To be pissed my area just turned blue

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So Theresa had a crap election.

Conservatives lost seats.

My area has been Labor, same MP since 1979.
It just went to the Conservatives.

Aibu to be disappointed that this is what my neighbours want? We're one of the most deprived areas in the country. We score crap on everything from employment to education, benefit dependency etc.

Yet they voted Conservative, because we all know they care so much about the poor.

YANBU. It's slightly depressing to see that the conservatives increased their share of the vote. How could more actually people vote for them than last time. My mind boggles.

Mine has too we have not had a tory here since 1997ish im really shocked labour got a right battering .

Perhaps they are all pissed off at the areas "crapness" and want someone in that might do something about it.

Mine went from Blue to Red, so at least some are balancing out.

All those UKIP votes had to go somewhere.

I'm pissed because mine stayed blue by a measly few hundred votes! Argh!

I do think it was an Snp protest vote mind you but tory

I live in a very very safe Tory seat, but even though they retained it there was a 12.5% swing towards labour which makes me feel positive and that my vote 'counts' a bit, even if just to make the Tories panic a bit!

We got rid of our Tory MP. It has made me very happy!

We have gone blue which I suspect was more about SNP than the no policy Tory candidate. Given his enormous manifesto of "vote for me to keep SNP out" he is likely to be earning his keep

Our Tory candidate was returned, having beat the Labour candidate by 1% of the votes. The independent candidate got 1.8%.

Well mine turned red and I am equally disgusted!

Actually it stayed red, duh. Not enough sleep. But only just, both times. Had my heart set on getting rid of the useless fiscally incompetent so and so.

We have gone from blue to yellow.

All those UKIP votes had to go somewhere that's exactly it. Really strong exit area, huge UKIP area. I need to move

We stayed Blue with an increase, neighbouring authority remained red with a decrease

All those UKIP votes had to go somewhere.

Interestingly either most or half of the UKIP vote seemed to swing to Labour in an awful lot of constituencies.

Not surprising to many grass roots activists, but apparently surprising to Theresa May.

I've learnt to get involved, I took leave from work and have been knocking on doors, with the desired result in my highly marginal constituency - I'm fucking delighted.

Walsall? Don't get it either

My area just went back to blue. Im happy

People can vote for who ever they like.

Also this:

Yes Captain.

The rest of the bloody Midlands is Labor!! OK so Aldridge Borwnhills but its well posh aye it up there haha

It wouldn't be so bad if so many people hadn't not bloody bothered, we have a low comparative turnout, 50 something %

Like a pp said when areas are shit people eventually get fed up and vote for change. It happened here.

I am amazed the same MP has sat here for 38 years.

We've had so so many financial cuts, have lost our youth clubs and soon our libraries. Redundancies throughout the Council. Just worried what this will lead to really not as freeNiki suggests having a tantrum

I dont mind the tories getting more votes as long as the turnout was also higher which it was. Last night made up for the last 3 elections we've had. Kabour gain Kensingyon -Who would have thought it?