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Calm Down Dear, It’s Only A Poll

The Poll on the website was meant as a bit of fun however, after removing obvious multiple entries, it appears some people have been taking it a bit too seriously! [Read more...]

The Poll on the website was meant as a bit of fun however, after removing obvious multiple entries, it appears some people have been taking it a bit too seriously! 🙂

Several votes in the election poll on the website have been removed due to “multiple voting” – not quite “election fraud” but you have to wonder why…

Before Removal Results

As at 8:30am today (Wednesday 1st May) the results for the main parties stood as follows:

  • Conservatives – 38
  • Liberal Democrats – 171
  • Labour – 51
  • UKIP – 179

After Removal Results

After the adjustments the results stood as follows:

  • Conservatives – 37
  • Liberal Democrats – 57
  • Labour – 35
  • UKIP – 129

Number of Removed Votes

This means the total of removed “votes” were as follows:

  • Conservatives – 1
  • Liberal Democrats – 114
  • Labour – 16
  • UKIP – 50

Unfortunately due to a blip in the database the adjusted figures are not showing on the site – we’re working through with the poll developer to rectify this.

We have kept records of the votes removed together with the details – and have removed all apart from one vote after multiple clicks on a daily basis were tracked. For example, 4 clicks was reduced to 1 instead of removing them all.

The poll on the website may or may not be accurate come Thursday – it is a lot easier to click a button than to get out and tick a box in a polling booth.

The poll will close at 7.00am on Thursday (election day). And yes, we will still be monitoring it 😉

Note To Parties

If you feel the results are inaccurate for your party, feel free to get in touch and you can have details of your party votes.

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