UK Election - Results Thread

[cinyc]

It's not the exit polls.  It's the swing model that's broken.  Nate Silver is probably right about this election.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Basildon South expected to come out very soon - that would be a gain that the Tories should be expecting to make.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Gordon Brown wish to create Lib-Lab coalition if possible BBC reports

[bullmoose88]

Torbay about to announce.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Conservatives hold Broxbourne.  6.4% swing from Labour to Conservatives.

[You kip if you want to...]

Ruthglen and Hamilton West held on an increased maority by Labour.

[bullmoose88]

LDs hold Torbay, Majority ~3,000

1.1% swing Con to LD.

[Verily]

DUP hold Upper Bann, small increase in the vote for Sinn Fein, who may be competitors there in the future.

[Silent Hunter]

Still not clear how this is going...

[Hash]

LDs hold Torbay with increased vote!

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Torbay:

BNP - 709
Green - 468
UKIP - 2,628
Labour - 3,231
Liberal Democrats - 23,126
Conservatives - 19,048

Swing 1.1% Swing from Conservative to Lib Dems.

[You kip if you want to...]

Still not clear how this is going...

Dimbleby saying that it's looking likely that the Tories will win a majority.

[Silent Hunter]

Swing to Lib Dems in Torbay. 57 on the Tory target list.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Finally some decent news for the LibDems, the slight swing toward them there.

[Verily]

BNP retain their deposit in Easington (easy Labour hold)

[Silent Hunter]

Conservatives hold Putney.

[Torie]

LD wins a seat in the southwest, Torbay, with swing to them from the Tories of
1.1%.Gosh, this is a fun election. I'm jealous!

Tories retain Putney by a big swing. Yawn. I suspect the Tories will do very well relatively in London area marginals.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Putney:

BNP - 459
Conservatives - 21,223
Labour - 11,170
Green - 591
Liberal Democrats - 6,907
UKIP - 435

Conservative Hold

[bullmoose88]

Con hold Putney
Majority 10k
9.9% Lab to Tory Swing

[You kip if you want to...]

Big Lab to Con swing in Putney...

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Swing of 9.9% from Labour to Conservatives in Putney.

[Verily]

Big Lab -> Con swing in Putney, which the Conservatives gained in 2005.

[Hash]

9.9% swing in Putney. Hopefully LD seats prevent the Tories from winning a majority

[The Ex-Factor]

It's not the exit polls.  It's the swing model that's broken.  Nate Silver is probably right about this election.

Haven't had time to follow what he was saying about this election - something about swings not being universal?

[Meeker]

North Down goes to Sylvia