It’s hard to get a straight story on the British elections, but it appears that the Labour landslide is not due to a vast turnout in favor of Labour:
The BBC reports:
Labour has around a 34% share of the vote across the UK and the Conservatives 24%.
While the Liberal Democrats are expected to have the third highest number of seats, it is Reform who are currently in third place by share of the vote.However, Reform have found it difficult to convert votes into seats. The party has returned four MPs so far, including party leader Nigel Farage in Clacton.
The Conservative vote share suffered particularly in areas where high numbers voted to leave the European Union, falling by 27 points in constituencies where more than 60% voted Leave.
Votes for the Conservatives in constituencies in England and Wales where large numbers of people had mortgages fell about 24 points to 32%, while the Labour share grew five points in these places to 28%.
Labour support in constituencies with large Muslim communities fell about 23 points to 39%. Vote share in these areas for the Tories fell 12 points to about 13%.
