'Safe Seat'

wymondham

I have a query. I'm told where I am (South Norfolk) I'm in a safe Conservative Seat. Does this essentially mean my vote is irrelevant?

michaels

Apparently their is a website where you can 'swap' your vote with someone in another constituency where it might make a difference - for example if you were a tory but you wanted to help a lib dem beat a labour candidate in another constituency where the greens have no chance you could offer to vote green where you are in return for a green voting lib dem in the labour / lib dem marginal.

Thrugelmir

If there's sufficient apathy amongst the electorate then probably yes.

antrobus

wymondham wrote: »

I have a query. I'm told where I am (South Norfolk) I'm in a safe Conservative Seat. Does this essentially mean my vote is irrelevant?

It certainly looks safe.

So your one little vote probably won't make a difference. But if everybody in South Norfolk came to that conclusion, no one would vote, and then there would we be?:)

Southend1

http://m.voterpower.org.uk

ukcarper

In my constituency it's worse, my preferred candidate was third with 16% of winners vote, who in turn had over twice the runner up's and no Monster Raving Loony to vote for.

Thrugelmir

ukcarper wrote: »

no Monster Raving Loony to vote for.

From the standard of debate I've heard. The Green party fulfils the criteria to replace the late Lord Sutch's old party.

buglawton

Lord Such RIP was completely honest.

Thrugelmir

buglawton wrote: »

Lord Such RIP was completely honest.

But a complete loony. Saw him play live once. Still got his albums.

[Deleted User]

it may well be the case by friday morning that the number of votes labour or the tories get nationally regardless of the number of seats may come into the equation regarding who has the legitimate right to form a govt

SailorSam

Southend1 wrote: »

http://m.voterpower.org.uk

The average voter in the Uk has the power of 0.305 votes
Where i am Labour has such a strong hold my vote is only worth 0,058