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Very cool website which tells you how much your vote is really worth....

166 replies

catinthehat2 · 09/04/2010 12:22

Find out how powerful your vote is compared to the UK average

I live in a safe seat, my vote is worthless.

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Rosieeo · 06/05/2010 17:58

Fab site. 0.039% Ultra safe. Why am I kidding myself that my vote counts?

Lexton · 06/05/2010 17:53

Very marginal here at 0.95 My vote does count!

Mermaidspam · 05/05/2010 21:32

Cheers me dear!

helyg · 05/05/2010 18:12

We could move to Arfon and be really, really powerful?

mumdebump · 05/05/2010 17:38

Have to say that this website has entirely different notional results (where there have been boundary changes) to the BBC website. Not sure I trust its accuracy.

LilRedWG · 05/05/2010 17:36

"In Xxxx, one person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 0.099 votes."

paddingtonbear1 · 05/05/2010 17:32

0.100 here. Very safe Tory seat.

lostinwales · 05/05/2010 17:30

Ooh lost the thread marginal seat crown to a neighbouring county .

NightLark · 05/05/2010 17:27

LOL, our MP is Nick Clegg himself - I think even the nominal 0.whatever my vote is supposed to be worth can be downgraded to nothing at all, under the circumstances...

Indith · 05/05/2010 16:53

Oops didn't see you there foxy you too if you are up to it!

Indith · 05/05/2010 16:53

Mermaidspam hope you see this! Night out being planned over on the meetup thread

foxytocin · 05/05/2010 15:50

my vote is worth 0.002%

Shodan · 05/05/2010 15:47

Ultrasafe tory seat here.

No surprise there.

colditz · 05/05/2010 15:40

Ultrasafe tory stronghold.

Doesn't help that our Conservative MP is actually a very nice man (it's Alan Duncan).

If I could vote for a person rather than a party, I actually prefer him to all the other local MPs

helyg · 05/05/2010 15:34

JumpJockey: I think it's 4 men and a sheep actually

helyg · 05/05/2010 15:33

Have just googled and answered my own question: the #1 constituency is Arfon with each vote worth 1.3 votes.

And Arfon and Ceredigion (#1 and #2) bizzarely have the same UKIP candidate standing in both.

JumpJockey · 05/05/2010 15:20

0.225 - 236 out of 650. Apparently it's because we're a larger than usual constituency.

Can anyone explain that to me, actually? How is it that even after they redrew the boundaries, our constituency MP represents 80,000 people when the average is about 68,000? Surely the population can't be changing that dramatically between each election - or are there just lots of semi-rotten boroughs around the country where the electorate comprises 4 men and a donkey?

pigsinmud · 05/05/2010 15:18

0.073 here Ultra safe Tory.

Will this sort of thing make people think it's not worth voting? People who don't vote drive me mad.

fernie3 · 05/05/2010 15:10

I know BlameItOnTheBogey I have a new found enthusiasm for it all now!. Last election here (apparently) was conservative winner but only a tiny bit (less than 1%)so now i am voting first thing tomorrow lol.

GrimmaTheNome · 05/05/2010 15:05

I'm in a very safe seat. Its still important that everyone votes as the real views of the population will be vital to the electoral reform debate which is likely to ensue.

BlameItOnTheBogey · 05/05/2010 15:02

I am delighted that I live in a marginal seat. We really don't know which way it is going to go (last time there were only about 300 votes between first and second place). It's really exciting!

helyg · 05/05/2010 14:57

Does anyone know where the most powerful voters are?

We (Ceredigion) are #2 with our votes being worth 1.22 votes each. Does anyone know who is #1?

TartanKnickers · 05/05/2010 14:54

0.004 Ultra Safe - doesn't seem worth going out to vote but I will anyway.

Hathor · 05/05/2010 14:43

Find out what your local candidates actual views are by entering your postcode here:
www.theyworkforyou.com/
Very interesting if you are not sure who to vote for.

lucykate · 05/05/2010 14:36

mine is 0.053%, ultra safe tory

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