UK General Election 2019 - Election Day and Results Thread

[jimrtex]

I happened to notice that Labour lost their deposit in Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine.

I know that Labour kept their deposit in all constituencies in 2017, and the Conservatives only lost theirs in Northern Ireland seats.

When was the last previous loss of the deposit by Labour (or the Conservatives in Great Britain)?

How is the return handled? I would hope there would be an official with a roll of banknotes, and handing them out to the candidates as they left the podium.

[jimrtex]

In reply to the above query, Labour lost a few Scottish deposits at the 2015 GE.

Thanks. I've found four so far in Scotland.

Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine
Angus
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxborough, and Selkirk

So all rural areas with likely little factory workers.

[jimrtex]

Not much to say about the results, other than I expected it (even a slightly larger Conservative majority).

Weird that turnout was just 67% and dropping compared with 2017.

You should probably never go with the stupid Election Day reports of „long lines“ ...

With significantly higher turnout there probably would have been a hung parliament again, because no suppressed Labour vote.

You may mean "depressed" rather than "suppressed"?

[jimrtex]

Constituency-wide swings:




Again, a pretty good correlation to how they voted in the referendum three years ago - note that the only Scottish constituency estimated to have voted 'Leave' is also the only one to record a pro-Tory swing.

If you look at your original message, there is a new part of Scotland far outside the Outer Hebrides that had an extreme swing to SNP.