Johnny Cans: UK Labour's last three vote counts, percentages and seats. Man that's one fucked up voting system. 2024: 9,650,254 / 33.8% / 411 2019: 10,269,051 / 32.1% / 202 2017: 12,877,918 / 40.0% / 262

UK Labour's last three vote counts, percentages and seats. Man that's one fucked up voting system. 2024: 9,650,254 / 33.8% / 411 2019: 10,269,051 / 32.1% / 202 2017: 12,877,918 / 40.0% / 262

Here, by the way, is what happened the last time they won by a landslide. Tell me where on here you think UK Labour are. And what happened in the next election? Ah. 1997 13,518,167 / 43.2 / 418 2001 10,724,953 / 40.7 / 412 2004 9,552,376 / 35.2 / 355

Labour speed run getting booted out

Fuck. In 2024, the average Labour supporter's vote was worth twice that of the average Labour supporter's vote in 2019.

Some of this is explained by turnout being much lower than 2019. 2019: 67.3% 2024: 59.8% (provisional)

It's the lowest ever % for a majority win. Whatever this result is, it's not one that is as solid as some media are reporting

Oh I completely agree with that. It's just the 2019 vs 2024 total vote thing looks different when the turnout gap is included.

Previous record low turnout set by Blair in 2001, which was then the lowest since 1918, when a lot of the electorate were still waiting to come home from war. Low turnout is a defining feature of neoliberalism. Most people have nothing to vote for because Power wins regardless. Plot goes to 2017.

This would not be acceptable in a functioning democracy.

The Lib Dems run the Tories close in twice as many seats as they do Labour. In general, the LDs have to do well for Labour to win. Most of their vote gets wasted in seats they don't win, of course. But those wasted votes were mostly stolen off the Tories. FPTP with >2 parties is ... interesting.

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