uk election

  1. Lafayette_

    WI: Margaret Thatcher survives 1990 leadership contest. What next?

    Title. Considering the vote was extremely close - she was 4 votes away from the required majority per Conservative Party rules - what could have followed? Could she have changed her mind on the poll tax, or on the ERM? Would Labour trounce the Tories in 1992? If the conservatives win a Pyrrhic...
  2. Blair says no to Iraq effects on 2005 election?

    If Tony Blair didn’t help in the invasion of Iraq, would he keep his 100+ majority in 2005? How would this effect future elections?
  3. Psmith

    AHC: Make 1997 like 2017

    In 1997, Labour entered the UK General Election with a 24% lead with the polls. They ended with a 13% lead in votes but a supermajority regardless. In 2017 the Conservatives entered the election with a 25% lead in the polls, but ended with only a 3% lead in votes and a minority government...
  4. Heseltine v Blair in 199X GE

    So this is a thought process on What if Michael Heseltine had gone up against Tony Blair in 199(7), with Heseltine as PM and Blair as Labour leader. I've seen a few (very few) Heseltine wins in 1990 and takes over from Thatcher, but this is different. Let's say, OTL to 1995. Major challenged...
  5. JLUK1234

    Cameron's majority
    Threadmarks: Overview

    The context behind this is that in the 2015 UK election, a large number of 2010 Lib Dem voters switched to Labour. What if some of them went to the Conservatives instead of Labour? United Kingdom general election, 2015 Here is the majority shaded version. The changes for the following are...
  6. AHC: 1997 Election-Conservatives Finish Third In Voteshare

    Preface: For chunks of 1993 and 1994, the Conservatives did fall to third in the polls, behind the Liberal Democrats. While it would be unlikely that the Conservatives would fall to third in terms of seats, a situation where they collapse down to a level where they are overtaken at around 25% of...
  7. Oppo

    Balance of Power: An Election Night TLIAF
    Threadmarks: Update I

    Oppo, what the hell are you doing? Eating crabs with Old Bay on them. No, you stupid Marylander! What's the TL about? The POD deals with some Northern Irish by-elections, but the main one is about UKIP winning the Eastleigh and Heywood & Middleton by-elections. Will you actually get this done in...
  8. Prussian1871

    WI: Brown wins slim majority in 2007, how does 2012 go?

    As it says on the tin, what would happen if five years later Brown went to the polls in 2007 and won a fourth consecutive yet slim Labour victory? Brown would face the blunt of being the party of government for 15 years, having a recession under his leadership, with a sure defeat come 2012. Just...
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