UK General Election, 2017 - Election Day and Results Thread

[Leftbehind]

Tories gain mansfield from Labour

Wasn't expecting that.

Reports on the potential Tory landslide were held there. It's very Leave.

With the decline of SDLP, I wonder whether Labour will rethink on standing candidates in NI.

[Lachi]

Alliance actually LOST votes in Belfast E.?!

I know the 3rd parties have collapsed there, but I didn't expect them, to drop by 6%.

[The Free North]

Corbyn's front yard is a damn mess.

[Helsinkian]

Salmond gone. CON gain.

[SunSt0rm]

Salmond lost

[Lachi]

SALMOND HAS BEEN DEFEATED!

[MAINEiac4434]

With 7 seats for Sinn Fein, a majority is 322. That means the magic number for Conservatives is 312, with which they can form a government with the DUP.

What kind of compromises will DUP demand?

They are uberconservative socially...probably a more conservative social policy, a hardline unionist (maybe a DUP member?) as Northern Ireland Secretary.
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Salmond lost.

[Silent Hunter]

With 7 seats for Sinn Fein, a majority is 322. That means the magic number for Conservatives is 312, with which they can form a government with the DUP.

What kind of compromises will DUP demand?

A good deal of money for roads in NI was the joke on the BBC.

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A lesbian who rode in a tank is saving the tories.

Unbelievable

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

With 7 seats for Sinn Fein, a majority is 322. That means the magic number for Conservatives is 312, with which they can form a government with the DUP.

So far, the Tories have lost 10 seats, which would put them at 320 seats (not counting Bercow, the Speaker). If they lose 9 more seats, then things get really fun.

I'm betting that May is toast. Good riddance, you authoritarian hag. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. She might not even last a year as PM.

[The Free North]

The Conservative surge in Scotland is incredible.

[henster]

I guess a good parallel is the AUS 2016 election, didn't the PM there go an election there looking to expand his majority only to see it greatly reduced and in a much weaker position?

[heatcharger]

Ceredigion, currently home to the last Welsh Lib Dem, is on its 4th recount. Gonna end up being a tight result.

[Nyvin]

Cons could form coalition with Lib Dems again, but I doubt the Lib Dems would want to after their campaign...

[Southern Delegate matthew27]

A lesbian who rode in a tank is saving the tories.

Unbelievable

Donald Trump that joked about cheating on his wive and walked in on teenage girls won the election for the conservatives. Really weird bed follows.

[Kamala]

A lesbian who rode in a tank is saving the tories.

Unbelievable

What did Mike Dukakis do to influence the UK election?

[Lachi]

Plymouth Sutton has gone to Labour.

[MAINEiac4434]

Lab win Plymouth Sutton from Tories

[jaichind]

Survation did it again just like 2015 when they got it right in their unpublished poll.  

[MAINEiac4434]

Ruth Davidson looks effing jubilant.

[henster]

This is probably the best case scenario for Labour a weakened Tory Gov't presiding over tough Brexit and more austerity cuts. Setting the party up for an outright majority in the next GE.

[Zanas]

To me, the story of tonight is epitomized in seats like Lincoln, Ipswich and Peterborough.

[Mr. Morden]

Forgive my dumb questions, but is a Northern Ireland party propping up an otherwise minority government in a hung parliament something that's ever happened before?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Now at:

Conservative 250
Labour 230
SNP 33
LD 10
DUP 10
SF 7
Plaid Cymru 3
IND 1

Assuming SF doesn't take their seats, the total size of parliament is 643, thus the finish line is 322. If SF does take their seats, the finish line is 326.

[MAINEiac4434]

LAB WON COLNE VALLEY!