The weeping and wailing of Conservatives

[otago]

Ah, music to the ears the weeping and wailing of UK conservatives, what only 36 % of the vote after Labour had been in power for thirteen years, LOL.
If Cameron has any brains which he does not, he would be the one saying to the Lib/Dems we need to go to proportional representation and I suggest STV.

Damn fool that Cameron, he forgets one little detail, if Labour/Dems ask the people do you want a system were you can put the boot into both Labour and Conservatives they will rush for it.
Which means the Labour/Dem coalition only has to last long enough for the people to choose either STV or MMP, then they can call an election to be fought under rules that give seats based on the proportion of the vote won.

Labour sweating ? if I was a conservative MP I would be saying good bye to the commons under the new voting system.

 

[sophie]

Ahh, I was wondering where you went, Otago.

By the way, what's the actual discussion in this thread supposed to be about?

 

[Masada]

No idea, apparently the Conservatives under a new system will be politically decimated. At a bet Otago is thinking about the electoral influence of Rotten Boroughs or something. Besides, we already know what would have happened in a MMP system from the UK Election Results 2010 thread. Its not really all that serious to be honest: the results are more or less the same.

Current seats and percentage of popular vote, sorted by number of seats:

Conservative  					299, 36.2
Labour 						254, 29.1
Liberal Democrat 				54, 22.9
Democratic Unionist Party 			8, 0.6
Scottish National Party 			6, 1.7
Sinn Fein 					4, 0.5
Plaid Cymru 					3, 0.6
Social Democratic & Labour Party 		3, 0.4
Green 						1, 1.0
Alliance Party 					1, 0.1
UK Independence Party  				0, 3.1
British National Party 				0, 1.9
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force 	0, 0.4
English Democrats 				0, 0.2
Respect-Unity Coalition 			0, 0.1
Traditional Unionist Voice 			0, 0.1 	
Christian Party 				0, 0.1 	
Independent Community and Health Concern 	0, 0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 		0, 0.0 	
Scottish Socialist Party 			0, 0.0
Others 						1, 1.0

If seats (rounded) were allocated simply by percentage of popular vote, sorted by number of seats:

Conservative  					235, 36.2
Labour 						189, 29.1
Liberal Democrat 				149, 22.9
UK Independence Party  				20, 3.1
British National Party 				12, 1.9
Scottish National Party 			11, 1.7
Green 						7, 1.0
Democratic Unionist Party 			4, 0.6
Plaid Cymru 					4, 0.6
Sinn Fein 					3, 0.5
Social Democratic & Labour Party 		3, 0.4
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force 	3, 0.4
English Democrats 				1, 0.2
Alliance Party 					1, 0.1
Respect-Unity Coalition 			1, 0.1
Traditional Unionist Voice 			1, 0.1 	
Christian Party 				1, 0.1 	
Independent Community and Health Concern 	1, 0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 		0, 0.0 	
Scottish Socialist Party 			0, 0.0
Others 						7, 1.0

Total of 653 that way, although mainly because applying this method to the 'others' as a homogenous block doesn't make much sense.