Key stats

Northern Irish Assembly

from 1998-2024 has been suspended for 40% of the time

Scottish Parliament

64% turnout at 2021 election

SNP

Welsh Parliament

never got above 50% turnout

Barnett formula allocates wales least amount of money despite being oldest and poorest of the devolved nations

Local elections

reform won 677 Councillors

Andy Burnham 2021 election 34% turnout (SV until 2024)

Sadiq Khan 2021 election 42% turnout (SV until 2024)

declaration of incompatibility

Only 17 out of the 34 declarations of incompatibility made by the Supreme Court have lead to policy changes

2019 General Election

Labour wins 34% of vote and 43% of graduates

Conservatives win 44% of the vote only 18% of graduates but a much higher proportion of less educated people

Johnson wins an 80 seat majority

‘Get Brexit done’ - Conservatives spend over a £1 million on ads targeted at men on social media on how businesses will thrive post Brexit

67% turnout

2017 General Election

Theresa May loses her majority

hung parliament

confidence and supply deal

Labour gain seats due to Corbyn’s popularity and the young vote increases

‘Dementia tax’ policy to blame

69% turnout

1997 General Election

Tony Blair landslide

emergence of New Labour

419 seats won

Blair met with Murdoch to get News of the World and Sun endorsement

71% turnout

2024 Election

Labour wins 34% of the vote and 412 seats

Labour wins 42% of graduate vote

Reform wins 15% of the vote and 5 seats

Reform wins 23% of voters with GCSEs or less

Lib Dems win 12% of vote but 72 seats

Conservative’s suffer worst loss of all time in terms of seats

Asian vote in 2024

five of the seven seats which labour lost in the 2024 election were where Muslims made over a quarter of the population

Labour lost 13% of the Asian vote