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To really resent living in a safe Tory seat?

152 replies

AngeloMysterioso · 01/06/2017 03:58

My constituency has had the same Tory MP since it's inception 20 years ago- in the 2015 GE he won by a margin of over 8000 votes, 20.9k+ to 12.6k+ votes for the Labour runner up.

I mean I'm going to vote anyway, but part of me is wondering what is the fucking point??

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RhiWrites · 01/06/2017 18:02

There would not be more UKIP MPs under PR because people would have voted differently. First past the post means lots of people voted UKIP as a protest vote.

We can't know how PR would have changed those votes.

caroldecker · 01/06/2017 18:09

Rhi YOu also cannot assume they would not have voted UKIP under PR - as has been said, many people only vote for the big 2 as consider anything else wasted - you may have had a higher UKIP representation.

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