The BBC has calculated the number of votes received by each party, for the 648 districts for which results have been released. These figures will change slightly when the last two districts are counted. Conservative 10,681,417, 36.1% Labour 8,501,441, 29.1% … Continue reading
With only two seats undecided, the party line-up in the new House of Commons is: Conservative 305 seats, Labour 258, Liberal Democratic 57, Democratic Unionist 8, Scottish National 6, Sein Fein 5, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic & Labour 3, … Continue reading
For the first time, the Green Party won a seat in the UK Parliament. Caroline Lucas won in the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in southern England. Here are the results: Caroline Lucas, Green: 31.3% Nancy Platts, Labour: 28.9% Charlotte Vere, … Continue reading
Illinois has been electing a team of a gubernatorial candidate, and a lieutenant governor candidate, in the general election, ever since 1976. But Illinois has never provided that such candidates run as a team in primaries. However, on April 27, … Continue reading
The Washington legislature’s 18th district is a safely Republican district. Earlier this year, the incumbent for one of the two State House seats in that district said she would not run for re-election. Soon after, six Republicans announced that they … Continue reading
