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On the 4th July 2024, the UK held a general election. Here are my notes and links …<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I celebrated\/recorded the results in a blog article called “Labour Landslide<\/a>“. The following year, I commented on the local election results<\/a> which most would see as a Reform victory. See also, my diigo list tagged 2024<\/a>, which includes some articles about the French election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The definitive record of results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the House of Commons Library, General election 2024 results<\/a> and a page on the party results<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Politics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. What yougov has to say, “How Britain voted in the 2024 General Election<\/a>“; I made a page<\/a> specifically for the #sankey diagram. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The politico.eu UK Polls page<\/a>, shows a remarkable drop in Labour’s popularity during the campaign from 45% to 34%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The House of Commons Library<\/a><\/strong> results page, and that of the BBC<\/a>. Also the wikipedia page on the GE 2024.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Announcing the Government<\/a> and the FT’s comments on the unexpected<\/a> appointments and demotions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Lewis Goodall, an awesome twitter thread<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Tony Benn clips on the political shape of the PLP<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Later in the year, Peter Kellner comments <\/a>on his substack. Another analysis, showing that Labour’s vote was static at best, and the huge majority is based on a collapse of the Tory vote, mostly in favour of Reform, but many stayed at home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Manifesto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Labour’s Manifesto (HTML)<\/a> or local <\/a>(.pdf)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The Green Party Manifesto (their web download page<\/a>), or my mirror<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Novara Media on the manifestos <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      On Votes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. At the House of Commons Library, General election 2024 results<\/a> and a page on the party results<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. I have my notes on voting on a page, called, “Where did the votes come from?<\/a>” on this wiki.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. John Burns Murdoch reviews <\/a>the class or wealth composition of the electorate, showing that the poor aren’t voting Labour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Ben Walker of the New Statesman publishes <\/a>his estimate of ward by ward results. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Novara Media, in an article about the Greens<\/a>, have a chart showing who came second and where.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        On Money<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Labour Party raises 15 times more than Tories in donations during second week of campaign<\/a> from Sky News<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. UK political parties on track to spend \u00a31m on election day online ads<\/a> from the Guardian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Xmas 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          I made the mistake of having a look at a nowcast; its pretty miserable. <\/p>\n\n\n

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          Starmer’s popularity is down the toilet, and I found these links, some white papers, some commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. Accommodating the Radical Right, the electoral cost for socual democratic parties<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. https:\/\/persuasionuk.org\/research\/reform-curious-labour<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. https:\/\/labourlist.org\/2025\/11\/labour-tribes-mapped-update-plmr-labourlist\/<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            More on my bookmarks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            Here are the 20 most recent diigo bookmarks …<\/p>\n\n\n