I think the second tweet in the thread header is the better angle at which to attack this. "Because so many seats had 3-4 competitive parties, it often took a weirdly low vote share to win. The … (View Post)

A very efficient vote under FPTP is very close to being a very inefficient vote under FPTP. Ultimately, Labour got lucky. (View Post)

The huge number of seats won on low shares of the vote. This is massively important, because it reduces the size of the swings needed for large changes at the next GE. This is a consequence of the la… (View Post)

What a crazy election result. Quite how the voters managed to give a landslide majority to Labour on barely one-third of the vote, I'm not quite sure - but they managed it! Great results for the… (View Post)

Here's a stat for you. Labour have received less than 100,000 more votes in GE 2024, than John Major's Tories did in 1997. (View Post)