The deeply saddening news that I wish to share is news that all will already know. The Liberal Democrats sadly did not do as well as we had hoped in last night's election. Instead of hanging on to our seats or gaining seats, we actually lost seats.
A particular loss for us was Lepbit Opik, who stood in Montgomeryshire and was previously our Housing Spokesperson.
On the plus side, we did manage to hold our most important seats, Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam, Ed Davey's Kingston and Surbiton, Chris Huhne's Eastleigh and Vince Cable's Twickenham, but still, a Liberal coalition could ensure parliamentary reform, and the Liberal Democrats would stand more of a chance in the next election(s).
Below is just a small sample of the election results:
Conservatives: 10,706,647 votes = 306 seats
Labour: 8,604,358 votes = 258 seats
Liberal Democrats: 6,827,938 votes = 57 seats
Here are the share of seats in a graphical format:
And here is another one showing the share of the vote achieved by each party:
We need reform. In my opinion, each vote should count to the country.
