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     Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.229.104 |
Higher the better - enter your postcode here:- http://www.voterpower.org.uk/ I only get 0.544 of a vote in 'real' terms. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
I'm in a very marginal constituency so mine comes out at 0.901 - ie. 3.57 times the "average" voter power. Like I said on the other thread, I'm voting LibDem in the hope of getting rid of our sitting Tory MP.  | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
0.028 That's what comes from living in salford - They reckon it's an Ultra-safe but I think there could be an upset. They don't realise how unpopular Hazel Blears is with the electorate. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.76.230 |
0.696 Ooh, the power I feel . . . | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
0.015 So remind me again what the point of voting is? | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 78.146.249.100 |
0.066 Great. I like that none of the parties challenge David Cameron's assumption that cutting the number of MPs is just like a business having to cut back to be more efficient, when it's essentially making fewer MPs represent more people, and diluting the capacity of every voter in the country to decide who represents them... | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 147.252.230.148 |
0.0 Not a British citizen, so I'm fine with that. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Wey hey, looks like I'm waaaaaaay out in front amongst you lot when it comes to voter power then.  | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.229.104 |
But you're a woman, Caroline - you shouldn't really have the vote in the first place! This system is all wrong! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
 At least, I *hope* that was a joke Mick! In fact, they were saying on the news last night that we (women, that is) are quite important to the political parties. Apparently, we tend to make our minds up later than men, so they reckon they're more likely to be able to persuade us to vote for them. I think it must be the *male* politicians who've decided they might be able to talk us into voting for them. After all, no one with any sense would think they could talk a woman into doing anything.  | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
BTW I don't know about women making their minds up later than men. I always have to make my husband's mind up for him! | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.151.35.154 |
Apparently, I have 1.011 votes! I didn't think anybody knew where Kettering was. | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
Nathaniel has posted five-and-a-half minutes of funny stuff titled "Sir Ian Bowler Resigns" that's good at poking fun at a fair few people of all stripes. WARNING (for those of you who are delicate of nature): it's a bit sweary and naughty. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.229.104 |
"Monkey Mansions..."! | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
In Belfast South, one person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 1.077 votes. Voters in Belfast South have 4.26x more voting power than the UK average. The average UK voter only has the power of 0.253 votes. This is because most of us live in safe seats, where the outcome is pretty much certain regardless of how we vote. Belfast South ranks #4 out of 650 constituencies in the Voter Power Index. Hmmm... but seeing as we can't vote Labour, Lib-Dem or Tory (as if) I think that has to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt! SDLP all the way... we're still fucked though.  |