It is a difficult choice, but personally, in this election, I would vote tactically for Lib-Dem if they were the only candidate capable of offering a challenge in the constituency.
Rochester & Strood. It used to be a marginal and they called it Medway, Tory from 1983 - 1997 then Labour 1997 -2010. Just shows how things can change over the years
Would have to be a 10k vote swing towards Labour for the seat to change from a roughly 79,000 figure turnout. (don't see it happening) I imagine the rest of the UKIP votes will go back to Conservative to so there will probably be a Conservative boost.
Priti Patel (I'm pretty sure people have had fun with her name) is the incumbent where I'm voting Labour and has a big Tory majority. But maybe, just maybe......
Just reading a comment by a Lib Dem candidate.... 'I’ve spent this morning talking to people who have got questions. Some people are confused with who they are voting for. They come back [from the polling booth] and ask: ‘Why didn’t it say May, Corbyn or Farron on the voting slip?’
Christchurch for me which will only ever be conservative
From Wikipedia
Christchurch is represented by a single parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons. The seat was created in 1983 from parts of the Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset and New Forest constituencies. It had been held by Robert Adley (Conservative) since its creation until his death in 1993. At the by-election Diana Maddock (Liberal Democrat) was elected in one of the largest ever swings (35.4%) against the sitting party.[43] The seat was retaken by Conservative candidate Christopher Chope in 1997 and retained in 2001 and 2005. In the 2010 general election, Chope retained his seat with a considerable majority of 15,410 and 56.4% of the vote, making Christchurch one of the safest Conservative constituencies in the country.[
The last UK constituency I lived in was Islington North. I can tell you that Jeremy Corbyn is a good MP who cares about his constituency & the country as a whole.I posted my vote for him last week but in real terms will it make any difference? The first past the post system is deeply flawed & when the results come in I'll be interested to see what it would look like under proportional representation. The last election UKIP would have got 84 seats & as unpalatable as that is to a lifelong socialist like me,it's fairer.I'm voting out of principle simply because I hate the Tories so much but my vote is going to one of the safest Labour seats of the lot.I want my vote to make a difference like it would with P R. A second choice option would also be welcome & would give parties like the Greens more of a voice. Finally,if the system isn't going to change then the other parties need to think about the so called progressive alliance a bit more because in my view the Tories need to be stopped at all costs.
My constituency is Hendon. At the 2010 election the Tories got in with a just 100 majority. 2015 they got in again with a 4000 majority. I will be voting Labour, as I have all ways done.
Labour actually got 1075 more votes in 2015 than in 2010 but because of a 7.1%/3075 voter increase in the turnout their share was down from 42.1% to 41.5%
On the plus side there have been reports of people queuing to vote so it sounds like we're going to get a high turnout. When I voted the staff were having to explain to an EU citizen (not sure from where exactly) that he wasn't eligible to vote.
G When I voted the staff were having to explain to an EU citizen (not sure from where exactly) that he wasn't eligible to vote.
Interesting, this, as I have just read on the Guradian about naturalised/dual citizens being turned away even though they really are entitled to vote.
Let me see if I can copy and paste the story...
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[The voter who had been refused] had tried calling the Electoral Commission, with no success.Then someone at the polling station [an official?] called a number and was told that [she] was ineligible to vote as a Polish citizen. "Well, wasn’t I glad to whip out my British passport and wave it in her face. And then whoever was at the end of the line started crumbling. Oh, it’s a clerical error they say. She is indeed a UK citizen. So what do I do? asked the nice [official at the polling station]. ‘Give her a ballot and mark a clerical error in your register’ they said.
So that was that. They said at the station that there had been four other people who were refused the ballot there despite being apparently naturalised and registered, but they didn’t persevere like I did, and walked away." ----
If true, how many other people were wrongly refused their democratic right to vote? ;angry
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IH - I think my swinging days are over....
However, Sheryl Murray is likely to keep her seat in South East Cornwall
If I wasn't already voting Labour, I definitely would if JC were burying them instead of digging them up ;biggrin
Not impossible it could be again
Oops, sorry again, just seen that the correction was made already in the above post. ;biggrin
It is a difficult choice, but personally, in this election, I would vote tactically for Lib-Dem if they were the only candidate capable of offering a challenge in the constituency.
If only I could vote in my parents' ward: its a marginal Lib Dem/Tory seat. (Currently Lib Dem, but has teetered back and forth).
;nonono ;doh ;puzzled
The last year has not been the best advert.
From Wikipedia
Christchurch is represented by a single parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons. The seat was created in 1983 from parts of the Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset and New Forest constituencies. It had been held by Robert Adley (Conservative) since its creation until his death in 1993. At the by-election Diana Maddock (Liberal Democrat) was elected in one of the largest ever swings (35.4%) against the sitting party.[43] The seat was retaken by Conservative candidate Christopher Chope in 1997 and retained in 2001 and 2005. In the 2010 general election, Chope retained his seat with a considerable majority of 15,410 and 56.4% of the vote, making Christchurch one of the safest Conservative constituencies in the country.[
The first past the post system is deeply flawed & when the results come in I'll be interested to see what it would look like under proportional representation. The last election UKIP would have got 84 seats & as unpalatable as that is to a lifelong socialist like me,it's fairer.I'm voting out of principle simply because I hate the Tories so much but my vote is going to one of the safest Labour seats of the lot.I want my vote to make a difference like it would with P R. A second choice option would also be welcome & would give parties like the Greens more of a voice.
Finally,if the system isn't going to change then the other parties need to think about the so called progressive alliance a bit more because in my view the Tories need to be stopped at all costs.
Outline here. According to most sources, the exit polls have been pretty accurate in recent years.
According to the ES, by 3am(ish) if there's a clear majority winner. Later if it goes closer or is a hung Parliament.
Labour actually got 1075 more votes in 2015 than in 2010 but because of a 7.1%/3075 voter increase in the turnout their share was down from 42.1% to 41.5%
On the plus side there have been reports of people queuing to vote so it sounds like we're going to get a high turnout. When I voted the staff were having to explain to an EU citizen (not sure from where exactly) that he wasn't eligible to vote.
I have been reading of UK citizens elsewhere in the EU eligible to vote but prevented by various snafus ;angry
Really hoping I'm not one of them... still waiting to hear from my proxy that it all went ok.
Let me see if I can copy and paste the story...
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[The voter who had been refused] had tried calling the Electoral Commission, with no success.Then someone at the polling station [an official?] called a number and was told that [she] was ineligible to vote as a Polish citizen. "Well, wasn’t I glad to whip out my British passport and wave it in her face. And then whoever was at the end of the line started crumbling. Oh, it’s a clerical error they say. She is indeed a UK citizen. So what do I do? asked the nice [official at the polling station]. ‘Give her a ballot and mark a clerical error in your register’ they said.
So that was that. They said at the station that there had been four other people who were refused the ballot there despite being apparently naturalised and registered, but they didn’t persevere like I did, and walked away."
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If true, how many other people were wrongly refused their democratic right to vote? ;angry