[Politics] Liz Truss defending S.W. Norfolk seat July 4th.

[Brian Potter]

Sorry to bang on about the Norfolk aspect of this but it really is an historic result for Labour here - “Overnight, the county has gone from having just a single Labour MP in a sea of blue, to having five parties represented in Westminster.”

That’s a notional 27.85% swing from Conservative to Labour.

Truss loses seat on bruising night for Tories in Norfolk

The Tories lose seats to Labour, Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats in the county.

www.bbc.co.uk

Appreciate that much of the Labour vote is a result of anti-Tory sentiment but locally, it is as much about the electorate wanting an MP that actually engages with the community so hopefully Terry will get more than one term.

Yup, a very different Norfolk political map this morning. Unfortunately we here in Broadland and Fakenham still have Jerome Mayhew. Last time round he got just under 34k votes with 59% of the vote. This time around his majority was down to just under 1000 with 16,322 votes

 

[beorhthelm]

just spotted there was a local farmer Independent here, hoovered up 6k votes.

 

[MJsGhost]

Stacking shelves near you and collecting a prime minister’s pension!
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Stacking shelves? She's Trump's new full time fluffer

 

[Zeberdi]

just spotted there was a local farmer Independent here, hoovered up 6k votes.

Yes, James Bagge ex-Tory, ex-army, ex-Barrister, rich land owner, ex-high sheriff - perfect profile for the land owning gentry of South Norfolk - unfortunately not realising perhaps in terms of overall voter demographic throughout the whole constituency , that is quite a niche group. Vast tracts of agricultural land doesn’t translate into voters.

Busy Counting SW Norfolk votes in Lynn

 

[pb21]

Brilliant news!

 

[MJsGhost]

Yes, James Bagge ex-Tory, ex-army, ex-Barrister, rich land owner, ex-high sherif - perfect profile for the land owning gentry of South Norfolk - unfortunately not realising perhaps in terms of overall voter demographic throughout the whole constituency , that is quite a niche group. Vast tracks of agricultural land doesn’t translate into voters.

Busy Counting SW Norfolk votes in Lynn
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He did a marvellous job splitting the vote though!

 

[Guinness Boy]

I enjoyed the “has anyone seen Liz?” and slow hand clap as much as the declaration.

Congratulations @Zeberdi

 

[Zeberdi]

Yup, a very different Norfolk political map this morning. Unfortunately we here in Broadland and Fakenham still have Jerome Mayhew. Last time round he got just under 34k votes with 59% of the vote. This time around his majority was down to just under 1000 with 16,322 votes

Disappointing for you - but you halved his majority- the margins were very small everywhere (except South Norwich which was the only Labour seat to start with but think the share of the vote went down even there as Greens increased their share of the vote by around 6,000)

Norfolk and Waveney: Full list of General Election 2024 results

Former prime minister Liz Truss was the biggest casualty after an election night which transformed the political landscape of Norfolk and Waveney.

www.thetfordandbrandontimes.co.uk

 

[Audax]

145 Con feels generous to me. Expecting somewhere 100-125 personally, and if it's outside that range I'm actually expecting it to be lower - I just think they're position in so many seats is weak.

1. Nailed it! (lacked the shy-Tories and a little tactical voting strength across the board to realise the "lower" result, but they were never getting anywhere near 145).

2. The state of that typo ... "their", not "they're", ffs.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Even in the seats the tories held on in , the majority have been slashed . If labour does a good job the tories could get fewer mps in 2029

 

[Audax]

Even in the seats the tories held on in , the majority have been slashed . If labour does a good job the tories could get fewer mps in 2029

I hope Farage winning a seat will result in people seeing through him over the next 5 years. If that happens, the Reform vote will collapse and go back to Conservative. Starmer needs to lead a very strong government so that the next election they're actually winning a larger vote share, because the majority they've won this time is very weak should the right-wing vote de-fracture.

 

[Ethelwulf]

I hope Farage winning a seat will result in people seeing through him over the next 5 years. If that happens, the Reform vote will collapse and go back to Conservative. Starmer needs to lead a very strong government so that the next election they're actually winning a larger vote share, because the majority they've won this time is very weak should the right-wing vote de-fracture.

I agree it’s a sandcastle landslide and could be washed away but the tories are in such a state with only 121 mps even after labour was smashed in 2019 they had nearly 100 more
The nightmare for us all is for some nut job to win the Tory leadership and unite with reform

 

[beorhthelm]

Even in the seats the tories held on in , the majority have been slashed . If labour does a good job the tories could get fewer mps in 2029

it'll take some miracle for Starmer to improve seats in next election. if he raises revenues to fund material increases in spending, will be accused of lies; if he doesn't improve service he'll face disappointed public. also has to manage the perceptions on immigration, make changes to energy without large cost increase to public. these things are virtually impossible. doubt there'll be some sudden reversal, more likely steady as you go and a small decline next time. what he does have, is license to go futher and risk a chunk of losses with a second parliament more than likely.

 

[Audax]

I agree it’s a sandcastle landslide and could be washed away but the tories are in such a state with only 121 mps even after labour was smashed in 2019 they had nearly 100 more
The nightmare for us all is for some nut job to win the Tory leadership and unite with reform

Yeah, I suspect the Tories will find it much harder to win back the seats they've lost to the Lib Dems. LD's have a chance now to really consolidate their hold, could potentially even target increasing their seats at the next election if they can have a solid run through the next 5 years.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I enjoyed the “has anyone seen Liz?” and slow hand clap as much as the declaration.

Congratulations @Zeberdi

Yep it was better than Portillo.

 

[vegster]

Portillo was hugely disliked at the time. But to his great credit, he was humble enough to realise that he’d made mistakes and managed to reinvent himself as a television trainspotter. I have no doubts that Portillo the TV personality is a lot nicer than Portillo the politician.

Yes, he completely rehabilitated himself with his railway journeys...very personable and even touches on some quute left wing historical details...Truss however is another creature altogether.

She seems bemused to be anywhere, like a 9 month old baby in an adult body, a Chancey Gardener for those that remember Being There. Even standing up seems amusing to Liz.

I think she will just fade slowly away now that she has lost her only job.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Yes, he completely rehabilitated himself with his railway journeys...very personable and even touches on some quute left wing historical details...Truss however is another creature altogether.

She seems bemused to be anywhere, like a 9 month old baby in an adult body, a Chancey Gardener for those that remember Being There. Even standing up seems amusing to Liz.

I think she will just fade slowly away now that she has lost her only job.

She will f*** off to the states and try to reinvent herself again - and fail.

 

[the slow norris]

While in little bury st Edmunds my vote finally counted and we return a labour MP for the 1st time ever

 

[Zeberdi]

I enjoyed the “has anyone seen Liz?” and slow hand clap as much as the declaration.

Congratulations @Zeberdi

 

[Motogull]

@Zeberdi well done fella. You are obviously one of life's good guys. I find it incredible that the mental case got any votes at all as it goes.

Give yourself a massive pat on the back. You deserve it. Your efforts might have tipped the balance.