30th General Election

A general election took place in December 2019 to elect the 30th Parliament. The previous election had seen the formation of a Liberal Democrat-Labour-Barnetlad coalition government. Parliament was dissolved on the 5th December with voting opening the same day. Voting closed on the 12th December. The election was won by the Labour Party, who secured the largest number of seats.
==Candidates==
All four TSR parties stood in the election (the Conservative & Unionist Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, and the Libertarian Party, alongside four independent candidates: Aph, barnetlad, CatusStarbright and SoggyCabbages.
==Projection==
The initial seat projection (based on all votes cast, before ineligible votes are removed) suggested that the Labour Party would have a clear lead, with a large improvement in vote share, only two seats short of an overall majority, with large losses for the Liberal Democrats and the Libertarians. The Conservative Party were predicted to have no change from the previous election. Three independent candidates, out of four, barnetlad, CatusStarbright and SoggyCabbages were projected to win a seat.
Party or candidate	Party or candidate 	Votes	Votes 	Seats
 	Labour Party 	86 	43.22%	23
 	Conservative & Unionist Party	49 	24.62%	13
 	Liberal Democrats 	31 	15.58%	8
 	Libertarian Party 	11 	5.53% 	3
 	barnetlad 	7 	3.52% 	1
 	CatusStarbright 	5 	2.51% 	1
 	SoggyCabbages 	5 	2.51% 	1
 	Aph 	2 	1.01% 	0
 	Spoilt ballots 	3 	1.51% 	N/A
==Final Result==
The Labour Party suffered significant losses after verification but were still returned as the victors and the largest party - albeit with fewer seats than expected. The Conservatives benefitted from Labour's verification losses and ultimately gained four seats from the previous election - cementing their second position. The Liberal Democrats were confirmed to have had major losses from the previous election, slipping from first to third and losing six seats. The final result confirmed losses for the Libertarians who lost half of their seats - dropping to a total of three. Independent candidates barnetlad, CatusStarbright and SoggyCabbages also gained a seat in Parliament whilst Aph did not succeed in getting elected.
Party or candidate	Party or candidate 	Votes	Votes	Seats
 	Labour Party 	37 	32.6%	18
 	Conservative and Unionist Party	35 	30.9%	17
 	Liberal Democrats 	20 	17.7%	9
 	Libertarian Party 	7 	6.2% 	3
 	CatusStarbright 	4 	3.5% 	1
 	barnetlad 	3 	2.7% 	1
 	SoggyCabbages 	5 	4.4% 	1
 	Aph 	2 	1.7% 	0
 	Spoilt ballots 	0 	0.0% 	N/A
==Aftermath==
The State Opening of the 30th Parliament occurred on 20th December 2019 with the announcement of a reformed Labour-Liberal Democrat-Barnetlad coalition government. JMR2019. was confirmed as the new Prime Minister on the same day - with other cabinet announcements following.
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