IceAgeComing
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« on: May 02, 2016, 04:55:15 PM » |
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no one would vote plaid in their constituency and the tories on the list; since in the vast majority of seats Plaid don't really have a chance to win them (they do better in Welsh elections slightly, but they are still miles behind); I'm pretty sure that they retain most of their constituency voters on the list and any leakers are going to the Greens or other parties of the left.
Scottish Parliament (all the devolved institutions list my constituency vote first then the list one):
1999 - Labour/Green 2003 - Labour/Green 2007 - SNP/Green 2011 - SNP/Green 2016 - SNP or Labour, still deciding/Green
I might have voted SSP in 1999 or 2003, before Sheridan made a total fool of himself and ruined the left in Scotland for a generation. Definitely Greens after that though, especially since Pat Harvie became co-chair because he's grand. In seats where the Tories are challenging a vote for their primary opposition might be a possibility - now that's mostly SNP, but I'd have voted Labour in Eastwood every election before 2011 for example.
Welsh Assembly:
1999 - Plaid/Plaid 2003 - Labour/Labour 2007 - Labour/Labour, maybe Plaid or Green 2011 - Labour/Green 2016 - Labour/Plaid
All those constituency votes would include tactical anti-Tory votes where appropriate. Some of those switches might seem a little odd, 2007 is one that I can't really tell. Going from Plaid to Labour between 99 and 2003 is something that lots of people did, mostly people who always traditionally voted Labour. Also the Greens vote in 2011 might also be a Plaid vote, I dunno; its hard to think about things like this.
NI Assembly:
No need for years for this one; I don't think I'd ever change. Probably giving reluctant first preferences to the SDLP, and then referencing the Alliance, other vaguely progressive voices in NI maybe including some Sinners (and for balance I'd have preferenced David Ervine and Dawn Purvice of the PUP and probably NI21 for what its worth, although definately not the PUP now. Maybe in the past I'd chuck a lower preference to the UUP to keep out the DUP but honestly that doesn't matter anymore. If Labour decide to start standing candidates in NI, then they'd easily get my first preference. If I was actually born in Northern Ireland; I'd probably be a big Sinn Fein person, or a frustrated unionist voting for the Alliance while wanting UK Labour to stand candidates
London Mayoral Election: First vote is first preference, after that second preference
2000 - Ken (Independent)/Dobson (Labour) 2004 - Darren Johnson (Green)/Ken (Labour) 2008 - Sian Berry (Green)/Ken (Labour) 2012 - Jenny Jones (Green)/Ken (Labour) 2016 - Sian Berry (Green)/Sadiq Khan (Labour)
2004 is the one that I'm a little unsure of, I might have been a Lib Dem protest voter at the time but I could never see myself voting for Simon Hughes, and the Greens are the next best thing. Although I suppose this was slightly before Respect totally became a Galloway personality cult, I might have gone that way instead, who knows! The Assembly Voting system is very dumb, I don't know why they didn't go for proper AV instead of the only two preferences rubbish.
London Assembly:
2000 - Labour/Green 2004 - Labour/Green 2008 - Labour/Green 2012 - Labour/Green 2016 - Labour/Green
In safer inner London seats I'd probably throw my vote to a Green candidate just to help them get their deposit back. I'm pretty sure that there was never any Lib Dem/Tory Assembly constituency seats, if there were then an anti-Tory tactical vote pre-2010 would also be possible.
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