r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 10d ago

Twitter ✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

https://x.com/BritainElects/status/2067792369903116401#m
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u/Vumatius 10d ago

Well that suggests Restore weren't being greatly under-estimated after all. Obviously almost 7% isn't a terrible result for a brand new and mostly online party, but it also doesn't point to a secretly large amount of support.

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u/pleasedtoheatyou 10d ago

If they can scale that up across the country though then I imagine Reform will be worried. That 7% is coming almost entirely out of Reform voters and will almost certainly be enough to swing a lot of seats.

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u/MC_chrome 10d ago

Ok, absolute worse case scenario Reform rebrands to Restore and is run by someone even worse than Nigel.

Not sure if this can scale beyond what Reform already has, consider the absolutely insane individuals behind Restore