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Thread #164223   Message #3928129
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
31-May-18 - 03:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Irish referendum
Subject: RE: BS: Irish referendum
"Majority party in the UK, sadly, is the Conservative party."
it did not have a majority of votes, the labour and lberal parties had more votes, they just had more seats because of the electoral system and gerry mandering [altering boundaries to suit their party


The Labour & Liberal parties may have had more votes between them, but neither had 'more votes' than the Conservative party: Electoral Commission 2017 Election Conservatives had 42% of the total vote, labour 40%.
As for claims of gerrymandering, proposals put forward by the coalition government have not been implemented, and the previous bias (in favour of Labour) remains. See The Guardian