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Alternate Timeline: Winning Here

Winning here is an alternate timeline where the Liberal Democrats manage to reverse the decline of the Liberal Party
in the early 20th Century, and rise to replace Labour as the main centre left political party of the United Kingdom
I created it as a joke because i thought it'd be funny to make Jo Swinson the Prime Minister

Election Results

1997 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Labour Tony Blair 418 +145 42.24% +7.9%
Conservatives John Major 155 -211 27.90% -14.0%
Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown 56 +36 18.58% +0.8%
UUP David Trimble 10 +1 0.83% +0.0%
SNP Alex Salmond 6 +3 2.01% +0.1%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wiggley 4 +0 0.49% +0.0%
SDLP John Hume 3 -1 0.61% +0.1
Other 7 1.07%

2001 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Labour Tony Blair 411 -7 38.88% -3.36%
Conservatives William Hauge 157 +2 29.58% +1.68%
Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy 60 +4 21.27% +2.69%
SNP John Swinney 6 +0 1.80% +0.97%
UUP David Trimble 6 +3 0.82/td> -0.11%
DUP Ian Paisley 5 +3 0.69% +0.28%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wiggley 4 +0 0.80 +0.31
Other 10 1.87%

2005 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Labour Tony Blair 351 -60 34.26% +4.62%
Conservatives Michael Howard 197 +40 31.55% +1.97%
Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown 67 +7 24.14% +2.87%
DUP Ian Paisley 9 +4 0.89% +0.2%
SNP Alex Salmond 6 +3 1.46% -0.34%
Sinn Fein Gerry Adams 5 +1 0.64% -0.2%
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 3 -1 0.58% -0.22
Other 8 1.84%

2010 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Conservatives David Cameron 295 +98 33.32% +1.77%
Labour Gordon Brown 254 -97 28.63% -5.63%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 71 +4 25.99 +1.85%
DUP Peter Robinson 8 -1 0.89% +0.2%
SNP Alex Salmond 6 +0 1.70% +0.24%
Sinn Fein Gerry Adams 5 +0 0.58% -0.06%
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 3 +0 0.59% +0.01
Other 8 2%

2011 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Conservatives David Cameron 294 -1 35.66% +2.34%
Labour Gordon Brown 168 -86 33.18% +4.55%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 113 +42 21.45% -4.54%
SNP Alex Salmond 50 +46 3.71% +2.01%
DUP Peter Robinson 8 +0 0.57% -0.32%
Sinn Fein Gerry Adams 5 +0 0.58% +0.0%%
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 5 +2 0.79% +0.2%
Other 7 2%

2011 Labour Party Leadership Election

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Ed Miliband 34.3% 37.5% 41.3% 50.7%
David Miliband 37.8% 38.9% 42.7% 49.3%
Ed Balls 11.8% 13.2% 16.0% X
Andy Burnham 8.7% 10.4% X
Dianne Abbot 7.4% X
Ed Miliband elected Leader of the Labour Party

2014 Liberal Democrat Leadership Election

Candidate Vote
Tim Farron 19,137
Norman Lamb 14,760
Tim Farron elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats

2016 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Conservatives David Cameron 338 +44 36.96% +1.30%
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 130 +17 21.45% -4.54%
Labour Ed Milliband 115 -53 18.44% -14.74%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 42 -8 3.45% -0.26%
DUP Peter Robinson 8 +0 0.6% +0.3%
Sinn Fein Gerry Adams 4 -1 0.6% +0.02%%
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 5 +0 1.17% +0.39%
Other 8 4%

2020 Conservative Party Leadership Election

Note: Only 329 Conervatives MPs remained by 2020 due to By-Elections
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Membership Vote
Theresa May 111 120 79,221
George Osborne 114 122 60,304
Boris Johnson 54 87 X
Michael Gove 50 X

Theresa May elected Conservative Party Leader

2021 General Election

Party Leader Seats Change Popular Vote % Change
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 343 +230 42.76 +21.31%
Conservatives Theresa May 195 -143 31.98% -4.98%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 47 +5 3.71% +0.26%
Labour Owen Smith 40 -53 18.44% -14.74%
Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald 10 +6 0.6% +0.02%%
DUP Arlene Foster 8 +0 0.6% +0.0%
Plaid Cymru Adam Price 5 +0 0.79% -0.38%
Other 4 4.87%
Owen Smith lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats