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Originally Posted by Edward64
Just my perspective ...
I'm sure party leadership had a role but this time the Brits understood what was at stake. This vote was Brexit or not and the leadership was secondary.
So with full awareness of consequences, the issues discussed ad-nauseum, the voters have spoken with as much education as a population could have.
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From what I could find and simplifying it to fit into 2 groups:
Pro-Brexit Parties
Conservative Party - 43.6%
Democratic Unionist Party - 0.8% (but wants a new negotiated deal)
Brexit Party - 2% (is pro-hard Brexit. Leave with no deal)
UKIP - 0.1%
Total: 46.5%
Pro-Stay Parties
Labour Party - 32.2% (said they wanted another public vote, and if have to leave, wants to remain in the EU Customs union to retain single market)
Scottish National Party - 3.9%
Liberal Democrats - 11.6% (wanted to outright cancel Brexit)
Sinn Fein - 0.6% (also wants Northern Ireland to unify with Ireland)
Plaid Cymru - 0.5%
Green party 2.7% (wants to stay, supports another public vote)
Total: 51.5%
With "Other Parties" at 2%, who knows where they stand.
So while the Conservatives cleaned up in the election and gained a majority of seats (I have no idea how seats are awarded), if we're talking about "the voters have spoken", more people in the UK voted for a Pro-Stay party than they did a Pro-Brexit party (unless I missed something or Google is wrong on their counting of the votes). FWIW.