UK POLITICS

Ken Clarke in sinister voting plot to rig next General Election

24 October, 2019
David Clews
Remainer MPs are conspiring to use an electoral change that would significantly lower the Prime Minister’s chances of winning at the polls according to europhile Ken Clarke. Some polls indicate that the Tories are 15 points in the lead but according to former Conservative MP Ken Clarke, Remainer MPs are plotting to use an electoral change that would significantly lower the Prime Minister’s chances of winning at the polls.

The veteran MP warned that MPs will want to reduce the voting age to 16 to hurt Mr Johnson’s chances of gaining a majority in a general election.

Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Clarke said:

“They’re desperate to fight this election. People will want to reduce the voting age to 16 for a start. But I think a lot of people are thinking a lot of other ingenious things they could put in. With scope, there are a lot of things for approving the deal.”

Host Nick Robinson said: “So, in other words, if he [Mr Johnson] thinks a simple solution is a one-line bill to get an election, Parliament’s going to make his life hell.”

Mr Clarke added: “Yes, he should get rid of all these people.”

Theresa May might have not become Prime Minister if 16 and 17-year-olds had been able to vote at the last election.

A Daily Mirror modelling of the 2017 election showed that if 16 and 17-year-olds were able to vote, Labour could have gained seven seats from the Conservatives. The model used data from the Office for National Statistics to get estimates for how many potential extra young voters there were in each constituency in England and Wales.

YouGov asked more than 50,000 people how they voted after the 2017 election and found that 66 percent of 18 and 19-year-olds voted Labour across Britain. YouGov, which accurately predicted a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, also found that 57 percent of this age group turned out to vote.

The report on the election said: “If we assume the same numbers for 16 and 17-year-olds, that would mean an extra 443,000 votes for Labour compared to just 128,000 for the Tories.”

 

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