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Post by michaelarden on Jul 10, 2024 22:08:46 GMT
He got over 70% on a 70+% turnout and over 50% of the electorate. With the decline in turnouts since then (particularly in the safest seats) - has this feat been achieved since? There were some MPs who got more than 50% of the electorate in 2017 - I remember that Steve Reed in Croydon North was one of them 74.2% on a 68.2% turnout - makes it by 0.6% - thanks. Just looked it up - Corbyn got 73% on a 73.4% turnout at the same time. I guess Thangam Debbonaire in Bristol would be similar - they both had 40,000 majorities.
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Post by bsjmcr on Jul 10, 2024 23:02:45 GMT
There were some MPs who got more than 50% of the electorate in 2017 - I remember that Steve Reed in Croydon North was one of them 74.2% on a 68.2% turnout - makes it by 0.6% - thanks. Just looked it up - Corbyn got 73% on a 73.4% turnout at the same time. I guess Thangam Debbonaire in Bristol would be similar - they both had 40,000 majorities.Whoops... and look what happened there. This election has really shown that there is no such thing as a safe seat - and even more so for next time where there are much fewer of would be traditionally regarded as safe seats.
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