The UK Election Results Explained

Yesterday millions of Brits voted - and this morning we have not only the results but a new government. So we unpack the results of the UK General Election but also what it means for both Labour and the Conservatives.

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[allenmontrasio]

Tories lost because they were crap at government.

[WR]

Everyone: Why should we vote for you?
Labour: We're not the Tories
Everyone: True tbf

[danielschick]

I've never seen a man so happy about losing his job than Rishi

[UIM_Moose]

Funniest thing Sunak said was that the UK is in a better financial position now than in 2010... like what fucking planet is he on?

[wojtekpolska]

6:11 "Assemble his first cabinet" * shows a man assembling an IKEA cabinet *

[annabethchase]

Funnier still, the Lettuce lost her seat. In 2 years she went from Foreign secretary to Prime minister to International laughing stock to not even being able to get elected to her seat

[KioenYant]

When considering the current administration, 23.7% of voters answered, "Yes, please, more of that." Mind-blowing

[MrDadyD]

You forgot the best thing of all!!!! Jacob Rees-Mogg (the gentleman from the 1800 century) lost his seat!

[Lyendith]

What’s interesting is the combined vote share of the two big parties. In 2017, Tories + Labour weighed more than 80% of the vote ; in 2024 only about 55%. That makes the discrepancy between the vote share and the number of seats much more glaring.

[docredzal]

Can't wait for CGP Grey to make another video about winning 32-34% popular vote means you form the government

[seamusmckeon]

Lizz Truss’ story reminds me of Kim Campbell’s story in Canada. They were both deeply unpopular leaders of floundering parties in their respective countries, and were promptly ousted from their chairs as PM

[KaiserMattTygore]

"Assemble his first cabinet"

*Shows a guy putting a literal cabinet together*

[zenfar]

Jeremy Corbyn 2019 = 10, 295, 912 = 203 seats
Keir Starmer 2024 = 9, 712, 011 = 412 seats
Rishi Sunak 2024 = 6, 814, 469 = 121 seats
Nigel Farage 2024 = 4, 091, 549 = 4 seats
Ed Davey 2024 = 3, 696, 419 = 71 seats
John Swinney 2024 = 708, 759 = 9 seats

Yeah the Uks system is fucked.

[RJH]

As a Kiwi watching this election I find it crazy that Starmer can win a 400+ seat majority with 33.8% of the vote while Corbyn in 2017 only won 232 seats with 40%, and as much as I detest Reform UK they only win 4 seats with 14.3% while Lib Dems win 71 with 12.2%...
Ya'll need proportional representation!

[capapan.]

Chief Mouser Larry probably has a fair shot for tory leadership.

[darthtoaster]

12.2% gets you 71 seats while 14.3% gets you an entire 4 seats. I love democracy

Edit: WE JUST MADE IT TO 5 SEATS 🔥🔥🔥

[dralseth]

Absolute machines. To end a stream at 11pm and already have a video out before 10am the following day.
Well done team

[matteo]

Finally we had an election where a great number of people voted for parties other than the main two, or for complete independents. And this is with a lot of people voting for the main two because of the fear of 'wasting' their vote.

[EthelJung-jw]

2:45 should be noted, the man in charge of the exit poll said reform was their most

[dgoodall]

Please drop more occasional jokes in '... and assemble a cabinet' got me 😂