Did my bit for democracy, and voted Labour. Sadly as I said before, I'm in a ludicrously safe seat, so my vote barely matters. But I figured that if I wanted my constituency to be less of a safe seat in future, then voting to try and cut the sitting MP's majority would be one way to try and do that. So here's hoping.
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May 7th | UK General Election 2015 OT - Please go vote!
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BBC's live news feed has been posting photos of quirky polling stations throughout the day. It got me wondering - who decides the location and suitability of a station?
I've always imagined they were churches or village halls but I've heard of pubs, cafes and even a house being used across the country. Do the owners volunteer and apply for their property to be used or do councils approach them? Seems strange that even the smallest, out-of-the-way hamlet wouldn't at least have a church or village hall.
I've always imagined they were churches or village halls but I've heard of pubs, cafes and even a house being used across the country. Do the owners volunteer and apply for their property to be used or do councils approach them? Seems strange that even the smallest, out-of-the-way hamlet wouldn't at least have a church or village hall.
Of course it does. But it doesn't negate how big a part it plays to the U.K. treasury. Let alone how big a part it played in the SNPs promises of a prosperous future Scotland.
To be fair to the SNP, I'm sure they would have given the same tax breaks and 'bailout's' the U.K. government did. The time frame just means it would have been very awkward. Call all those experts out as fear mongering, only to have them be far more right far more earlier than anybody planned.
Napoleonthechimp
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They don't even have a candidate in my constituency.
I voted, for Labour in the parliamentary vote and Lib Dem for the district council. The only other options for the local one were UKIP and the Tories so had to go for the least bad option!
My vote in the main one is pretty much wasted because of living in a safe tory seat - according to http://www.voterpower.org.uk my vote is worth 0.13 of what it should if things were proportional!
To make up for my main vote being useless, went to the nearby marginal seat to help the Labour campaigners for a couple of hours, leafletting and making sure people could get out and vote.
Really excited and hopeful that we get David Cameron out of power tonight!
My vote in the main one is pretty much wasted because of living in a safe tory seat - according to http://www.voterpower.org.uk my vote is worth 0.13 of what it should if things were proportional!
To make up for my main vote being useless, went to the nearby marginal seat to help the Labour campaigners for a couple of hours, leafletting and making sure people could get out and vote.
Really excited and hopeful that we get David Cameron out of power tonight!
ghostlight_ross
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Voted for Labour. Harlow tends to be pretty marginal and alongside my national preference for Labour I've never quite forgiven my local MP for supporting homeopathy and more importantly signing the coalition for marriage petition.
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Go and spoil your ballot, then.
0.098% for me. I feel valued.
It will be interesting to see how many people vote Labour as a whole on the night. I think the Greens will take away a bit from Labour.
Ukip will take a chunk from the Conservatives.
So who will win out in the voter stakes? Labour had 8.6m. Tories 10.7m.
A moral majority if you will.
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1.41x more voting power than the UK average, bitches.
Bloody hell. They're ridiculously low! I thought I was in a safe seat - our Tory MP got 50% of the vote last time. I can't imagine how one-sided your constituency must be!
Psychotext
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Huge queues at my polling station. Really pleasing. 
1.026 voter power. Muahah.
1.026 voter power. Muahah.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
0.763 for me. Down from 0.93 in my previous constituency. Power voter right here
CyclopsRock
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0.118 Bethnal Green and Bow
We need a 1000% swing to the Tories. Pretty sure that's what that means.
Bethnal Green and Bow We need a 1000% swing to the Tories. Pretty sure that's what that means.
The Speccie have put together a guide for all the 'Portillo moment' fans out there.
Looks like it all kicks off at 03:00ish, I really hope McVey gets the boot.
Looks like it all kicks off at 03:00ish, I really hope McVey gets the boot.
Knowsley.
it is so bad, that unless you turned on the TV you would be hard pressed to know there was even an election
Air Zombie Meat
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Mine is 0.061 too.
ShemhazaiX
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http://www.voterpower.org.uk/worcester
My vote is worth 0.563 votes. 1.84x more than average.
Swing constituency, bitches.
My vote is worth 0.563 votes. 1.84x more than average.
Swing constituency, bitches.
0.305.
Interestingly our local paper did an online poll earlier this week and labour got 44% of the vote over a 48 hour period. A small sample size of course, but as I've mentioned before we're safe (that site shows us between fairly and very) and have only had a single non-conservative MP since 1885 when we got our own constituency.
Interestingly our local paper did an online poll earlier this week and labour got 44% of the vote over a 48 hour period. A small sample size of course, but as I've mentioned before we're safe (that site shows us between fairly and very) and have only had a single non-conservative MP since 1885 when we got our own constituency.
Stallion Dan
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One of the women handling my polling station is some old hag who wanted to tear down my entire estate and rebuild on it with rabbit hutches, and of course would get the devalued prices of our homes as compensation, though she claimed with was very generous. Luckily it was voted down, but they still building a rabbit hutch on every tiny bit of green making the place look awful.
I just felt awful knowing she'll be counting the votes. I bet she got a lot of dirty looks today by voters.
I just felt awful knowing she'll be counting the votes. I bet she got a lot of dirty looks today by voters.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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0.023
Damn, 0.005. There goes my victory.
How can you possibly have less of a vote than the people who live in Buckingham?
Near my house an estate agents is being used.
LMAO I don't think I would ever say to someone not to bother, but you are just about at that point
Psychotext
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I have more than a full vote.
It was the safest seat last general election.
Now you see when you get into Norwich North I think their methodology falls down, on the grounds that they call it "fairly safe". Which is a bit odd when Chloe Smith coming in was the first Conservative in a while and it was Labour going back to 1997.
That said, I'm not complaining - 0.481 votes!
That said, I'm not complaining - 0.481 votes!
Succinct Verbosity
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3.36x the uk average. Bloody hell.
Psychotext
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Just seen that I'm in the 9th closest seat. Cool.
Daffy Duck
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I voted lib dem at the general and conservative at the local.
Labour haven't had an MP here for years, so lib dem were my only other options really as I hate our conservative MP, if there was someone else I'd have voted for them.
Labour haven't had an MP here for years, so lib dem were my only other options really as I hate our conservative MP, if there was someone else I'd have voted for them.
Principate
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0.945 Voted Labour, lets do this.
PJV3
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Labour will need to rebuild and loosen the ties a bit with the main party in England, I don't see the SNP losing ground otherwise.
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