A vote fair for all?
As we rummage through the debris of the General Election, trying to work if absolutely everybody or absolutely nobody actually won, some disturbing statistics appear. How about these?
In Wales, the Labour Party got 531 thousand votes which won them 26 seats.
The Conservative party got 382 thousand votes - 7 for every 10 Labour got. For that, they got 8 seats.
What? How does that work? But wait, there's some even harder maths to do here:
In Scotland, the Labour Party got 1.03 million votes, which gave them a thumping 41 seats
The Conservative Party got a bit less than half of that - 412 thousand votes - which got them .. err ... 1 seat
What the fuck?
One more set of stats: in England the Tories got 297 seats, while Labour and the LibDems combined only managed 234.
Discuss.
(tip of the hat to Ma Dale for the figures - blame him if they're wrong)
In Wales, the Labour Party got 531 thousand votes which won them 26 seats.
The Conservative party got 382 thousand votes - 7 for every 10 Labour got. For that, they got 8 seats.
What? How does that work? But wait, there's some even harder maths to do here:
In Scotland, the Labour Party got 1.03 million votes, which gave them a thumping 41 seats
The Conservative Party got a bit less than half of that - 412 thousand votes - which got them .. err ... 1 seat
What the fuck?
One more set of stats: in England the Tories got 297 seats, while Labour and the LibDems combined only managed 234.
Discuss.
(tip of the hat to Ma Dale for the figures - blame him if they're wrong)
