The Future Looks Very Bright For The Labour Party

Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party experienced their worst result since the 1935 general election, losing 60 seats. The majority of the losses coming in England from areas with over 50% of voters wishing to leave the European Union as well as a few seats in Scotland as the Scottish National Party delivered a message to the UK that they were seeking another independence referendum and wish to remain in the European Union.

Despite this, the future looks extremely bright for the Labour Party and progressive politics in general. Election Maps UK, a group responsible for election forecasts and results have recently produced maps of the UK based on how each age group voted in the 2019 General Election and how the results would have look if only these age groups were the ones voting two weeks ago.

The election maps produced show how dominant the Labour Party are among younger voters. The map in the top left shows us how the 2019 election would have turned out had only 18-24 year olds voted then Labour would win virtually every single seat in England and Wales, and not a single Conservative victory anywhere in the UK.

Predictably, the older the voters get and the more of them that come out to vote, the better the Tories do. Displayed on the map on the top right, it shows us how the results would look if only those aged 25-49 voted and once again Labour win convincingly, gaining 407 seats, which would be a huge majority of 81 seats.

As soon as you include the voters aged 50+, back comes the Conservative Party dominance. A similar trend was shown during the EU referendum, showing that the fears of large swathes of evil brown people immigrating into the UK and more traditional stances on social issues are largely generational.

While times are tough for Labour and the progressive wing of the party just now, we can remain hopeful in the younger generations and as the years roll on the chances of progressive dominance in the UK could just be around the corner.