In 2000 Gary Johnson was a Republican, the incumbent Governor of New Mexico, and a Bush supporter IIRC. 2000 Gary Johnson and 2012/2016 Gary Johnson are very different.The End of the Two Party System - Part 1
How the election looked on November 6, 2000. No candidate got a majority in the end and the election was thrown to the House, which picked Bush. This was still a historic election because the Greens, Libertarians, and Reform Party all won at least 1 state.
NOTE: I was too tired to do math, so I didn't do the entire election. All candidates got over 15%. Will try harder next time.
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Pierre Trudeau secured yet another victory over the Progressive Conservatives in 1974, this time far closer to a majority. Seeking a change in direction after Bob Stanfield's retirement, the PC's sought to elect a new leader. Initially the frontrunner was Claude Wagner, but a cancer diagnosis caused him to drop out of the race. Quickly, an unlikely contender emerged in the form of Paul Hellyer - a former Liberal minister in Trudeau's own cabinet. While some thought his political change was little more than political positioning, his main alternatives were Joe "Who?" Clark and the young Brian Mulroney. Many thought he had no chance until he gave a surprisingly conciliatory and 'prime ministerial' convention address. He had 'momentum', as Clark would later say. He won a slight victory over Clark in the fourth ballot to the surprise of many.
His leadership wasn't very good, to put it simply. Even with rising debt, separatism on the rise, and economic crisis, the opposition failed to put together cogent alternatives to the government. Many figures, including Clark himself, refused to campaign with Hellyer, a figure he found repugnant.
However, this didn't mean that Trudeau was out of the woods. The Quebecois Nationalist movement gained steam with the landslide re-election of the PQ in Quebec. Trudeau, who had been a staunch unionist, tried everything in his power to block the spread of separatism. But alas, for him, it would not work (for the most part). Even with René Lévesque being technically guilty of manslaughter, it seemed that the movement was continuing to grow. Though the fact that there was no technical separatist party on the national level made Trudeau a little more comfortable.
After the loss of several seats via by elections, Trudeau was forced into a general election. While many predicted a close run affair, even with Hellyer faffing about, the final result proved to be a comfortable Liberal minority, only just barely reduced from 1974 as the PC's fell further. However, this comfortable position wouldn't be the end of Trudeau's headaches.
Pierre Trudeau secured yet another victory over the Progressive Conservatives in 1974, this time far closer to a majority. Seeking a change in direction after Bob Stanfield's retirement, the PC's sought to elect a new leader. Initially the frontrunner was Claude Wagner, but a cancer diagnosis caused him to drop out of the race. Quickly, an unlikely contender emerged in the form of Paul Hellyer - a former Liberal minister in Trudeau's own cabinet. While some thought his political change was little more than political positioning, his main alternatives were Joe "Who?" Clark and the young Brian Mulroney. Many thought he had no chance until he gave a surprisingly conciliatory and 'prime ministerial' convention address. He had 'momentum', as Clark would later say. He won a slight victory over Clark in the fourth ballot to the surprise of many.
His leadership wasn't very good, to put it simply. Even with rising debt, separatism on the rise, and economic crisis, the opposition failed to put together cogent alternatives to the government. Many figures, including Clark himself, refused to campaign with Hellyer, a figure he found repugnant.
However, this didn't mean that Trudeau was out of the woods. The Quebecois Nationalist movement gained steam with the landslide re-election of the PQ in Quebec. Trudeau, who had been a staunch unionist, tried everything in his power to block the spread of separatism. But alas, for him, it would not work (for the most part). Even with René Lévesque being technically guilty of manslaughter, it seemed that the movement was continuing to grow. Though the fact that there was no technical separatist party on the national level made Trudeau a little more comfortable.
After the loss of several seats via by elections, Trudeau was forced into a general election. While many predicted a close run affair, even with Hellyer faffing about, the final result proved to be a comfortable Liberal minority, only just barely reduced from 1974 as the PC's fell further. However, this comfortable position wouldn't be the end of Trudeau's headaches.
I might, but then again, full fledged TL's (even proper wikibox ones) would have to be far more fleshed out and planned out. Honestly, I don't believe I have the withdrawal to plan out such a TL.
And just so I don't forget:
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1972 Presidential Election
1976 Presidential Election
1980 Presidential Election
1976 Labour Party Leadership Election and 1978 UK General Election
1980 Georgia Senate Election and 1979 Scottish Assembly Elections
1974 French Presidential Election
1972 North Carolina Senate Election, 1977 Virginia Gubernatorial Election, 1975 New Zealand General Election, 1978 Conservative Party Leadership Election
1979 Canadian Election
The Pier
Pierre Trudeau secured yet another victory over the Progressive Conservatives in 1974, this time far closer to a majority. Seeking a change in direction after Bob Stanfield's retirement, the PC's sought to elect a new leader. Initially the frontrunner was Claude Wagner, but a cancer diagnosis caused him to drop out of the race. Quickly, an unlikely contender emerged in the form of Paul Hellyer - a former Liberal minister in Trudeau's own cabinet. While some thought his political change was little more than political positioning, his main alternatives were Joe "Who?" Clark and the young Brian Mulroney. Many thought he had no chance until he gave a surprisingly conciliatory and 'prime ministerial' convention address. He had 'momentum', as Clark would later say. He won a slight victory over Clark in the fourth ballot to the surprise of many.
His leadership wasn't very good, to put it simply. Even with rising debt, separatism on the rise, and economic crisis, the opposition failed to put together cogent alternatives to the government. Many figures, including Clark himself, refused to campaign with Hellyer, a figure he found repugnant.
However, this didn't mean that Trudeau was out of the woods. The Quebecois Nationalist movement gained steam with the landslide re-election of the PQ in Quebec. Trudeau, who had been a staunch unionist, tried everything in his power to block the spread of separatism. But alas, for him, it would not work (for the most part). Even with René Lévesque being technically guilty of manslaughter, it seemed that the movement was continuing to grow. Though the fact that there was no technical separatist party on the national level made Trudeau a little more comfortable.
After the loss of several seats via by elections, Trudeau was forced into a general election. While many predicted a close run affair, even with Hellyer faffing about, the final result proved to be a comfortable Liberal minority, only just barely reduced from 1974 as the PC's fell further. However, this comfortable position wouldn't be the end of Trudeau's headaches.
Woot Hellyer and SocCreds!
Have Oliver Flanagan lead FG please (and to victory against that SOB Haughey!)
Something from @RobertTaftfan234's Split The Vote...
Big Brother's Legacy: The 2004 Presidential Election
One cannot talk of President Matthew Cohle's legacy without mentioning the "Christian Coalition". Cohle was always a devoutly religious man, a latter-day Norman Thomas, and with his traditional blue-collar base, this deep religiosity was very popular. He championed blurring the line between state and church, establishing a "Christian Business Union" and essentially making Christianity America's state religion.
The American Labor Party, a democratic socialist party, was now his party through and through thanks to him winning the nomination repeatedly against anti-Cohle opponents and purging the more desperate opponents. The secular-left People's Party split away in 1998, but due to the unpopularity of Coalitionist President Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cohle easily won a fourth non-consecutive term.
The "Christian Coalition" was at first the "Christian Caucus", an informal alliance of socially conservative and deeply-religious Congresspeople from the Coalition and Labor, along with President Cohle in the early 1990s. By 2000, that caucus increasingly came together and became a clear coalition, both in Congress and out of it.
Cohle's choice of running mate, the devoutly religious conservative George W. Bush, was a clear signal that he wished the Christian Coalition to fully back the Labor ticket. Indeed, many Coalitionists endorsed Cohle and abandoned their President in his time of need. Despite the People's Party doing very well, the full strength of the Christian Coalition handed Cohle a strong victory. This coalition dominated Congress and in Cohle's last term the Christian Business Union was formed, education was made overtly Christian, abortion was severely restricted, abstinence-only sex education was strongly pushed by the federal government and in a fit of megalomania, a momument was constructed to dedicate Cohle and Bush, the "Fathers of Modern America". [The monument was later destroyed by executive order from President Ventura in 2009.]
Backlash from this led to growing libertarian anger, from both the right and the left, but mostly on the left. The "Christian Coalition"'s days seemed numbered, but then a shot rang out, and the "Big Brother" of America fell to the ground, dead. All of America was stunned on that transformative day. President Matthew Cohle, "Big Brother" to many, the titan of American politics who made politics "for him or against him", was now gone.
President Bush proved quite more fiscally conservative than Cohle was, but he managed to increase the Christian Coalition's majority, even as Labor's seats fell to People's. The "Christian Coalition"'s authoritarianism reached a high under Bush, as the Department of Public Safety dealt with enemies, foreign or domestic. The entire People's Party was under investigation thanks to old inter-party grievances between Cohleite Laborites and future Populists.
The Christian Coalition was without a clear dominating leader after the death of their President. Bush was no Cohle, he couldn't command the Labor Party with an unquestionable loyalty from the membership. But even as the opposition to the "Christian Consensus" racketed up, Bush enjoyed high popularity with those who backed him, and this played a major role in the 2004 election.
Bush won the nomination of the Democratic-Republican Coalition, but they splintered over the running mate. The Republican ballot was Bush and Secretary of Defense John McCain while the Democratic line was Bush and his appointed vice-president Paul Wolfowitz. With the center-right coalition splintering, the Labor line seemed critical. In the end, Bush won the nomination thanks to the Cohleite "establishment" fully backing the President, alienating quite a few members in the process. He ran with Sam Webb who advocated going back to traditional Cohleite economics.
The Reform Party, led by Dolan Pmurt [who looks eerily similar to Donald Trump if you look at a reflection of him], jumped on the Bush train of "National Unity" [as Bush dubbed it], and Pmurt himself took the running mate position, hoping to succeed Bush in 2008. Only two parties didn't jump on the "National Unity" bandwagon, the libertarian-left People's Party and the social-conservative New American Party.
The People's Party however, did fight off an attempt by pro-Bush sabotagers to nominate Bush on their ticket. They found the perfect nominee to lead them to victory in the form of Governor Jerry Brown of California, the only living politician to ever defeat Cohle in a Labor Party convention, and a powerful symbol of opposition to the entire Christian Consensus. Jerry Brown ran with Congressman Barney Frank.
The New American Party also repulsed attempts at "National Unity" and nominated someone to run against Bush. However, their choice was pretty out of sync with the party base. Social conservatives found Donald Rumsfeld, a blinkered technocrat, quite unappealing. And the fact that he served in Bush's cabinet just before defecting to the NAP put off a lot of right-wing anti-Christianists.
"National Unity" was very unpopular with Americans, who perceived it as the seed of an one-party state, especially mixed with the Bush Administration's authoritarian tactics. The "established" parties, the Democrats, Republicans and Labor, took losses as quite a few of their voters instead voted for Brown or Rumsfeld in protest. However, the former "Coalition" held their total losses better than Labor, which collapsed to 6% of the vote.
Cohle, in his megalomania, denied other Labor officials a chance to rise up, so by 2004, the established politicians tended to be quite old. Also, the party was more and more centered around Cohle's personal ideology. Once he died, the party was leaderless and ideologically unsure, hurting them drastically as many of their voters switched to the Populists or Republicans.
After a surge in 2008 that ended up with their hated foes the Populists winning power, Labor rapidly shrunk and by 2016 was seen as a "has-been" Old Left party of old workers nostalgic for the Cohle years where the Populists were minor and an Ayn Rand fanboy would never ever reach the Presidency.
The 2004 election is commonly seen as the turning point between the authoritarian 1980s and 1990s and the libertarian 2000s and 2010s, for it heralded Labor's collapse, People's surge and the rapid exhaustion of the Cohle-Bush "Christian Consensus" as Brown won the most votes if you count the different Bush-led tickets separately. It was clear that a new era was dawning.
Jerry Brown/Barney Frank (People's): 222 EV, 36.1%
George W. Bush/John McCain (Republican): 206 EV, 34.4%
Donald Rumsfeld/Alan Keyes (New American): 45 EV, 11.5%
George W. Bush/Paul Wolfowitz (Democratic): 30 EV, 6.6%
George W. Bush/Sam Webb (Labor): 20 EV, 6.6%
George W. Bush/Dolan Pmurt (Reform): 15 EV, 4.9%
After the presidential election came and went with Bush being re-elected by a record-low total of 342 electoral votes and 52.4% for the combined Democratic-Republican-Labor-Reform totals, McCain still had no electoral majority for the vice-presidency, which meant that a runoff was to be held two weeks later on November 16, 2004.
John McCain (Republican): 274 EV, 51.3%
Barney Frank (People's): 264 EV, 48.7%
Despite the New Americans and the rest of the "National Unity" parties endorsing McCain, he only eked through, getting less than the "National Unity" total got two weeks earlier. It was extremely clear to everybody what the message this unusual American presidential election and surprisingly-close vice-presidential runoff told the world: The era of the "Christian Consensus" was over.
Big Brother's Legacy: The 2004 Presidential Election
One cannot talk of President Matthew Cohle's legacy without mentioning the "Christian Coalition". Cohle was always a devoutly religious man, a latter-day Norman Thomas, and with his traditional blue-collar base, this deep religiosity was very popular. He championed blurring the line between state and church, establishing a "Christian Business Union" and essentially making Christianity America's state religion.
The American Labor Party, a democratic socialist party, was now his party through and through thanks to him winning the nomination repeatedly against anti-Cohle opponents and purging the more desperate opponents. The secular-left People's Party split away in 1998, but due to the unpopularity of Coalitionist President Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cohle easily won a fourth non-consecutive term.
The "Christian Coalition" was at first the "Christian Caucus", an informal alliance of socially conservative and deeply-religious Congresspeople from the Coalition and Labor, along with President Cohle in the early 1990s. By 2000, that caucus increasingly came together and became a clear coalition, both in Congress and out of it.
Cohle's choice of running mate, the devoutly religious conservative George W. Bush, was a clear signal that he wished the Christian Coalition to fully back the Labor ticket. Indeed, many Coalitionists endorsed Cohle and abandoned their President in his time of need. Despite the People's Party doing very well, the full strength of the Christian Coalition handed Cohle a strong victory. This coalition dominated Congress and in Cohle's last term the Christian Business Union was formed, education was made overtly Christian, abortion was severely restricted, abstinence-only sex education was strongly pushed by the federal government and in a fit of megalomania, a momument was constructed to dedicate Cohle and Bush, the "Fathers of Modern America". [The monument was later destroyed by executive order from President Ventura in 2009.]
Backlash from this led to growing libertarian anger, from both the right and the left, but mostly on the left. The "Christian Coalition"'s days seemed numbered, but then a shot rang out, and the "Big Brother" of America fell to the ground, dead. All of America was stunned on that transformative day. President Matthew Cohle, "Big Brother" to many, the titan of American politics who made politics "for him or against him", was now gone.
President Bush proved quite more fiscally conservative than Cohle was, but he managed to increase the Christian Coalition's majority, even as Labor's seats fell to People's. The "Christian Coalition"'s authoritarianism reached a high under Bush, as the Department of Public Safety dealt with enemies, foreign or domestic. The entire People's Party was under investigation thanks to old inter-party grievances between Cohleite Laborites and future Populists.
The Christian Coalition was without a clear dominating leader after the death of their President. Bush was no Cohle, he couldn't command the Labor Party with an unquestionable loyalty from the membership. But even as the opposition to the "Christian Consensus" racketed up, Bush enjoyed high popularity with those who backed him, and this played a major role in the 2004 election.
Bush won the nomination of the Democratic-Republican Coalition, but they splintered over the running mate. The Republican ballot was Bush and Secretary of Defense John McCain while the Democratic line was Bush and his appointed vice-president Paul Wolfowitz. With the center-right coalition splintering, the Labor line seemed critical. In the end, Bush won the nomination thanks to the Cohleite "establishment" fully backing the President, alienating quite a few members in the process. He ran with Sam Webb who advocated going back to traditional Cohleite economics.
The Reform Party, led by Dolan Pmurt [who looks eerily similar to Donald Trump if you look at a reflection of him], jumped on the Bush train of "National Unity" [as Bush dubbed it], and Pmurt himself took the running mate position, hoping to succeed Bush in 2008. Only two parties didn't jump on the "National Unity" bandwagon, the libertarian-left People's Party and the social-conservative New American Party.
The People's Party however, did fight off an attempt by pro-Bush sabotagers to nominate Bush on their ticket. They found the perfect nominee to lead them to victory in the form of Governor Jerry Brown of California, the only living politician to ever defeat Cohle in a Labor Party convention, and a powerful symbol of opposition to the entire Christian Consensus. Jerry Brown ran with Congressman Barney Frank.
The New American Party also repulsed attempts at "National Unity" and nominated someone to run against Bush. However, their choice was pretty out of sync with the party base. Social conservatives found Donald Rumsfeld, a blinkered technocrat, quite unappealing. And the fact that he served in Bush's cabinet just before defecting to the NAP put off a lot of right-wing anti-Christianists.
"National Unity" was very unpopular with Americans, who perceived it as the seed of an one-party state, especially mixed with the Bush Administration's authoritarian tactics. The "established" parties, the Democrats, Republicans and Labor, took losses as quite a few of their voters instead voted for Brown or Rumsfeld in protest. However, the former "Coalition" held their total losses better than Labor, which collapsed to 6% of the vote.
Cohle, in his megalomania, denied other Labor officials a chance to rise up, so by 2004, the established politicians tended to be quite old. Also, the party was more and more centered around Cohle's personal ideology. Once he died, the party was leaderless and ideologically unsure, hurting them drastically as many of their voters switched to the Populists or Republicans.
After a surge in 2008 that ended up with their hated foes the Populists winning power, Labor rapidly shrunk and by 2016 was seen as a "has-been" Old Left party of old workers nostalgic for the Cohle years where the Populists were minor and an Ayn Rand fanboy would never ever reach the Presidency.
The 2004 election is commonly seen as the turning point between the authoritarian 1980s and 1990s and the libertarian 2000s and 2010s, for it heralded Labor's collapse, People's surge and the rapid exhaustion of the Cohle-Bush "Christian Consensus" as Brown won the most votes if you count the different Bush-led tickets separately. It was clear that a new era was dawning.
Jerry Brown/Barney Frank (People's): 222 EV, 36.1%
George W. Bush/John McCain (Republican): 206 EV, 34.4%
Donald Rumsfeld/Alan Keyes (New American): 45 EV, 11.5%
George W. Bush/Paul Wolfowitz (Democratic): 30 EV, 6.6%
George W. Bush/Sam Webb (Labor): 20 EV, 6.6%
George W. Bush/Dolan Pmurt (Reform): 15 EV, 4.9%
After the presidential election came and went with Bush being re-elected by a record-low total of 342 electoral votes and 52.4% for the combined Democratic-Republican-Labor-Reform totals, McCain still had no electoral majority for the vice-presidency, which meant that a runoff was to be held two weeks later on November 16, 2004.
John McCain (Republican): 274 EV, 51.3%
Barney Frank (People's): 264 EV, 48.7%
Despite the New Americans and the rest of the "National Unity" parties endorsing McCain, he only eked through, getting less than the "National Unity" total got two weeks earlier. It was extremely clear to everybody what the message this unusual American presidential election and surprisingly-close vice-presidential runoff told the world: The era of the "Christian Consensus" was over.
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(I do understand the context; but the multiple candidates is... strange to look at...)
Well in the '77-81, there's a passing reference to FF rebuking Lynch with the Presidential candidacy of Brennan.Woot Hellyer and SocCreds!
Have Oliver Flanagan lead FG please (and to victory against that SOB Haughey!)
Do I have to quote that Elvis Costello song again?
Flanagan is such a weird figure; going from an anti-masonic anti-Semite to a SocCred to FF to FG to a respected minister and constituency TD.
You would probably like the Labor Party, they do seem to be your party.
(I do understand the context; but the multiple candidates is... strange to look at...)
And for those a little confused...
Labor: Social conservatism, Democratic socialism. Very religious. Think "Old Left".
Democratic: Southern conservatism, more or less. Quite religious. Think UK Tory right.
Republican: Conservatism outside the South. Somewhat religious. Think OTL Republicans.
People's: Socially-liberal, Social democracy. Not really religious. Think "New Left".
Reform: Centrism, sort of. Mostly just Dolan Pmurt's party. Think OTL Reform, only led by Trump.
New American: Social conservatism, fiscal conservatism. Basically a protest right-wing vote. Think OTL Constitution, sort of.
You would probably like the Labor Party, they do seem to be your party.
And for those a little confused...
Labor: Social conservatism, Democratic socialism. Very religious. Think "Old Left".
Democratic: Southern conservatism, more or less. Quite religious. Think UK Tory right.
Republican: Conservatism outside the South. Somewhat religious. Think OTL Republicans.
People's: Socially-liberal, Social democracy. Not really religious. Think "New Left".
Reform: Centrism, sort of. Mostly just Dolan Pmurt's party. Think OTL Reform, only led by Trump.
New American: Social conservatism, fiscal conservatism. Basically a protest right-wing vote. Think OTL Constitution, sort of.
Yeah; I considered getting involved; but alas it only came to my attention quite late.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
A Summer of Discontent
In which Paddy Ashdown was stabbed in the neck in November of 1995. I'll post a proper write up, but right now here's the boxes. Based on this list.
Why yes, Brighton is Pavilion is UKIP. Why'd you ask?
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The United Kingdom general election of May 2011 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011, to vote to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. No party were able to gain the 326 seats needed for an overall majority, with Labour, led by incumbiant Prime Minster David Miliband, winning the largest number seats but loosing the popular vote and falling 23 seats short of an overall majority. This resulted in a hung Parliament, in which no party were able to command a majority in the House of Commons, and the second election since the February 1974 election to return a hung Parliament. Whilst a hung Parliament was expected, no Party was able to negotiate a coalition goverment. As a result, Labour, as the largest party, formed a minority goverment with supply and confidence of the Liberal Democrats. This goverment would be formed in spite of Labour falling shorter than the Conservative's in the popular vote, although it was acknowledge by all parties that a second General election would be held shortly thereafter.
Neither Labour nor the Conservative Parties Leaders had led a previous General Election. David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary, had become Leader in 2008 following the retirement of Gordon Brown; whilst initially popular and implementing policies considered Blair-ite, the Credit Crunch and subsequent recession maimed his Leadership and Goverment. Tim Collins, a Hagueite Conservative, succeeded the disgraced Tim Yeo in 2008. Whilst popular, his proposed policies and the economic plans laid out by Shadow Chancellor David Cameron were considered harsh and drastic, though gained popularity as the recession dragged on. Charles Kennedy, who had led the Liberal Democrats since 2002, promised that the election would be his last, intending to retire and raise his son.
The Campaign would be notable due to its ferocity, which many point as the reason Coalition talks failed. Miliband and Chancellor Ed Balls were attacked by both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as failing the country, Balls often portrayed rather cruelly in attack ads as a stuttering buffoon and Miliband as incompetent and reckless. Labour's responses were in comparison tame, although aggressive and quick to remind the public of the Thatcher/Major years. A notable gaffe would come from the Scottish Labour campaign, in which Charles Kennedy was portrayed as a drunk. Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, would take this slight personally, attacking Miliband himself as 'uncaring, petty, and despicable', the Conservatives also using the gaffe to further cut into Labour. This would later rear its head at the debate during a impassioned argument between Miliband and Kennedy over Health Care and Goverment cuts.
Minor Parties, such as UKIP, would also see prominence during the campaign. Led by David Campbell Bannerman, the Party ran a strong Law and Order campaign which many saw as trying to 'out Tory the Tories'. This would result in the party consuming nearly 12% of the popular vote, however were only able to gain a single seat in Brighton Pavilion.
Coalition talks began immediately between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, however due to the events of the campaign there talks were frigid. Talks would ultimetly break down due to Miliband and Balls insistence of keeping the Liberal Democrats away from any 'important positions', as well as dispute over the Treasury. Despite this, both Parties were able to agree on a Supply and Confidence deal. King George VII would accept this, inviting Miliband to form a Minority Government. Four Months later, Collins would pass a Vote of No Confidence, ending Miliband's Minority Goverment and triggering a General Election.
Local elections and the elections of Scottish Parliament and the English and Welsh Devolved Assemblies took place on the same day.
The United Kingdom general election of Dec 2011 was held on Thursday, 15 December 2011, to vote to elect 650 members to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. The election was called following the defeat of David Miliband's minority goverment in a Vote of No Confidence. It was the second general election of the year and resulted with the first outright win for the Conservative Party since 1997, who gained an overall majority of 4 seats.
The election of May had provided a hung Parliament, as was anticipated by most, if not all. In spite of this, Coalition talks between Labour and the Liberal Democrats were hampered by personal animosity between the Leadership and a refusal of compromise, resulting in Labour forming a minority Goverment with Liberal Democrats offering Supply and Confidence. They would end this deal in late October due to a Labour backbench rebellion on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, resulting in its failure to pass. A scant month later, Collins, Leader of the Opposition, would move a motion of no confidence against Miliband's Goverment, which ultimetly lost 310 to 328 votes. Other factors that would push for the motion came in the form of economic pressure, with high inflation and unemployment, as well as a mass strike by Goverment workers, dubbed the 'Summer of Discontent', referencing the previous Public Sector strike that bought down the Callaghan Goverment. The result of the previous election, in which Labour were the largest Party despite loosing in the popular vote.
The election is often referred to as the most dramatic in recent British history; in later years, echoing Roy Hattersly, Ed Miliband would declare the election the "last rites of New Labour". Vigorous campaigning by the Conservative Party, highlighting the failure of Miliband's Goverment and the unfairness of the previous elections results struck a nerve with the electorate, who dramatically turned on Labour. Labour struggled to find support beyond safe seats and strongholds, the Campaign aggressive but unable to connect with voters. As a result, many Constituencies with a narrow enough majority often written off as loss. The Liberal Democrats would, in the England at least, be tarred by their associations with Labour Goverment, loosing many seats in the South West and North of England, although recuperated the worst with a strong performance in Scotland, riding off the success in the Scottish Parliamentary election. The SNP would win 8 seats in Scotland with 30% of the Scottish Vote, their failure to break through deeper in Labour's strongholds pointed at the surge in Conservative support. UKIP would see its vote share collapse, their war chest depleted from the previous election, although held their seat in Brighton Pavilion.
David Miliband would resign shortly after the election, succeeded by Jon Cruddas. Similarly, Charles Kennedy would resign in the new year, though the event would less somber than that of Miliband's. He would be succeeded by David Law. The 6.5% swing to the Conservative party from Labour remains the third largest in electoral history.
The Ulster Unionist Party would see a surge in support, making inroads in previously DUP and Sinn Féin strong holds, reflecting their performance in the Assembly elections of November.
It would be the first and most recent election in which no debates were held since they were introduced in 2001.
In which Paddy Ashdown was stabbed in the neck in November of 1995. I'll post a proper write up, but right now here's the boxes. Based on this list.
Why yes, Brighton is Pavilion is UKIP. Why'd you ask?
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The United Kingdom general election of May 2011 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011, to vote to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. No party were able to gain the 326 seats needed for an overall majority, with Labour, led by incumbiant Prime Minster David Miliband, winning the largest number seats but loosing the popular vote and falling 23 seats short of an overall majority. This resulted in a hung Parliament, in which no party were able to command a majority in the House of Commons, and the second election since the February 1974 election to return a hung Parliament. Whilst a hung Parliament was expected, no Party was able to negotiate a coalition goverment. As a result, Labour, as the largest party, formed a minority goverment with supply and confidence of the Liberal Democrats. This goverment would be formed in spite of Labour falling shorter than the Conservative's in the popular vote, although it was acknowledge by all parties that a second General election would be held shortly thereafter.
Neither Labour nor the Conservative Parties Leaders had led a previous General Election. David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary, had become Leader in 2008 following the retirement of Gordon Brown; whilst initially popular and implementing policies considered Blair-ite, the Credit Crunch and subsequent recession maimed his Leadership and Goverment. Tim Collins, a Hagueite Conservative, succeeded the disgraced Tim Yeo in 2008. Whilst popular, his proposed policies and the economic plans laid out by Shadow Chancellor David Cameron were considered harsh and drastic, though gained popularity as the recession dragged on. Charles Kennedy, who had led the Liberal Democrats since 2002, promised that the election would be his last, intending to retire and raise his son.
The Campaign would be notable due to its ferocity, which many point as the reason Coalition talks failed. Miliband and Chancellor Ed Balls were attacked by both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as failing the country, Balls often portrayed rather cruelly in attack ads as a stuttering buffoon and Miliband as incompetent and reckless. Labour's responses were in comparison tame, although aggressive and quick to remind the public of the Thatcher/Major years. A notable gaffe would come from the Scottish Labour campaign, in which Charles Kennedy was portrayed as a drunk. Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, would take this slight personally, attacking Miliband himself as 'uncaring, petty, and despicable', the Conservatives also using the gaffe to further cut into Labour. This would later rear its head at the debate during a impassioned argument between Miliband and Kennedy over Health Care and Goverment cuts.
Minor Parties, such as UKIP, would also see prominence during the campaign. Led by David Campbell Bannerman, the Party ran a strong Law and Order campaign which many saw as trying to 'out Tory the Tories'. This would result in the party consuming nearly 12% of the popular vote, however were only able to gain a single seat in Brighton Pavilion.
Coalition talks began immediately between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, however due to the events of the campaign there talks were frigid. Talks would ultimetly break down due to Miliband and Balls insistence of keeping the Liberal Democrats away from any 'important positions', as well as dispute over the Treasury. Despite this, both Parties were able to agree on a Supply and Confidence deal. King George VII would accept this, inviting Miliband to form a Minority Government. Four Months later, Collins would pass a Vote of No Confidence, ending Miliband's Minority Goverment and triggering a General Election.
Local elections and the elections of Scottish Parliament and the English and Welsh Devolved Assemblies took place on the same day.
The United Kingdom general election of Dec 2011 was held on Thursday, 15 December 2011, to vote to elect 650 members to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. The election was called following the defeat of David Miliband's minority goverment in a Vote of No Confidence. It was the second general election of the year and resulted with the first outright win for the Conservative Party since 1997, who gained an overall majority of 4 seats.
The election of May had provided a hung Parliament, as was anticipated by most, if not all. In spite of this, Coalition talks between Labour and the Liberal Democrats were hampered by personal animosity between the Leadership and a refusal of compromise, resulting in Labour forming a minority Goverment with Liberal Democrats offering Supply and Confidence. They would end this deal in late October due to a Labour backbench rebellion on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, resulting in its failure to pass. A scant month later, Collins, Leader of the Opposition, would move a motion of no confidence against Miliband's Goverment, which ultimetly lost 310 to 328 votes. Other factors that would push for the motion came in the form of economic pressure, with high inflation and unemployment, as well as a mass strike by Goverment workers, dubbed the 'Summer of Discontent', referencing the previous Public Sector strike that bought down the Callaghan Goverment. The result of the previous election, in which Labour were the largest Party despite loosing in the popular vote.
The election is often referred to as the most dramatic in recent British history; in later years, echoing Roy Hattersly, Ed Miliband would declare the election the "last rites of New Labour". Vigorous campaigning by the Conservative Party, highlighting the failure of Miliband's Goverment and the unfairness of the previous elections results struck a nerve with the electorate, who dramatically turned on Labour. Labour struggled to find support beyond safe seats and strongholds, the Campaign aggressive but unable to connect with voters. As a result, many Constituencies with a narrow enough majority often written off as loss. The Liberal Democrats would, in the England at least, be tarred by their associations with Labour Goverment, loosing many seats in the South West and North of England, although recuperated the worst with a strong performance in Scotland, riding off the success in the Scottish Parliamentary election. The SNP would win 8 seats in Scotland with 30% of the Scottish Vote, their failure to break through deeper in Labour's strongholds pointed at the surge in Conservative support. UKIP would see its vote share collapse, their war chest depleted from the previous election, although held their seat in Brighton Pavilion.
David Miliband would resign shortly after the election, succeeded by Jon Cruddas. Similarly, Charles Kennedy would resign in the new year, though the event would less somber than that of Miliband's. He would be succeeded by David Law. The 6.5% swing to the Conservative party from Labour remains the third largest in electoral history.
The Ulster Unionist Party would see a surge in support, making inroads in previously DUP and Sinn Féin strong holds, reflecting their performance in the Assembly elections of November.
It would be the first and most recent election in which no debates were held since they were introduced in 2001.
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Look at the 1997 UK general election results...
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...2000-u-s-early-presidential-primaries.368808/
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