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The aftermath

So, given the results of the election, a few things are up for discussion:

  • Polls got it wrong – why?
  • There seems to be an interesting relationship between turnout in each constituency and which party won.
  • Lib Dem collapsed into Tories
  • UKIP failed at the voter concentration problem required for FPTP system.

I’m currently typing in all the data from the GB constituencies, as I haven’t been able to find it in a decently machine readable format as of yet – I don’t have access to the Press Association feeds to get a clear version.  Of all the above, at this stage, it looks as if the turnout will be most (personally) interesting; also it hasn’t really been discussed in the same length as the other points.

There goes my weekend.

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I was previously an academic applied statistician (based in the University of the West of England, Bristol) with a variety of interests. This blog reflects that variety! I now work in official statistics - which will not be covered at all here.

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