{"id":83290,"date":"2025-06-21T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83290"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:25:08","slug":"who-is-bringing-up-the-rear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/06\/21\/who-is-bringing-up-the-rear\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is bringing up the rear?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was fascinated by this election result<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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These were the first preference votes cast:<\/p>\n

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Not who came last. It was the Tories, with 48 votes.<\/p>\n

And who came second from the bottom? Labour, with 77 votes.<\/p>\n

This is out of 2,385 votes cast.<\/p>\n

And yes, of course, this is in a quite literally outlying region. And it is in an area where there is proportional representation for council elections. But, maybe that only adds to the importance of the message, because when there is a real choice, people do not want these parties.<\/p>\n

I am not in any way suggesting this is a portent of things to come. But it's a fascinating insight into what might happen in a new political era.<\/p>\n

Has such a rejection of the two supposedly mainstream political parties ever happened before in the modern political era?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was fascinated by this election result: These were the first preference votes cast: Not who came last. It was the Tories, with 48 votes.
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