UK-Elect Mar 2001 Forecast:
This month, the percentages used for the opinion-poll based forecast were Lab 46%, Con 34%, Lib Dem 14%, Nationalists 3%. This represents the approximate average of recent opinion polls, slightly adjusted for actual local results. This month a small allowance was made (a little controversially) for some continuing anti-Conservative tactical voting (see below), which cost the Conservatives 4 seats in this forecast.
As before, we do not expect these to be the actual figures at the time of the next election, as opinion polls tend to inflate the Labour lead compared to real elections.
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Notes: The maps, graphics, results and predictions included on this web site were all produced by UK-Elect. A uniform percentage swing method was used, and the percentages were applied to GB constituencies only. This month, an allowance for tactical voting was applied to the figures, the assumption being made that 10% of voters would be prepared to vote tactically against the Conservatives in a situation where the 1st/2nd contest between them and another party was fairly close (within 20%), and the 3rd party was more than 10% further behind. The forecast base was the 1997 General Election constituency situation. No attempt was made to apply more accurate Scottish or Welsh poll percentages to the forecasting of constituencies in those areas (hence the forecasting of Nationalist gains or losses is likely to be less accurate). Results from Northern Ireland are based on those of the last election and included for completeness only.
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