Mark Pack

So, how’s the party done?

By | Fri 2nd May 2008 - 3:43 am

Here’s some of the benchmarks the media set for the Liberal Democrats:

Financial Times: any gains would be “good performance”
Daily Telegraph: loses of  less than 50 would make for a “good night”
Daily Mail: loses of less than 50 would make for a “good day”

… whilst the average prediction from readers of this site was for 34 loses.

And the results? With around two-thirds in, the party is on a net gain of 8.

 

 

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10 Comments

  • jim- 2nd May '08 - 8:01am

    Hmmph, the day is young yet!!

  • Darrell 2nd May '08 - 8:08am

    It’s a good set of results; it doesnt show a significant forward march but neither is there radical slippage which might be expected with an unpopular government and a natural turning to the main opposition; although the gentle decline in vote share is one potential blot on the landscape.

  • boldkevin 2nd May '08 - 9:20am

    So why were contributors to this site so pessimistic in their predictions?

  • John Pegington 2nd May '08 - 9:35am

    Does anyone know who won chorlton cum hardy in Manchester – i cant find the inforamtion anywhere!

    Thanks

  • Darrell 2nd May '08 - 9:48am

    Put simply I thought that the Lib Dems would be squeezed by a widespread dissaffection with the government and we don’t want to be complacent – our vote share is down. It was a solid result, given the circumstances it is a minor triumph, basically it gives us a good base to build on for a general election.

  • Darrell 2nd May '08 - 10:05am

    But it wasn’t a disaster Letters…it was a solid night and I have to say your party really failed to overwhelm the Lib Dems. We might well have expected to suffer heavy losses at the hands of a resurgent Tory Party but we didnt. I think there is alot to the claim that there is a mood of opposition to Labour but it is hardly a ringing call for a Conservative government – rather this oppositional mood is splintering off all over the place, some are going to the Tories, some to us, some are staying at home and some are entering the hinterland of the BNP.

  • Mark Wright 2nd May '08 - 10:14am

    It’s been a pretty good night 🙂 I think we can honestly say that we did better than most of us expected. Pushing Labour into 3rd nationally is great, as is the net gain of seats.

    Many of these seats havent been tested since 2004 when we had a terrific result, so to make a net gain when the vote change since back then is -4% is great work.

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