Sentences with phrase «average general election voting»

This is the highest «none of the above» vote since the time of the 2009 European elections, when successes for UKIP, the BNP and the Greens in that proportional - voting contest transferred briefly into well - above - average general election voting intentions.

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Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

On average the vote shares for each party from the 1999 - 2009 are 8.75 percentage points different from their vote shares at the next general election, almost double that of local elections.

If we look at the 2010 general election results, we can see that 116 MPs (from 649 excluding the speaker) got a higher vote share than the average Conservative leader, versus 48 for the Labour leader and 277 for the Liberal Democrat leader.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

The turnout on the independence vote was 84 %, and in the general election the following year, Scotland had a turnout of 71 % which was far higher than the UK average.

On average, in those seats that the party won in by - elections, it went on to hold on to more than four - fifths of its vote share at the following general election.

Parties without a Commons seats have averaged a joint share of 24 % of the European vote since 1999, but only four per cent of the general election vote.

[66] Interviewed the following Sunday by Andrew Neil and asked about «the game plan», Farage welcomed the «average 13 % vote» across the country, and stated that the party was preparing for county council elections in 2013, European elections in 2014 and a general election in 2015.

For the past few months, voting intention support for minor parties has averaged 14 %, far more than in any General Election in British history.

But new research by Jake, a networking organisation for gay professionals, suggests a worrying trend for Labour, with 38 % of Jake members who took part saying they would vote Conservative at the next election, 1 % higher than the general population, according to an average of recent opinion polls.