Otis
Well-Known Member
It was the Tories too though wasn't it.
What were the exact figures of the vote? Hardly any dissenters were there?
i dont live in Coventry, but genuinely don't get why people have voted Labour council in again, given what they have done to CCFC ?
i dont live in Coventry, but genuinely don't get why people have voted Labour council in again, given what they have done to CCFC ?
PR, Preferential or ranked voting systems would all work better IMHO.......
......the SNP gaining 56 seats on considerably less than half the votes that Ukip gained on their way to winning a solitary seat highlights everything that is wrong with the current system......
1, All parties voted for it.
2, Most people in Coventry don't support CCFC.
how many votes did they get ?
People simply didn't see Ed as a credible leader. He had worst ratings than all the major candidates, and that's before he even got elected. That and the fact that labour abandoned the middle ground and swung to the left.
The only way labour can win another election is if someone like Blair comes back.
how many votes did they get ?
Don't forget that there was a referendum in 2011 on whether we wanted alternative voting (which was a LibDem manifesto policy last time around, and one which they achieved by being part of the coalition).
It was soundly thrown out at that time 32:68 with a 42% turnout), so you can't now moan that FPTP is unfair. Now that the Tories have a majority, they are certainly NOT going to push for FPTP to be removed are they?!
Also, the SNP got 50% of the vote in the areas in which they contested seats.
I don't think you can really count the referendum. It was presented as a loaded question and didn't give an option for PR. There was very little in the way of educating the electorate about how AV even worked.
Its a different story now. How can Cameron have a mandate in Scotland where the SNP have swept the board? If you look at votes to seats its clear something is wrong, we have a system when millions of peoples vote to all intents and purposes don't count.
The vote breakdown is current Con 36.8%, Lab 30.6%, UKIP 12.6%, Lib Dem 7.7%, SNP 4.8% and Green 3.7%. Translate that to seats and you get Con 322, Lab 228, UKIP 1, Lib Dem 8, SNP 56 and Green 1. I don't see how anyone can look at that and say the Commons is going to be representative of the votes cast.
We could see three leaders resign in one day.
As a person who voted for the SNP, The Conservatives have been an endangered species up here for a decade or more. I would expect another vote for Independence after the 2016 Scottish Elections. I think it is a question of 'when' Scotland will become a independent Country, and not 'if'.
He is not happy with FPTP.
Much as I dislike Farage and UKIP he has a point here. 3.8m votes for UKIP giving them 1 seat, 1.4m votes for SNP giving them 56 seats. You can understand why he thinks the current system isn't fair!
The Tories need 2 more seats with 9 to go.
I think they actually only need one.
They have 325 with 641/650 declared. One more for overall majority
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