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The right didn't split. Reform hardly existed at that point because the Tories called a snap election with nearly no notice specifically to stop Farage organizi

by qcnguy 1y ago

The right didn't split. Reform hardly existed at that point because the Tories called a snap election with nearly no notice specifically to stop Farage organizing in time. What happened is simply that conservative voters stayed home. Massive vote abstention.

HPsquared 1y ago
Thought I'd check, seems the right wing lost about 25% of their votes (though from a high starting point) and the left wing stayed about the same (gained 5% if you count the Greens). Votes for each party, change 2019-2024 (based on aggregate vote counts from Wikipedia): - Labour lost 0.5M votes (2024: 9.7M) - Conservatives lost 7.1M votes (2024: 6.8M) - Reform (new party) gained 4.1M votes (2024: 4.1M) - LibDems lost 0.2M votes (2024: 3.5M) - Greens gained 1.0M votes (2024: 1.8M) - SNP lost 500k votes (2024: 0.7M) I suppose anyone counting Reform on the right should also count Green on the left, so the "left group" (Labour+Green) got more votes than the "right group" (Tory+Reform). The split vote is what caused the massive change in parliament though, a proportional result would be about even left/right with LibDem as kingmakers. Tis a silly place.