Conservatives win general election, whilst Labour defies predictions

The Libertarian Party UK surge to contribute to the most hung Parliament in history.

Despite losses, ElliottC99 leads his party to a shock result

Leafy_Emerald’s Conservative Party has won the General Election held across the UK on Friday, whilst Labour, led by ElliottC99, has defied doom-laden predictions and dire polling to finish a shock second place. The Tories won a total of 22 seats, with 9 constituencies, and 13 lists, down 8 since the election held in March whilst Labour held on to 16 seats, down just 6 from March. This was despite a previous collapse in support, and some pre-campaign polls putting them as only the country’s 5th most popular party. Some had suggested they could fall to as far as single figures. A strong national campaign has successfully limited the damage, it would appear.



The Liberal Democrats finished a close third on 14 seats, whilst the LPUK, led by Friedmanite, made the highest number of gains of any party, picking up a stunning 7 seats to finish on 12, 8 of which being first-past-the-post. The Classical Liberals held steady, maintaining their 10 seats, whilst the National Unionists gained 3, rising to 11. The public has also given a larger backing to the Green Party than had been predicted, with Labour’s opposition partner winning 9 seats, up one from March, consisting of 5 constituencies. New Britain, the People’s Action Party, and Ecological Future failed to win any seats, whilst One Love picked up Sussex, a previous Labour seat, which will be reoccupied by former Labour Deputy Leader Dame Emma. One Love’s leader, JellyCow99, failed to take his former seat of Hampshire North, which instead went to the Conservatives.



These results now leave Britain with the most hung Parliament in its history. The disappointed Conservatives do now have the upper-hand in forming a Government, but Leafy_Emerald’s path back to Number 10 is less than clear cut, and will likely depend on support from the so-called Liberty Bloc of the Liberal Democrats, Classical Liberals, and LPUK. These parties control a total of 36 seats. It is unclear whether the Liberal Democrats will do a deal with the Conservatives, with Lib Dem leader TheNoHeart potentially desiring a shot at Number 10, in addition to the major obstacle presented by the two parties’ wildly opposite policies on Brexit. Whether a pact with the Tories would be approved by Lib Dem members is also doubtful.



One potential solution to Mr Emerald’s political headaches is a pact with the Classical Liberals and LPUK, but would depend on them abandoning their previous relationship with the Liberal Democrats. Such a coalition would possess 44 seats, and would potentially see former Chancellor Friedmanite become Deputy Prime Minister. If he were able to get the Liberal Democrats on board he would find himself the leader of a majority Government, on 58.



The most likely Official Opposition in light of these results would be a Labour-Green pact. Both parties were braced for a difficult night, and a potential spell in unofficial opposition, but they have found themselves reinvigorated in light of these shock results. Whether they could find themselves in some form of relationship with One Love’s new MP – a former senior Labour figure – is not yet obvious. And whilst it was an extremely good night for the National Unionists, especially given the series of scandals that seemed to envelope many local candidates, particularly around religious extremism, culminating in the resignation and defection of a senior figure over alleged homophobia, there is no immediate path forward for them. Of course, if the Conservatives found themselves out of office to a Liberal Democrat led Government, a Tory-NUP Official Opposition would be entirely possible. Though a recent souring of relations between the former allies may make this tricky.

The Scottish Nationalists also won 2 seats despite fielding an identical manifesto as in March, and an incident involving their leader releasing identical statements and transcripts as he has done in previous elections. The candidate in question, daringphilosopher, defeated the leader of the People’s Action Party in Highlands and Grampian, denying them their first ever Parliamentary representative. There is disappointment too for New Britain, who came painfully close to defeating One Love in Sussex. The Guardian will publish an exclusive interview with the unsuccessful New Britain candidate, Giraffist, in coming days. The SNP’s Celtic Coalition partners, Plaid Cymru, held on to their two seats in Wales.