British politics: to come in first, finish third

Published April 21, 2010 4:00am ET



In my recent blogpost on the British elections, I noted that the district boundaries for this election (which for the first time are based on the now nine-year-old 2001 Census) favor the Labour party. And how! Consider what happens when you put the percentages for the three parties in three recent polls into seats according to this website:

Poll       %Cons %Lab %LibDem     #Cons #Lab #LibDem

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