Thread by @Femi_Sorry

The UK has voted for parties to the left of the Tories in all but 3 elections since WW2 and yet the Tories have been in power for 46 of the last 76 years.

So our government has been more Right-Wing than the majority of UK voters for most of a lifetime!

THREAD.
#MakeVotesMatter

1945 Election vote share:

Labour - 48% ✅
Liberal - 9%
Conservative - 36%

Clear left-wing vote lean.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Unit…

1950 Election vote share:

Labour - 46% ✅
Liberal - 9%
Conservative - 43%

Clear left-wing vote lean.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Unit…

1951 Election vote share:

Labour - 49%
Liberal - 3%
Conservative - 48% ✅

Seriously what the actual fuck. Look at those numbers! Winston Churchill straight up stole that election.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Unit…

1955 Election vote share:

Labour - 46%
Liberal - 3%
Conservative - 50% ✅

First legitimate Right-wing victory.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Unit…

1959 Election vote share:

Labour - 44%
Liberal - 6%
Conservative - 49% ✅

2nd legitimate Right-Wing victory.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Unit…

1964 Election vote share:

Labour - 44% ✅
Liberal - 11%
Conservative - 43%

Marginal balance to the left.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Unit…

1966 Election vote share:

Labour - 48% ✅
Liberal - 9%
SNP - 1%
Conservative - 42%

Clear left wing vote lean.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Unit…

1970 Election vote share:

Labour - 43%
Liberal - 8%
SNP - 1%
Conservative - 46% ✅

The majority was to the left of the Tories, yet they still won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Unit…

1974 Election vote share:

Labour - 37% ✔️
Liberal - 19%
SNP - 1%
Conservative - 38%

Minority government. Lasted less than a year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_…

1974 Election (Number 2) vote share:

Labour - 39% ✅
Liberal - 18%
SNP - 3%
UUP - 1%
Plaid Cymru - 1%
Conservative - 36%

Clear left-wing vote lean.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1…

1979 Election vote share:

Labour - 37%
Liberal - 14%
SNP - 2%
UUP - 1%
Conservative - 44% ✅
National Front - 1%

That's right. Thatcher, our most infamous right-wing PM (excl Johnson), came to power in an election where 53% voted Labour, Liberal or SNP.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Unit…

1983 Election vote share:

Labour - 28%
Liberal Alliance - 25%
SNP - 1%
UUP - 1%
Conservative - 44% ✅
DUP - 1%

Again, 53% vote Labour or Liberal and Thatcher has a 61% majority despite on 45% voting Right-wing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Unit…

1987 Election vote share:

Labour - 31%
Liberal Alliance - 23%
SNP - 1%
UUP - 1%
Conservative - 42% ✅

Same story. 55% to the clear left of the Tories and yet, Thatcherism prevails.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Unit…

1992 Election vote share:

Labour - 34%
Liberal Democrats - 18%
SNP - 2%
UUP - 1%
Green - 1%
SDLP - 1%
Conservative - 42% ✅

56% vote to the left of the Tories and in comes John Major with a 52% majority.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Unit…

1997 Election vote share:

Labour - 43% ✅
Liberal Democrats - 17%
SNP - 2%
UUP - 1%
Green - 1%
SDLP - 1%
Plaid Cymru - 1%
Conservative - 31%
Referendum Party - 3%

Heeere's Tony! Yep. Minority vote, but the Left vs Right balance of the vote is clear.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Unit…

2001 Election vote share:

Labour - 41% ✅
Liberal Democrats - 18%
SNP - 2%
UUP - 1%
Green - 1%
SDLP - 1%
Plaid Cymru - 1%
Conservative - 32%
UKIP - 2%
DUP - 1%

Same again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Unit…

2005 Election vote share:

Labour - 35% ✅
Liberal Democrats - 22%
SNP - 2%
UUP - 2%
Green - 1%
SDLP - 1%
Plaid Cymru - 1%
Conservative - 32%
UKIP - 2%
DUP - 1%
BNP - 1%
This election says TORIES should want PR. Labour got 55% of seats off 35% of votes!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Unit…

2010 Election vote share:

Labour - 29%
SNP -2%
Green - 1%

Liberal Democrats - 23%✔️

Conservative - 36% ✅
UKIP - 3%
BNP - 2%

Again, the majority is to the Left of Cameron, but all Cameron can see is the far-right clipping at clipping at heels...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Unit…

2015 Election vote share:

Labour - 30%
Liberal Democrats - 8%
SNP -5%
Green - 4%

Conservative - 37% ✅
UKIP - 13%
DUP - 1%

3rd Legitimate Right-wing victory.
... Held a referendum to fend off the far-right, and Farage was never heard from again...😅😬
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Unit…

2017 Election vote share:

Labour - 40%
Liberal Democrats - 7%
SNP - 3%
Green - 2%
Plaid - 1%

Conservative - 42% ✅
DUP - 1%

CLEAR majority for relative left-wing anti hard Brexit parties. And Theresa May and the DUP (less than 1% vote share) do Brexit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Unit…

2019 Election vote share:

Labour - 32%
Liberal Democrats - 12%
SNP - 4%
Green - 3%
Plaid - 1%
All supported 2nd referendum.

Conservative - 44%✅

Johnson got 56% Parliament seats, the power to pass any law he likes and do a Brexit most voters rejected.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Unit…