Post by Totheleft on Jul 5, 2024 11:14:31 GMT
no matter the turn out or the % Labour won by lets put this into the light of day.
Labour lost About 10% of its vote to the Muslim vote and a small fraction to Reform .
but all in all they done very well especially in north west England .
Labour have made historic gains in Cheshire, taking two seats that have been held by the Conservatives for decades.
The party took Macclesfield, a seat held by the Tories since 1918, for the first time with a majority of more than 9,000, while Congleton, which had only ever returned Conservative MPs, went to Labour with a 21.6% vote swing
Labour swept to an historic victory in the Ribble Valley as the party overturned a huge Conservative majority.
Maya Ellis, who became the borough’s first ever Labour MP on a night of high tension at the general election count in Clitheroe,
the former Mp for Ribble Valley had been a Conservative Mp for 32yrs .
Rochdale won its seat back from Galloway workers party.
Labour lost About 10% of its vote to the Muslim vote and a small fraction to Reform .
but all in all they done very well especially in north west England .
Labour have made historic gains in Cheshire, taking two seats that have been held by the Conservatives for decades.
The party took Macclesfield, a seat held by the Tories since 1918, for the first time with a majority of more than 9,000, while Congleton, which had only ever returned Conservative MPs, went to Labour with a 21.6% vote swing
Labour swept to an historic victory in the Ribble Valley as the party overturned a huge Conservative majority.
Maya Ellis, who became the borough’s first ever Labour MP on a night of high tension at the general election count in Clitheroe,
the former Mp for Ribble Valley had been a Conservative Mp for 32yrs .
Rochdale won its seat back from Galloway workers party.