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Spoilt votes - post them here so that the parties/papers can see them

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MrsFogi · 09/12/2019 22:51

I know there is a split of opinion about spoiling ballots vs voting for the least bad option.

If you do decide to spoil your ballot it feel free to post a photo of it here (be careful not to include any information that identifies you and in particular not to include the ballot's unique identification number) in case any of our loitering journalists wish to pick up the story or in the hope of giving the parties/candidates some pause for thought.

In case it is of interest (and you want a place to post your views for/against spoiling ballots), there have been a number of threads about spoiling ballots, a few links below:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3751902-Spoiling-my-ballot?pg=2 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3749890-Can-we-talk-spoiling-ballots-again-sorry
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3743237-advice-on-spoiling-ballot
Advice on Spoiling your vote

Spoilt votes - post them here so that the parties/papers can see them
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FlyingOink · 13/12/2019 06:42

250 spoiled votes in my constituency apparently. Hopefully some of them for the same reason as mine!

NeurotrashWarrior · 13/12/2019 06:39

So many penises?!

Spoilt votes - post them here so that the parties/papers can see them
TerfinUSA99 · 13/12/2019 06:23

In my constituency, 0.45% of the papers were spoiled.
Tories held the seat and got 3000 more than the LDs.

TiredofthisBS · 13/12/2019 06:11

That's the sound of desperation. The jig is up for momentum and they know it.

Hereyougosandwiches · 13/12/2019 06:09

Tone deaf comments from momentum this morning, saying we must keep the party socialist and there is no appetite to return to the centre ground. Sorry, have they actually seen the results?

TiredofthisBS · 13/12/2019 05:58

Sorry it's really eating the morning and my grammar and spelling is appalling.

TiredofthisBS · 13/12/2019 05:41

Just seen the results. Labour and the libdems have no one to blame but themselves. When will they realise that when people tell you how they feel, listen instead of dismissing them out of hand.

Labour were warned this would happen, they decided that our votes weren't good enough for them. Perhaps now there will be from reflection and navel gazing over what went wrong.

I also think the sheer aggression of the Labour Party activists didn't help. It all very well being shouty online but people lurk, they watch. They silently cast there vote.

I'm not at all pleased that we have a Tory government again but this should be a wake up call to the parties that they are way off base with the general public.

PJsatMidday · 13/12/2019 03:45

Swinson out. Serves her bloody right.

FlyingOink · 13/12/2019 03:28

I think we might not hear anything, the naysayers on this thread will see that as proof of our badness, but I think the big story for tonight is Labour areas going blue after decades of being red.
I don't think we'll hear much analysis from the pundits on women's rights tonight.

FannyCann · 13/12/2019 03:17

Dammit. Just listened to the declaration for Richmond. As soon as the mayor started listing reasons for rejection the BBC commentary cut in. Anyone hear reasons for rejection anywhere?

FlyingOink · 13/12/2019 02:58

If you've written on your ballot paper as well as voting, it's likely counted as spoiled anyway.
Except we've established that in a close run thing it will be discussed to see if the person's intent is clear
Like the news story posted about "not wank" counting as a vote.

WotchaTalkinBoutWillis · 13/12/2019 02:53

If you've written on your ballot paper as well as voting, it's likely counted as spoiled anyway.

LukewarmCustard · 13/12/2019 02:43

I voted Labour. But I wrote on my ballot paper that they almost didn't get my vote and that genuine single sex exemptions are important. I have no idea if this will have any impact in a safe Labour seat, but it was a choice between this or spoiling my ballot paper.

I'm sure that Labour party strategists will read this thread. If they aren't prepared to act on the concerns of GC women, then had better get used to being in Opposition.

Ibloodylovewomen · 13/12/2019 01:57

My husband (GC) spoilt our ballots. We're in a very safe Labour seat so it felt 'safe' to do so. I'm not sure what I would've done if we were in a marginal seat, probably voted to keep the Tories out.

OccasionalKite · 13/12/2019 01:13

My thanks to everyone else on this thread who spoiled their ballot paper,

We may all have had different reasons.
Me - because the rights of women and girls are ...

Everything, if you're a girl or a woman

ShagMeRiggins · 13/12/2019 00:55

Tartyflette not to freak you out but I was looking at your MPs wiki page just an hour ago! Was in your area getting a salon treatment this week and the owner was saying she was going to spoil her ballot because though she’s a natural Tory she would never vote for that candidate, somewhat for reasons you gave.

Melroses · 13/12/2019 00:54

...apparently Nigel Farrage spoiled his...…

There was a lot of Brexit Party stickering going on where there were not candidates, but yes, he could have stood and voted for himself Grin

Tartyflette · 13/12/2019 00:08

thetoddler thinking about it our current MP is definitely not local, she was born in Wimbledon and raised abroad before returning to the UK aged 16. We're in north Essex.

NickelADimeCandy · 13/12/2019 00:05

Blyth Valley - hopefully all those spoilt votes have been carefully scrutinised

With a majority of 712, they may well have been although it depends how many there were. If only a few dozen, they cannot make any difference. If there were 100s they will have been looked at.

GCAcademic · 12/12/2019 23:58

...apparently Nigel Farrage spoiled his......

What, there was no Brexit Party candidate for him to vote for? Whose fault was that?

Justhadathought · 12/12/2019 23:57

Blyth Valley - hopefully all those spoilt votes have been carefully scrutinised grin

Kate Hoey made an interesting observation: that the Tory party has never before represented such constituencies ( only now doing so as a result of the Brexit vote in Blyth), and that it might well have to change the way it does its politics to reflect that.

Justhadathought · 12/12/2019 23:54

...apparently Nigel Farrage spoiled his......

OccasionalKite · 12/12/2019 23:52

I spoiled my vote because I could not, with any conscience, vote for any of the parties, seeing as they are all in favour of Gender Self-Id, regardless of actual sex.

Whereas I am very concerned for the consequences for women and girls, because of our physical bodies not any "identity" or "feeling".

Gender Self-ID inevitably means that women lose women's sex-based rights. NO to that.

The two Independents in our constituency were, frankly, people even more to the right of the Tories. So No.

Yes, thought long and deep about this. Spoiling my ballot was the only reasonable position, for me.

EverardDigby · 12/12/2019 23:50

Blyth Valley had one women don't have penises paper, with a vote for the GP candidate.

GCAcademic · 12/12/2019 23:50

Heard. It. Already.