election results and the courts are equally very reluctant to get involved.

    I understand in NE Fife that the losing Lib Dem may want to challenge over the Returning Officer not ordering a further recount but unless they can demonstrate the decision not to allow the recount was somehow perverse they won’t get very far.

    Winchester 1997 is a prime example. Candidate lost by 2 and went to court who did rule there ws some doubt about 54 excluded votes (want of an Official Mark (actually a series of pin pricks)). And rather than order those be counted they ordered a fresh election. In the by election that candidate lost by more than 20,000 votes.

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