labour didn't win the election, tories lost it.
That only holds true if voter turn out was so low that the non voters could have all voted Tory to save them. I haven't looked into the numbers but I doubt that.
https://lemmy.world/comment/10998014
https://lemmy.world/comment/11383223
Labour
total votes 9,686,329
share 33.7%
share change +1.6
Labour gained 1.6% of the vote share compared to the previous election.
Conservative
total votes 6,828,925
share 23.7%
share change -19.9
tories lost 20% of their vote share.
Believe it. Of the eligible electorate, 20% cast a vote for Labour, who wound up with two thirds of the House.
Well yeah, that's how our political system works. I don't believe any party has ever won an election with more then 30% of the vote. Least of all the Conservative.
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