Problem is that as
their vote share drops they respond by shifting further right — not left.
Not exact matches
Ms. Crockatt was narrowly elected in a 2012 by - election that saw her party's
share of the
vote drop by 18,210
votes.
The Catholic
vote dropped by 2 percent, for a 23 - percent overall
share (though these numbers are up compared to 2000 and 2004).
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Approximating from the 2010 election, results in a 4.65 %, 5.5 % and 1.25 %
drop in
vote share respectively.
Labour's
share of the
vote has now
dropped in every single byelection since the Brexit referendum.
The one really interesting thing in the next general election will be seeing if the Lib Dems will
drop a substantial number of seats if their
vote share collapses, or whether their MPs really are dug in firmly enough to survive.
Conservative candidate Kashif Ali came third, with his
share of the
vote dropping to 12.8 % (from 26.4 % at the general election).
The 2014 Local Elections saw a Labour Party — which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael — fare poorly, with its national
share of the
vote dropping to just over seven percent and with its position as the leading left wing party being usurped by a major contender for this position, namely Sinn Fein.
The 1985 Local Elections saw a Labour Party — which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael — fare poorly, with its national
share of the
vote dropping to just over seven percent and with its position as the leading left wing party being usurped by a major contender for this position, namely the Workers Party.
The Lib Dem's
share of the
vote in South Shields
dropped form 14 % to 1 %.
On Twitter, he went on to suggest that Labour's
vote share would
drop to 15 per cent if Corbyn did manage to win the contest.
Alas, he was 11,000
votes off the pace in Feltham and Heston, where the Tory
share of the
vote dropped by 4.9 % from 2010.
The 14 - point
drop in their Eastleigh
vote share since 2010 is entirely consistent with disastrous polls which suggest a Britain - wide collapse from 24 % to something more like 10 %.
But the
drop in Labour's
share of the
vote as compared with the last general election looks set to be the one of the biggest suffered by any EU governing party.
Although there was a slight
drop in their
share of the
vote, they made significant gains at the expense of Labour.
Populus tend to show the smallest Labour lead of the main pollsters, and their Tory lead was as low as this as recently as October, but the
drop in the Conservative
share of the
vote is more notable — they have been steady on 36 % for the last four Populus polls, and this is their lowest level of support since prior to the local elections.
The Scottish National Party remained in second place on the Council but recorded a disappointing performance as the party lost 2 seats and saw a slight
drop in its
vote share.
Notably the level of Conservative support has started to
drop below the
share of the GB
vote they received at the General Election (37 %).
Labour are sounding relieved, but to
drop vote share from 2010 in mid-term isn't a good result.
Luckily for him UKIP also performed strongly, with the Tories also
dropping in
vote share by around 5 % — enough to result in a surprising (for many non-locals) hold (the Lib Dems only hold in London)
If precinct test scores
dropped from the 75th to the 25th percentile of test - score change, the associated 3 - percentage - point decrease in an incumbent's
vote share could substantially erode an incumbent's margin of victory.