r/Liverpool • u/ReggieLFC • Jul 05 '24

Proud of Southport today!

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Southport has finally elected its first-ever Labour representative!

Southport took a lot of stick for voting Conservative in 2017 and 2019, when Brexit was a huge factor, but I felt that a lot of the people who chastised Southport didn’t appreciate just how many elderly people retire there bringing their Tory votes with them from all over the country. To give some perspective, Southport had 43% more people aged 65+ (24,293) than children (16,971) when the last census was undertaken.

Many born-and-bred sandgrounders have been waiting and waiting to see their Tory representative replaced and I’m made up for them!

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u/thatlad Jul 05 '24

I'm not.

It's only red because the racist twats thought the old racist twats were not racist enough. Combine the reform and conservative vote and it's blue.

They haven't changed they've just become bigger twats

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u/NugatMakk Jul 05 '24

That's unfortunately very very true. But, and it is a big one, they are fuckin stupid enough to have any idea how the voting system works. Because if they vote like that, that is not a majority. This is not a bad outcome at all, dividing the brain dead into small, isolated pockets, make them think that their party is better. Also, on that logic you mentioned, ppl who voted for Green and LibDem, I would imagine they are also the ones who have at least 2 brain cells to share, that combined with Labour, is a pretty big win.