This is a list of parliamentary constituencies that changed political allegiance in the United Kingdom general election on 7 May 2015. This includes those seats that changed parties in by-elections but were regained on 7 May. It does not include those where a new member has been elected from the same party as the previous incumbent.
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Hello Internet
The UK had an election we need to talk about
because after the debates finished, the people
voted and the ballots tallied the results
were this:
But parliament ended up looking like this:
Which isn't, exactly, representative. And
by not exactly, I mean at all.
Red earned 30% of the vote and 36% of the
seats, which is sort of close, but the rest
is madness: Orange earned 8% of the vote but
got one eighth of that while Yellow's 5% just
about doubled, and purple earned 13% and got
squat.
Meanwhile blue's 37% of the people booted
to 51% of the seats in parliament. The blue
boost is even bigger when you consider that
51% of the seats gives basically 100% the
control.
How'd this happen?
In the UK -- national elections aren't really
national, they're a bunch of local elections.
The UK is divided into constituencies, each
of which elects one member of parliament (M.P.)
to represent them. This local / national divide
is where the trouble begins.
Imagine a parliament with just three constituencies,
and it's easy to see how it wouldn't always
align with citizens. Some people think this
sort of result is fine -- “it's all *about*
winning local elections,” they’ll say.
“Each M.P. represents their constituency.”
And while the imbalance in this example is
dumb, but it's the same problem in the real
election and this same argument is given,
but there are two more problems with it in
reality land.
1) Few citizens have any idea who their MP
is, they just know what party they voted for
-- what party they want to represent their
views on the national level. And pretending
like it's a local election is a bit disingenuous.
-- in practice it's an election for now the
nation will run -- not really for who is going
to represent a tiny part of it.
and even if it were
2) The individual constituencies are worse
at representing their citizens than parliament.
Indulge this spreadsheet-loving nerd for a
moment, will you?
The difference between what a party earned
at the polls and what they got in parliament
is the amount of misrepresentation error.
If we calculate all the errors for all the
parties and add them up we can say the Parliament
as a whole has 47% percentage points of misrepresentation
error. That sounds bad looks like a utopian
rainbow of diversity compared to any local
election because the local elections have
*one* winner. Out of the 650 constituencies
647 have a higher representation error than
parliament. These are the only three that
don't and they're really unusual for having
so many of a single kind of voter in one place.
Most places look the The Wrekin which is dead
in the middle a mere one-hundred and one points
off. Note that the winning candidate didn't
reach a majority here. Which means more than
half of constituencies elected their MP with
a minority of voters.
The worst is Belfast South at the bottom of
the list. Hilariously unrepresentative. Less
than a quarter of the voters get to speak
for the entire place in parliament. This is
the the lowest percentage an M.P. has ever
been elected by.
So when people argue that the UK election
is a bunch of local elections 1) people don't
act like it, and 2) It's even more of an argument
that the elections are broken because they're
worse on this level.
These local elections are unrepresentative
because of the terrible 'First Past the Post'
voting system -- which I have complained mightily
about and won't repeat everything here -- go
watch the video -- but TL;DR it only 'works'
when citizens are limited to two choices.
Voting for any party except the biggest makes
it more likely the biggest will win by a minority
-- which is exactly what happened.
That citizens keep voting for smaller parties
despite knowing the result is against their
strategic interests demonstrates the citizenry
wants diverse representation -- but that successes
is the very thing that's made this the most
unrepresentative parliament in the history
of the UK.
People happy with the results argue the system
is working fine -- of course they do. Their
team won.
Government isn't a sport where a singular
'winner' must be determined. It's a system
to make rules that everyone follows and so,
we need a system where everyone can agree
the process is fair even if the results don't
go in their favor.
If you support a system that disenfranchises
people you don't like and turbo-franchises
people you do -- then it doesn't look like
you sport representative democracy, it looks
like you support a kind of dictatorship light.
Where a small group of people (including you)
makes the rules for everyone.
But as it is now, on election day the more
people express what they want the worse the
system looks which makes them disengaged at
best or angry at worst and GEE I CAN'T IMAGINE
WHY.
This is fixable, there are many, many better
ways the UK could vote -- here are two that
even keep local representatives.
And fixing voting really matters, because
this is a kind of government illegitimacy
score -- and it's been going up and may continue
to do so unless this fundamentally broken
voting system is changed.
Constituencies
Constituency |
Region |
Party of incumbent before election |
Party of incumbent after election[1] |
Notes[2]
|
Aberdeen South |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Airdrie and Shotts |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Bath |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Belfast East |
Northern Ireland |
|
Alliance |
|
Democratic Unionist Party |
|
Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
North East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Birmingham, Yardley |
West Midlands |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Bolton West |
North West |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Bradford East |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Bradford West |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
|
Respect |
|
Labour Party |
|
Brecon and Radnorshire |
Wales |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Brent Central |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Brentford and Isleworth |
London |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Bristol West |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Burnley |
North West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Cambridge |
Eastern |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Cardiff Central |
Wales |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Central Ayrshire |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Cheadle |
North West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Cheltenham |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Chippenham |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
City of Chester |
North West |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Colchester |
Eastern |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Corby |
East Midlands |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Derby North |
East Midlands |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Dewsbury |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Dundee West |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Dunfermline and West Fife |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Ealing Central and Acton |
London |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
East Lothian |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
East Renfrewshire |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Eastbourne |
South East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Eastleigh |
South East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Edinburgh East |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Edinburgh North and Leith |
Scotland |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Edinburgh South West |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Edinburgh West |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Enfield North |
London |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Falkirk |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Northern Ireland |
|
Sinn Féin |
|
Ulster Unionist Party |
|
Glasgow Central |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow East |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow North |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow North East |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow North West |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow South |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glasgow South West |
Scotland |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Glenrothes |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Gordon |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Gower |
Wales |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Hazel Grove |
North West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Hornsey and Wood Green |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Hove |
South East |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Ilford North |
London |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Inverclyde |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
Scotland |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Kingston and Surbiton |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Lanark and Hamilton East |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Lancaster and Fleetwood |
North West |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Lewes |
South East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Livingston |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Mid Dorset and North Poole |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Midlothian |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Morley and Outwood |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Motherwell and Wishaw |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
North Ayrshire and Arran |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
North Cornwall |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
North Devon |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
North East Fife |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Norwich South |
Eastern |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Party |
|
Paisley and Renfrewshire North |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Plymouth, Moor View |
South West |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Portsmouth South |
South East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Redcar |
North East |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Rochester and Strood |
South East |
|
UKIP |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Ross, Skye and Lochaber |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
Scotland |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Solihull |
West Midlands |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Somerton and Frome |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
South Antrim |
Northern Ireland |
|
DUP |
|
Ulster Unionist Party |
|
Southampton Itchen |
South East |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
St Austell and Newquay |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
St Ives |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Stirling |
Scotland |
|
Labour |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Sutton and Cheam |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Taunton Deane |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Telford |
West Midlands |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Thornbury and Yate |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Torbay |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Twickenham |
London |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Vale of Clwyd |
Wales |
|
Labour |
|
Conservative Party |
|
Wells |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Scotland |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Scottish National Party
|
West Dunbartonshire |
Scotland |
|
Labour Co-operative |
|
Scottish National Party
|
Wirral West |
North West |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Wolverhampton South West |
West Midlands |
|
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
|
Yeovil |
South West |
|
Liberal Democrats |
|
Conservative Party |
|
See also
References
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