BBCNEWS BBC News December 17, 2021 15:07:00
They only got 10% of the vote in 2019 — to first in 2021 with nearly 50%. they did it by direct transference to the lib dems from the conservatives — whose vote was down some 25 points or so from 2019 and from the labour party. labour were in second in 2019 — had 22% of the vote. but there's big transference in 2021. labour voters deciding the lib dems had the best chance of winning, and they were right. we saw a similar thing in chesham and amersham—another tory safe seat, different part of the country, in buckinghamshire but massive tactical voting against the conservatives. long tal...