Behind the Lettuce?
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I noticed that the Alliance have beaten the DUP in Lagan Valley. Have they had an MP before?
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Is there already a figure for turnout? It looks incredibly low in a lot of the results Iâve seen so far.
I think that was one of the first talking points of the night, but I donât know if there are official figures yet.
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Glad to see the result is as expected, and not a seconds sleep sacrificed watching it.
SNP , oh fucking dear 
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It looks like the Labour party have sucked up both the unionist and centre-left vote. Aside from the scandals, I think people have noticed that the SNP have their fair share of reactionaries and religious nutters which is rather removed from their cuddle progressive image.
TBH, I didnât mind my (SNP) MP but I was worried that the seat might go Conservative again. As it was the Tories finished in 4th. Maybe having a golfer as the Labour candidate helped?
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Lib Dems retained their seat in my constituency, one of only 4 seats won in Scotland.
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Hadnât seen Jenkyns is gone.
Haha
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Apparently Fabricant had been the MP there for donkeyâs years. I once spoke to someone who had him as a local MP and they said that the local people would vote for a dog-eared cabbage patch doll if they stuck a blue rosette on it, and frequently did.
Rees-Mogg losing to a Labour candidate is pretty funny. Finding out that the haunted pencil is younger than me isnât!
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Youâll be all happy to know my constituency, Maidstone & Malling is a Conservative Hold.
Iâm glad I got it when I did.
Iâve been looking at seats for family and friends and they are all significantly lower. For example, my brotherâs MP (Ed Davey) had around 6,000 less votes than 2019 but a massively increased majority. Turnout was down from 74% to 66% and that is for a fairly high profile MP.
Itâs difficult to determine many as the constituency borders have changed so much, so it would be interesting to see the national figure. I suspect that the largest âpartyâ overall will actually be âdidnât voteâ.
Good thread here, Russ has written several books on Tory cuntsâŚknows his stuffâŚ
https://x.com/RussInCheshire/status/1809092437433811124?t=oSHz-8XvjlnTm3DKHXd5TQ&s=19
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So far tonight, of the 5 most recent Prime Ministers and their constituencies:
Cameron (Witney) â Liberal Democrats
May (Maidenhead) â Liberal Democrats
Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) â Labour
Truss (South West Norfolk) â Labour
Sunak (Richmond and Northallerton) â Conservative
EDIT: Updated South West Norfolk
EDIT: Updated Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
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It was.
That and spaffing all over Reform.