In terms of change in share of the vote (which dropped in turnout from 45% to 43%), taking the major parties:<\/p>\n
Conservatives +1%
\nLabour -6.9%
\nUKIP +0.5%
\nLib Dems -1.2%
\nGreens +2.4%
\nBNP +1.3%
\nSNP +0.7%
\nPlaid Cymru -0.1%
\nEnglish Democrats +1.1%
\nChristian Party +1.6%<\/p>\n
And in terms of absolute number of voters:<\/p>\n
Conservatives -198,696
\nLabour -1,336,923
\nUKIP -152,542
\nLib Dems -371,714
\nGreen +190,210
\nBNP +135,398
\nSNP +89,509
\nPlaid Cymru -33,087
\nEnglish Democrats +149,437
\nChristian Party +192,722<\/p>\n
And so the big four (Conservatives, Labour, UKIP and the Liberal Democrats) between them lost 1,907,333 voters – 70% of which is accounted for by Labour’s huge plunge in popularity.<\/p>\n
In terms of absolute voter numbers, therefore, the Tories lost 4.7%, Labour lost 36.2%, UKIP lost 5.8%, the Lib Dems lost 13.3%; meanwhile the Greens gained 18.3% and the BNP 16.7%.<\/p>\n
Based on data from Wikipedia (2009 results<\/a>, 2004 results<\/a>)<\/p>\n To get an idea of the EU-wide picture, the best I’ve found so far is this interactive map from the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In terms of change in share of the vote (which dropped in turnout from 45% to 43%), taking the major parties: Conservatives +1% Labour -6.9% UKIP +0.5% Lib Dems -1.2% Greens +2.4% BNP +1.3% SNP +0.7% Plaid Cymru -0.1% English … Continue reading