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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 19:36:15 GMT
Over the years there have been many, and they have probably become more common since social media came about.
Last year I recall the following:
There was "confirmation" at one point that Anna Soubry had lost Broxtowe, Labour were said to have gained Pudsey, the Lib Dems were early on confident of taking Vauxhall, someone went to the trouble of making a pretty "Labour GAIN Shipley" graphic and several other London seats were rumoured to be Labour gains when in fact they were Tory holds.
In 1979, Dimbleby announced with some authority that David Owen had lost his Plymouth Devonport seat.
What others?
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Post by andrewp on Feb 28, 2018 19:40:42 GMT
Over the years there have been many, and they have probably become more common since social media came about. Last year I recall the following: There was "confirmation" at one point that Anna Soubry had lost Broxtowe, Labour were said to have gained Pudsey, the Lib Dems were early on confident of taking Vauxhall, someone went to the trouble of making a pretty "Labour GAIN Shipley" graphic and several other London seats were rumoured to be Labour gains when in fact they were Tory holds. In 1979, Dimbleby announced with some authority that David Owen had lost his Plymouth Devonport seat. What others? I think I remember one Lib Dem ‘gain’ in 2017 that shocked me. Might have been The Cotswolds. |
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Post by Ghyl Tarvoke on Feb 28, 2018 19:42:04 GMT
^ Tewkesbury.
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Post by YL on Feb 28, 2018 19:46:27 GMT
Was it 2005 when it was announced that the Lib Dems had won Birmingham Perry Barr?
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 28, 2018 19:52:19 GMT
I seem to remember a fair bit of rumour about the Conservatives gaining Dagenham & Rainham last June though don't recall if the BBC ever mentioned it. I remember them once flashing up Lib Dem gain Birkenhead (in 1987 I think?)
I also remember some mention of them having erroneously announced a Liberal gain in Bermondsey in 1979 which would have been remarkably prescient but that may be an old wives tale
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 28, 2018 19:53:48 GMT
Sky News reported Edinburgh South as a LD gain in 2010. I think ITN said Simon Hughes had lost in 1992.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 19:55:58 GMT
"LD gain Tewkesbury" on Sky News last year would have reminded many of their similar "LD gain Newark" cock-up in 2015.
Sir Simon Hughes stated at one point on election night 2015 that the media had on two previous occasions reported that he'd lost his seat. I imagine 1997 was one of those occasions. Edit: and 1992 it seems.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Feb 28, 2018 19:57:20 GMT
Was it 2005 when it was announced that the Lib Dems had won Birmingham Perry Barr? We do still have council seats there, but have not really come close to taking the Westminster seat. |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 20:00:39 GMT
I seem to remember a fair bit of rumour about the Conservatives gaining Dagenham & Rainham last June though don't recall if the BBC ever mentioned it. I remember them once flashing up Lib Dem gain Birkenhead (in 1987 I think?) I also remember some mention of them having erroneously announced a Liberal gain in Bermondsey in 1979 which would have been remarkably prescient but that may be an old wives tale Tories gaining Dagenham & Rainham actually flashed up on the Sky News results ticker, and Adam Boulton verbally acknowledged it (saying something like "That's Jon Cruddas defeated"). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 20:02:19 GMT
I seem to remember a fair bit of rumour about the Conservatives gaining Dagenham & Rainham last June though don't recall if the BBC ever mentioned it. I remember them once flashing up Lib Dem gain Birkenhead (in 1987 I think?) I also remember some mention of them having erroneously announced a Liberal gain in Bermondsey in 1979 which would have been remarkably prescient but that may be an old wives tale LBC did also IIRC. |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 20:06:33 GMT
Was it 2005 when it was announced that the Lib Dems had won Birmingham Perry Barr? We do still have council seats there, but have not really come close to taking the Westminster seat. That may have been the cause of the false announcement - someone seeing the votes from the boxes of a Lib Dem-friendly ward and assuming they were representative of the constituency as a whole. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 20:11:27 GMT
We do still have council seats there, but have not really come close to taking the Westminster seat. That may have been the cause of the false announcement - someone seeing the votes from the boxes of a Lib Dem-friendly ward and assuming they were representative of the constituency as a whole. The Lib Dems got 2.4% in the constituency, and the Perry Barr ward has around a quarter of its population, so that seems fairly unlikely. |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 20:14:24 GMT
That may have been the cause of the false announcement - someone seeing the votes from the boxes of a Lib Dem-friendly ward and assuming they were representative of the constituency as a whole. The Lib Dems got 2.4% in the constituency, and the Perry Barr ward has around a quarter of its population, so that seems fairly unlikely. 2005 is the election being referred to, when they got 26.5%. |
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Post by Ghyl Tarvoke on Feb 28, 2018 20:34:11 GMT
On 2015 election night there were rumours that the Tories had taken Gedling and North East Derbyshire (two years too early, lads).
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Post by swanarcadian on Feb 28, 2018 20:36:00 GMT
Other memorable errors from the BBC 1987 show (besides the exit poll) were the Liberals gaining Cheltenham at the same time Charles Irving was looking in a very jubilant mood, and Dimbleby getting very excited about the Tories being reduced to only 1,000 votes or so in Sunderland South - as though we were going to be annihilated in the industrial North.
It is by and large, however, a thoroughly enjoyable election night to relive, of course.
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Post by beastofbedfordshire on Feb 28, 2018 20:36:49 GMT
I seem to recall that much was made about Hastings & Rye which thankfully (despite the member of parliament) didn't come to fruition.
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Post by swanarcadian on Feb 28, 2018 20:39:39 GMT
In 2005, Bob Marshall-Andrews described himself as Lazarus when he clung onto Medway. Mark Reckless was the Conservative candidate then (and the rest is history).
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Post by swanarcadian on Feb 28, 2018 20:40:32 GMT
I seem to recall that much was made about Hastings & Rye which thankfully (despite the member of parliament) didn't come to fruition. Shipley also (mentioned already by the OP). |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Feb 28, 2018 20:43:02 GMT
In (I think) the February 1974 BBC coverage, it was stated that "things were looking good for Robert Maxwell" in Buckingham.
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Post by wjm2000 on Feb 28, 2018 20:43:27 GMT
I seem to recall that much was made about Hastings & Rye which thankfully (despite the member of parliament) didn't come to fruition. I remember my heart sinking when Laura Kuenssberg announced that rumour on election night. Not exactly a rumour but the BBC's seat by seat predictions based on the 2017 exit poll at the start of the night was very wrong, suggesting we'd gain a fair few seats from Labour in Wales (including Wrexham as I'd been dreaming of). |
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