Do votes in local elections actually
reflect votes in general elections?
Not exact matches
The
general election results underlined a number of long term trends
in voting patterns
reflecting the reconfiguration of British politics away from a two - party system.
If that MP can be the sole voice speaking up for, representing, the party
in the parliament when there is a party political debate, why can not that MP
vote on behalf of the party, and why should that
vote not
reflect the full weight of
votes determined by the
votes cast by the electorate
in the
General Election?
This
reflects the rural and Southern domination of the Conservative party
in general, and the great success of the
election in particular; winning 100 new seats and coming out as the country's largest party both by popular
vote and the number of seats.