Sentences with phrase «cent vote share since»

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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.

As the party who recently has benefited the most from FPTP (since 1979, Labour have on average won 12 per cent more seats than proportional vote share would have given them, versus an FPTP bonus of only 6 per cent for the Tories), surely Labour want to ensure they can still win power?

The poll puts the Conservatives up one point on last week with 36 per cent - the first time since February 2012 that they have recorded the same share of the vote they got at the last election - ahead of Labour on 32 per cent, down three points.