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The Labour Party won the 2005 UK general election with 35.3% of the popular British vote. The Conservative Party was just a few points behind with 32.3% of the votes, but because of the first past the post voting system, the Labour Party had a significant majority with 356 parliamentary seats (MPs) compared to 198 seats for The Conservative Party.
Just over 4 years on with political scandal after scandal, all political polls point to a Conservative win at the 2010 general election with speculation of a possible Hung Parliament (rare in British politics).
How will you vote in the next General Election?
The general election polls below were closed ~10am on polling day. Good luck to all the political candidates.
Who will you vote for in the 2010 general election?
Total Voters: 117,476
Loading ...Take a look at Weekly General Election Poll Results to see how British people have voted in the above General Election Poll this week (updated every Saturday until the election).
General Election 2005 Popular Vote Comparison
# Labour Party – 35.3%
# Conservative Party – 32.3%
# Liberal Democrats Party – 22.1%
# UK Independence Party (UKIP) – 2.2%
# Green Party – 1.0%
# British National Party (BNP) – 0.7%
# Plaid Cymru Party – 0.6%
Who will you vote for in Scotland in the 2010 general election?
Total Voters: 7,533
Loading ...Who will you vote for in Northern Ireland in the 2010 general election?
Total Voters: 2,848
Loading ...I’ve included the main political parties from the 2005 general election, they are listed in the order from most votes (The Labour Party) to least votes.
The first percentage value in brackets is percentage of the popular vote, for example the Labour Party received 35.3% of the popular vote. The second percentage value is based on the number of votes from this general election poll.
Below is a list of the top 20 political parties (ordered by popular vote %) from the 2005 general election, only 12 of which gained parliamentary seats (MPs)!
Labour Party : 356 MPs
Conservative Party : 198 MPs
Liberal Democrat Party : 62 MPs
UKIP Party : 0 MPs
SNP Party : 6 MPs
Green Party : 0 MPs
Democratic Unionist Party : 9 MPs
BNP Party : 0 MPs
Plaid Cymru Party : 3 MPs
Sinn Féin Party : 5 MPs
Ulster Unionist Party : 1 MP
Social Democratic and Labour Party : 3 MPs
Independent Parties : 1 MP
Respect Party : 1 MP
Scottish Socialist Party : 0 MPs
Alliance Party : 0 MPs
Scottish Green Party : 0 MPs
Socialist Labour Party : 0 MPs
Liberal Party : 0 MPs
Health Concern Party : 1 MP
Look out for the General Election 2010 Results after election night.
Feel free to comment below on why you plan to vote for a particular party in 2010?
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We left UK last year and view with amusement at the politicians slugging it out. We strongly believe that Brown and his henchmen have ruined,life in England over the past 12 years. They allowed too many immigrants in because they are likely to be voting fodder. They blame the world’s economies for their own errors in the financial fiasco that is the banking community. Blair and his cohorts took UK into war in Iraq on completely falsified and sexed up information. They are good at getting the country into a mess but do not have a clue how to get out of it. David Cameron, with all the wrinkles shown by his 1st team, are for me. If the country votes again for the socialists, then that is all they deserve.
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David Cameron: Airbrushed for Change. The man is so fake it’s actually unreal. I can safely say him and George Osborne has nothing in common with any ordinary British people, apart from the fact they disagree with eachother. Please also bare in mind that the Iraq War happened after cross party voting, and Cameron himself voted FOR the war. I don’t think the election 2010 vote can be based on the Iraq/Afganistan war, as both parties would have done the same thing. In fact, the Tories wanted to go to Iraq sooner than Britain actually did.
The reason Brown is unpopular is because he is unpolished and not media savvy. A bit of intelligence would suggest this doesn’t mean he is a bad political leader. I don’t therefore see the image of the party leader as a hugely important issue.
The recession IS a global issue, and if you think this is a poor excuse, be specific and name the Labour policies which have directly led us into recession? Conversely, hypothetically had the Tories been in power, explain specifically how they would have kept us out of recession? Sadly, this recession was inevitable because of the way the western economy has developed. Yeah under the Tories, we might have had slightly less debt, due to less public spending. Big WOW! 1000 billion in debt under Labour or 999 billion in debt under the Tories (but less spent on the NHS); I’d take the improved public services any day, and anyone else who has benefited from the much improved NHS should feel the same.
So with Iraq/Afgan/Recession all likely to have happened regardless of the party in charge, what are we left with? Expenses? Both parties, Tories using the money for moats around castles, Labour perhaps not as decadent but still immoral.
Then what? In my opinion, in a nutshell, Labour policies relate normal people and promote equality in health and education, and collective society, which is reflected in some of their policies; eg. minimum wage, Surestart, record levels of NHS investment.
The conservatives care about well off people, and normal people (as long as aspire to be well off). Their policies tend to promote social climbing, private enterprise and try to encourage traditional family values (eg. married couples allowance). They also appear to want to dismantle or talk-down national institutions like the NHS and the BBC. I personally find this all a bit sickening.
The really is my political summary, and that is the best way I can explain why I vote Labour.
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Really good comment Helen, I agree with the vast majority of it.
On “David Cameron: Airbrushed for Change” my youngest son is working on some political cartoons for this site (he’s mad on art http://www.caleb-law.com/).
He’s 13 and though not deep into politics, when your parents talk about politics all the time and I have this site open on my work PC about 23 hours and 59 minutes a day :-) it tends to rub off (he knows who most of the main MPs are for example)!
I think his political cartoons will be of a chibi style which I think is a manga/child like style (arts not my thing).
Anyway, he was looking at a funny site that was about the David Cameron Airbrushed for Change posters at http://www.mydavidcameron.com/
Has some amusing images, I think this one might match your thoughts :-)
David (or just call me Dave :-))
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ps. David, thanks, I saw the mydavidcameeron.com site last week and was crying with laughter at some of the artwork. I like this one the best:
http://mydavidcameron.com/posters/kitten1
Even tories would prob find it funny.
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There are multiple reasons why we should not vote for the 2 main political parties…
1. They are both to blame for the current economic situation.
2. They will both continue on the same cyclic path of boom and bust.
3. They will both continue to throw billions of tax payers money at the EU with nothing to show in return.
4. They will continue to surrender more and more of our right to manage our own country to Brussels.
The country is in a radical mess, and only an equally radical change of power will correct this. Voting Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat will simply mean more of the same.
Use the power of your vote to change decades of mis-government of UK finances and the surrender of our independence and identity to Brussels.
Rule Britannia!
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I’m sorry Paul, but I’m Geordie, British, English and I don’t feel my identity or independence has been surrendered to Brussels. I think you are over reacting. I don’t think one day has passed by when I have even given Brussels one thought. Maybe it’s just me. If that angers people, I’m sorry, but I can only speak from my own experience and the experience of people I know.
I don’t think this country is a radical mess either. I really like living in the UK. I don’t know enough about the financing of the EU to comment on what gets spent on it or what we get in return, but perhaps you don’t know a lot about it either. The radical change you are suggesting sounds a bit suspect, I can’t help but think that if you love the UK as much as you seem to, why can’t you see how lucky we are to actually be here?
However, I agree that the recession can’t be blamed on the government as the Tory government would have resulted in the same situation. The difference between Labour and the Tories, is that Labour won’t bring in instant cuts to kick people when they’re down (or just starting to recover). I’m no expert in economics, but drastic spending cuts as planned by George Osborne, when the country is barely out of recession seems a recipe for disaster.
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“The difference between Labour and the Tories, is that Labour won’t bring in instant cuts to kick people when they’re down (or just starting to recover” – so which way did you vote on the EU Referendum (that Labour promised)?
Really, I’m interested to know..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7038028/Labour-admits-spending-cuts-will-be-extremely-painful.html
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Daily Telegraph – no thanks. It’s clear both parties will have to plan to deal with the UK defecit. One party will protect more normal people, while the other will protect their own interests and values at the expense of others.
EU referendum? Sorry but it doesn’t help shape my political views. My views are based on my day to day life, work, family, education and taking in the experiences of the people around me. If the issue of an EU referendum is the linchpin of your political leanings, I find that very difficult to relate to.
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“If the issue of an EU referendum is the linchpin of your political leanings, I find that very difficult to relate to.”
Actually my point here was not the EU in particular which I used as an example, but the consideration of voting for a party who will tell you just about anything in order to get your vote and then completely disregard it.. If the UK populace are prepared to vote and believe anything that Labour say after telling such a huge fib then unfortunately the UK populace deserves what it gets.
The fact that sterling has been dropping again just shows that internationally the Government is just not believed on its plan to tackle the deficit.
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I don’t know who to vote for i really haven’t got a clue then i found this site http://whotovotefor.org.uk/index.php if you click what you like it will poll your answers and give you which party you most like followed by the rest based on thire policy (that’s if they have one!)
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I took that test and it gave me:
Labour 57.14%
Tory 42.86%
Lol not much help really pmsl, at least it didn’t give me any % for the BNP so it got that right lol.
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I had a quick look at the 10 minute version, but noticed Labour policies completely missing from various options.
From memory nothing for business or media, culture and sport so didn’t bother taking the test.
David
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And that’s why it gives duff results because half the info is missing.
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I’ll be voting Green. It’s a tough choice: do you vote for a Party because you think they’ve got the best person to be PM, because you think they’d make the best Govt, because you like their policies and approach, or because you think they’re the lesser of two evils? The problem with being pragmatic is that it re-inforces the status-quo, business as usual.
Then there’s the problem that if you vote for a Party, you can end up electing a really duff MP (as the expenses scandal showed). And all those MPs who are not part of Government have the job of holding Govt. to account and steering them towards good legislation – so we need good people there.
So I’ll vote Green if they have a good candidate, because I think they have the best policies and even when I’m not sure about the policy I like the vision.
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I will vote for anyone, but labour. Altho I would rather vote for the green party, it would be a no vote.
Labour has had 12 years to get it right, they started with a country in pretty good shape.
Has everyone forgotton the :-
the raided pensions
gold sold during a 20 year low-2 billion pounds lost
morgage relief removed
marraige allowance removed
10p tax rate removed
75% tax on fuel
tax now on insurance
higher rate of NIC
and the give aways
£185 computor
£175 veg
£250 per child
and the list go on and on…………………
I dont pay super tax, no where near, and in real terms I’m alot worst of with labour, and I’m a working man.
So if your unemployed, a single mother, an immigrant, or a banker, Labour are for you.
If your an english worker, please give your vote some thought, for the sake of Britain, I refuse to use the word Great.
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I shall vote for the Liberal Party (that is not the Liberal Democrats) if indeed there is a Liberal Party candidate in my constituency. I have been Liberal all my life and am not going to change now.
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Well jolly good for you, me old mediocrity.
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Floating Voters and Don’t Know Votes.
Over the last 7 days there have been 80 Don’t Know : Floating Voter votes cast. That’s 25% of the total Don’t Know : Floating Voter votes (329) for the entire period of the poll: This poll went live in September last year, but that option was live from the last week in November (about 3 months or 12 weeks ago).
That’s a BIG increase in floating voters.
None of the Above has had 50 votes this week, which is quite a big increase as well (that option was added mid October).
In comparison
Labour votes 315 (21.69%)
Conservative votes 410 (28.24%)
Lib Dems votes 174 (11.98%)
UKIP votes 88 (6.06%)
Green votes 95 (6.54%)
Plaid Cymru Party votes 148 (10.19%)
Others votes 92 (6.34%)
NONE OF THE ABOVE votes 50 (3.44%)
Don’t Know : Floating votes 80 (5.51%)
1,452 votes this week.
Plaid Cymru Party 148 votes, last time I checked it was around 50. Obviously they can’t get 10% of the vote :-) Have we got a big Wales following right now?
Would make for an interesting parliament if those numbers come through in the general election.
I’ll try to do something like this every weekend if I remember.
David
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Please note that UKIP stands for UK Independence Party – not Independent, as you have. Is it possible to change the poll by any chance?
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UK Independence Party poll typo fixed.
Thanks for letting me know.
David
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For the last 60 years we have had The Conservative Party and The Labour Party Running this country, they have got us to where we are today, BROKE, LAWLESS, NO INDUSTRY AND BIT BY BIT BEING SOLD OFF. Can we trust them ???
I wonder what the next 60 years will bring
Who is there to vote fore
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i vote for conservatives as labour has actully sold the country part by part. no industries left in th uk, all the companies are going offshore and business ae affected. offshore model does not any tax but still take money out ouf UK. labour has no control over it. i dis-agree with the labour policies.
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We MUST get UKIP in and see if they can do any better than the OLD groups we’ve having.
Get rid of the old.
Bring in the new.
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