When the exit poll came in at 22:00 on a wet Thursday night, nobody could quite believe it. The poll, conducted by several news agencies and polling stations, predicted that the ruling Conservative Party would manage 368 seats against Labour’s 191. To put that into perspective, that is landslide area. It put everyone in a spin, from excited Tories to horrified opponents. Still, exit polls have been wrong in the past- they predicted a hung parliament in 1992 when there was in fact a surprise Conservative win. As the hours wore on and announcements were made in the wee hours…
Author: Sarah Stook
The traditionally Labour-held constituency of Great Grimsby is one of the most competitive of the 2019 United Kingdom elections.