UK share of vote vs share of seats
- Labour got 64% of the seats off 34% of the vote
- Conservatives got 19% of the seats off 24% of the vote
- Lib Dems got 11% of the seats off 12% of the vote
- SNP got 1.4% of the seats off 2.5% of the vote
- Sinn Fein got 1.1% of the seats off 0.7% of the vote
- Reform got 0.8% of the seats off 14.3% of the vote
- Greens got 0.6% of the vote off 6.8% of the vote
The comparisons between the pre-election polls and results for vote share was:
- Labour 33.7% result vs 38.8% polls
- Conservatives 23.7% vs 21.8%
- Reform 14.3% vs 16.4%
- Lib Dems 12.2% vs 11.0%
- Greens 6.8% vs 6.3%
- SNP 2.5% vs 3.1%
So Labour well under the polls, but the rest not too far off.
The seat differences are
| Pre-election poll | Exit poll | Actual | |
| Labour | 453 | 410 | 412 |
| Conservatives | 78 | 131 | 121 |
| Lib Dems | 67 | 61 | 71 |
| Reform | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| SNP | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| Greens | 3 | 2 | 4 |
So main difference between exit poll and results was Conservatives and Reform did worse and Lib Dems better.
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