so, did anybody actually VOTE LibDem then?

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Or was it just a brief flirtation before going 'back to base' as it were?

Sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseam on the other threads, haven't checked in on those yet, but I have to say I'm gutted that there wasn't more of a breakthrough for LibDems.
Myself, I'm in a Lab safe seat, LibDems in second place. I contemplated voting LibDem as really wanted electoral reform and GB out, but didn't in the end because:

1. Couldn't trust them not to do a deal with Tories
2. Nick Clegg was even going soft on electoral reform last week - the one abiding reason to vote for them
3. Not convinced they are strongly anti-poverty

Why did the rest of you not vote for them then?

I am in Hallam ward, Nick Clegg's our MP. There was a big turn out I believe (one of places many people were turned away after queuing for over an hour) and he got in obviously. So, round here at least, there were signficant numbers of people who did vote Lib Dem.

Yes. Tactical vote to keep tories out. It worked

I voted Lib Dem.

And in our seat they went from a majority of 219 in 2005 to a majority of over 8,000. They got over 50% of the vote.

Obviously Clegg-mania only actually happened in Ceredigion!

MNHQ, could you do another post-election poll to see if the MN vote is representational of the country?
please?

I did - but again live in a tory stronghold (typical affluent rural community stuffed full of fox hunting coffin dodgers and Boden wearers ).

We only had tory or libdem district candidates. People round here don't like the BNP, they would lose all their staff

I am thoroughly disillusioned with the whole thing. Can't we just have a do-over next week or something and just see what happens?

I voted Lib Dem, in a LD seat. He increased his majority.

Reality - you are in the same seat as me. All my family and most friends, (including me), voted Lib Dem tactically or because they actually support the Lib Dems.

What I can't understand is that even though Maude got his knuckles rapped during the expenses scandel he still got an even bigger majority. WTF? My mum has always said that they could stick a blue rosette on a pig in Horsham and people would still vote it in.

Makes me wonder why I bothered to vote tbh.

Oh please don't make us do another poll. Can't we just watch Dimblebob?

I voted LibDem

Although I'm a natural liberal, I was worried that they didn't have a clear grasp of economic issues.

I voted LD in Bristol West. If they go hand in hand with DC I will never vote for them again.

Lots of people here voted lib dem, in a target seat, but we still got the old Labour MP, despite the expenses fiasco. He got caught claiming for ladies shoes and nailvarnish.

But the lib dem candidates were not that great around here - it is still a very chummy male party.

DH and I voted LD but like so many of you it seems, we did so in a crazy safe Tory seat. However our neighbouring constituency did go yellow!

It seemed like so many people were being swayed for the LD vote, then lost their nerve at the polling booths. I honestly believed that this time they had a much better chance that usual.

I voted LibDem. I'm in a pretty safe Labour seat, both Labour and the Lib Dems increased their share of the vote. The Lib Dems managed to move from third to second place. I'm happy with my vote.

I've believed in PR, or some form of PR, since I was a teenager (did Politics/Government A Level, best thing I ever studied imo, made me cynical and question everything. Bloody fantastic Lecturer ) and this election has just reinforced the idea that FPTP is intrinsically undemocratic.

Should say though, if they form an alliance with the Tories then that's it for me. I'll go back to voting Labour as the only even vaguely left wing choice.

I voted LibDem. Tories held the seat (which they took from Labour) at the last election, but LibDems came second for the first time, with Labour third.

Dh voted Labour.

I did, and they kicked arse here.

Sorry, wierd comma there!

I did but the Con majority was increases at the expense of the LDs.

aww, please Justine! i want to see how the opinion polls varied from the result.

pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

I did, am LibDem member and our LibDem candidate is a local business man, very well liked, owns a health shop. He got over 10K votes but my town is a very safe Labour seat. My mum voted for labour just because she does I asked her if she knew who the labour candidate was, she said she didn't know him...I said you do mean her

Anyway, maybe next time...

Justine - I can do it if you can't be arsed!

But you know the final question will be 'do you think MNHQ has election fatigue and would prefer to revert to talking about biscuits ?'

I did. Our seat went from red to blue. It seems to just flip back and forth between the two and no one else gets a look in.

I did, but he came third, and we now have a Tory MP.

I did. We got a swing from Con to Lib Dem, but not nearly enough. Very safe Tory seat.