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> Tory majority government elected by 22.5% of the electorate - the lowest figure ever. I don't know how you came up with that number. Labour won a majority i
by ptaipale 10y ago
> Tory majority government elected by 22.5% of the electorate - the lowest figure ever.
I don't know how you came up with that number.
Labour won a majority in 2005 with 35.2 % of votes, in an election with 61.4 % turnout. That's 21.6 % of the electorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_electio...
In 2015, Conservatives got 36.9 % of a 66.4 % turnout. That's 24.5 % of electorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_electio...