With 649 of the 650 parliamentary seats from the 6th May 2010 General Election now declared, we can see how the policital map of the UK has changed. The one remaining seat is Thirsk and Malton where the death of one of the candidates means that the vote has been postponed until 25th May.
This map has been uploaded to our MapTube website so that the results can be compared with some of our other maps.
Here are some interesting comparisons:
Compare the 2005 election to the 2010 election results:
http://www.maptube.org/election/map.aspx?s=DGxUoiNcsKkGNyyDLBwcCnOMChZsgZwcHApzPApTnd
The 2010 result is shown on the top layer, so move the red slider left and right to see how the political outlook has changed between 2005 and 2010. Apologies for the change in the SNP colour between the two colour scales, but I will upload a new one with standardised colours later. Also, Northern Ireland is missing as we don’t have a boundary dataset for this country, but we are currently trying to obtain one.
Did the MPs’ expenses scandal cause existing MPs to lose their seats?
http://www.maptube.org/election/map.aspx?s=DGxUoiNcsKkGNyyBPAwMCnOcCidsgywcHApzfAoWbd
The top layer shows the parliamentary constituencies where MPs have been told to pay back expenses according to the Sir Thomas Legg report. Slide the top layer slider left and right to see where the parties have changed. This only shows the party colours and not how much MPs were asked to pay back. The result is actually rather inconclusive. Where there are changes, it’s possibly as much a result of boundary changes as expenses repayments. What is required is a comparison that takes both the boundary changes and repayment amounts into account.
Once the final election analysis is available we will add a 2010 turnout map and proportional representation maps of the main parties showing what percentage of the electorate voted for each party by constituency.
