Over 100k ballots spoiled

News article on the rise in spoilt papers across West London

www.swlondoner.co.uk/surge-in-voters-spoiling-ballot-papers-across-south-west-london/

General message is unchanged/slightly down.

It's about 0.3% of votes cast being rejected.

Rejected votes vary quite a bit, ranging up to about 0.5%

I wrote immediately afterwards explaining why but no response as yet...

It would be interesting to see whether there was a significant increase in spoiled votes in the traditionally Labour constituencies who voted Tory.

"A small number who spoiled ballots over an issue may give clues to a larger number who held their noses and voted anyway, or who voted for a different party when they'd usually vote for you."

Yes, thirdfiddle. Exactly that.

The prime Minister actually stated he knows his party have many "borrowed votes". For now.

“ They should be concerned about the voters they've lost. Long term voters who turned away from them.”

They are - the ones that voted for another party, that is.

Just spoiling your ballot? No, they won’t bother. By contacting her MP, Bellinisurge did more to get her message across.

People now need to accept the situation and voting. Work together.

In order to work together you need to find the problems stopping that from happening.

Can’t remember exact figures off the top of my head.

for anyone interested [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000779]

LD gained +7.5%

LAbour lost -5.6%

and Conservative lost -7.4

If anything they've gained the lost Tory voters.

I wrote and told my MP why I spoiled my paper. He responded within an hour. And ignored my self-ID comments, focussing on the other two issues I raised.
But he read it. I encourage everyone to do that, particularly if your sitting MP lost - mine got back in by the skin of his teeth.

When will people start getting bored of picking and going over the results. It's done. One headline I read earlier was a new bursary for nurses to train, I think that is brilliant.
People now need to accept the situation and voting. Work together.

CaptinKirk they did in Leeds North East. LDs increased their vote by approx 8%. Cons and Lab lost approx the same. Can’t remember exact figures off the top of my head.

the large Jewish population either moved to Lib Dem

I'm not sure a large population of anyone moved to lib dem.

Leeds North East probably has noting to do with gender critical spoiling. There is a large Jewish population in the area who have traditionally voted labour but who felt unable to in this election. Added to that, the Tory candidate very recently made some anti Semitic comments. So the large Jewish population either moved to Lib Dem or spoiled. Incidentally, labour got in as they have for the last 30 or so years.

Wasn't there a big spoiled ballot movement last GE over Brexit? Maybe that has decreased and been replaced?

I think that was the case - in May's local elections too, where it made every paper.

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1122727/Brexiteers-local-elections-council-vote-spoil-ballots-Brexit

A small number who spoiled ballots over an issue may give clues to a larger number who held their noses and voted anyway, or who voted for a different party when they'd usually vote for you.

Why should they care about a tiny percentage who spoiled their papers?

They should be concerned about the voters they've lost. Long term voters who turned away from them.

If they can't win back long time voters how are they ever going to get back into power?

There's no message. Sorry but Nobody cares. No one will pay any attention.

Tories - busy running the country
Other parties - licking their wounds and running leadership elections.

Why should they care about a tiny percentage who spoiled their papers? They've all got bigger concerns.

I had hoped this election would make people who were blinding supporting labour or the libdems realise that they lived in a bit of a bubble, as actually talking to people on the street pretty much signaled a landslide Tory win.
But i think it's a bit optimistic to think that, their gap with the public is going to just keep getting bigger and bigger isn't it.

I think it was 93600 approx in 2017 and 139200 approx in 2015.

Thank you hatpin woman Interesting that there were so many more in Leeds north east.. I wonder why.

They simply didn’t feel they could vote for any of the main parties

~One of the reasons people felt no party spoke for them was the self ID issue.

@Angryresister the info for Leeds is here

www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/parliamentary-general-election-results

Where is the info recorded...? Can’t find it on the Leeds CC site.

A number of my colleagues spoilt their ballots papers. It had bugger-all to do with gender identity. They simply didn’t feel they could vote for any of the main parties. If there is a high proportion of spoilt ballot papers I suspect it’s for this reason.

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