I do not have a statistical forecasting model for
UKIP seat changes, but drastic losses seem very likely given they are down from 15 points in 2014 to just 3.5 points in the average of recent polls.
Not exact matches
Seat changes: Labour gain one seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
Seat changes: Labour gain one
seat / Ukip gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat /
Ukip gain one
seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat / Conservatives lose one
seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seatseat
Seat changes: Ukip gain one seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
Seat changes:
Ukip gain one
seat / Labour gain one seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat / Labour gain one
seat / Conservatives lose one seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat / Conservatives lose one
seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seat / Liberal Democrats lose one
seatseat
Currently,
Ukip is likely to win another four
seats; but this figure could well
change, depending on whether local voters in their key target
seats can be persuaded that
Ukip has a real chance of victory locally.
UKIP's capacity to
change constituency - level outcomes by grabbing 15 - 25 % of the votes in key
seats will matter just as much as its potential to win further
seats outright.
So it is an interesting working example of a constituency whose dynamics fundamentally
change with
Ukip's presence, and where a relatively safe
seat may become a three - horse race.
Seats that have had a by - election are
changed by it, so Eastleigh is probably representative of nothing but itself, but for the record Ashcroft found voting intentions there of CON 27 %, LAB 10 %, LDEM 39 %,
UKIP 22 %.
Neither regressions models capturing the patterns above nor classic uniform
change models predict
UKIP to win any
seats.
Local campaigns can
change things but at the moment, the BES data suggest
UKIP would struggle to get more than a dozen
seats.
The two main parties are in the low 30s in the polls now in large part because of
UKIP, but uniform
change still seems to provide a reasonable guide as to how those overall vote shares translate into
seats among key Con - Lab and Lab - Con marginals in England and Wales.
The first
UKIP MP elected to Westminster claimed
change was coming as he arrived at the House Of Commons to take up his
seat.
No
change in Broxbourne, as the Tories win nine
seats, Labour 1,
Ukip 1.
Douglas Carswell, who defected from the Tories to
Ukip, is the overwhelming favourite to retain his
seat, where he stood down when he
changed parties.
I don't expect major
changes in national vote share in 2020 necessarily but we could see
UKIP still around 10 - 15 %, losing votes to the Tories in marginal
seats but profiting from a post referendum backlash at the Tories expense in Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire etc and old labour areas like Sunderland, county Durham, Rotherham, Oldham etc which the Tories have abandoned.