U.K election maps

[Ben.]

Bruinvels was stridently, militantly rightwing but many Labour and Tory activists and Cllrs in Leicester remembered him as a fairly pleasent man... interestingly he defeated Hewitt in '83 (She ended up winning the next-door seat, Leicester West in '97). 

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Without putting too fine a point on it, no one in Wellington remembers him as being very nice, even on a personal level. Interestingly enough, when the new "Wrekin" seat was drawn (even now more people in the Telford seat live on the slopes of the Wrekin than do in the Wrekin seat; which only really contains the peak) it was assumed to be safely Tory; until the local Tories picked Bruinvels.

For those that don't know the area; there is a good Labour vote in most the new north Telford (largely owner-occupied) estates, in the southeast parts of Wellington (ie; the dodgy bits) and also in the old core of Shifnal. There are decent sized Labour minorities in bits of Newport, the southern part of Albrighton and some of the villages (although I forget which ones). The rest of the seat is/should be strongly Tory in General Elections (locally a lot of middle class areas, like Leegomery (which is largely in the absurdly named Apley Castle ward), Newport or north Wellington vote LibDem).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Two other things found out;

1. The Tottenham Tories got disiplined in some way in the '90's for race-baiting and certainly had a dodgy reputation for it throughout the '80's...
2. The swings against the Tories in Plymouth were likely the result of job losses brought about by a botched Defense privatisation.

[Harry Hayfield]

Can I put in a request please? Namely Wales Notionals 1992 - 2005 (including Assembly constituency results)?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

[Filuwaúrdjan]

A map of local elections in Wales by ward...



1. Wherever possible, this is based on the 2004 election results... but sadly not all councils have them up on their websites anymore. This means that changes via by-elections and so on, probably feature in a couple of areas.

2. As the point of this is to (try) to show local strengths for each party, Indies have only been shown when they are the only councillers in a given ward. The exception to this is Blaenau Gwent.
Note that in Wales, Independents have a much wider range of political views than in England... but do note that they tend to verge on Condependent in Pembrokeshire.

[Harry Hayfield]

Indeed, this is the impression I get having lived in Powys and Ceredigion. At Election 2004 (and unchanged as we've not had any by-elections at all) the result was:

Ind 16 Plaid 16 Lib Dem 9 Lab 1

and so Ind + Lib Dem + Lab coalition was established.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

One ward in Ceredigion that suprised me, was the yellow one betwixed Aberaeron and Lampeter. I knew about the rural wards south/east of Aberystwyth o/c.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

*blows dust off thread*

The Second Election of 1974:



A bigger map can be found in the Gallery.

Notes:

1. This was basically a re-run of the election earlier in the year, though this time Labour won a majority (though a tiny one). 1974F is on the first page of this thread, btw.

2. This was also the SNP's best ever showing in a Westminster election.

[Hash]

bump.

I'm bumping all the good map threads.

[Хahar 🤔]

Superbump.

Can you do 2002?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

There was no General Election in 2002.

[Hash]

Can you do 2002?

Surely you mean 2001, no?

[Хahar 🤔]

Yes, 2001.

[Harry Hayfield]

There is one question that has always been puzzling me about 2001 and that's the divergence of the nationalist parties.

SNP 1997: 22.08% 2001: 20.07%
Plaid 1997: 9.94% 2001: 14.27%

Can this be explained in maps showing the percentage change between 1997 and 2001 in each seat for Plaid and the SNP?

[afleitch]

There is one question that has always been puzzling me about 2001 and that's the divergence of the nationalist parties.

SNP 1997: 22.08% 2001: 20.07%
Plaid 1997: 9.94% 2001: 14.27%

Can this be explained in maps showing the percentage change between 1997 and 2001 in each seat for Plaid and the SNP?

Probably.

But combine a strong year for the Lib Dems and a weak year for the SNP and in Scotland it's simply a change within the 'not Labour' vote. It reversed (to an extent) in 2007.

[minionofmidas]

The SNP has always been relevant all over Scotland. PC can contract to the point of invisibility outside the Welsh-speaking areas, and it did in the 1990s. Even in good years, there are corners of the Principality where PC remains a minor party. You'll probably find a massive increase in 2001 in places like the Valleys.

[Silent Hunter]

The SNP has always been relevant all over Scotland. PC can contract to the point of invisibility outside the Welsh-speaking areas, and it did in the 1990s. Even in good years, there are corners of the Principality where PC remains a minor party. You'll probably find a massive increase in 2001 in places like the Valleys.

They dropped massively in 2005. For one reason: Rhonda-Cynon-Taff. Al knows precisely what I mean.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Not sure about massively, but there were large falls in places. Rhondda is the obvious one, but the drop in Merthyr was quite sharp when you consider the low base.

[ChrisDR68]

*blows dust off thread*

The Second Election of 1974:

A bigger map can be found in the Gallery.

Notes:

1. This was basically a re-run of the election earlier in the year, though this time Labour won a majority (though a tiny one). 1974F is on the first page of this thread, btw.

2. This was also the SNP's best ever showing in a Westminster election.
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These are superb and fascinating maps.

Is there any prospect of the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections getting the same treatment?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Thread's a bit too old for posting, so will lock in a moment.

However: for 2005 and 2010, yes. Though with a nicer key for 2010. Both ought to be on the forum gallery. Not sure about 2001. If not, it's something to do at some point.