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There was a lot of tactical voting which might sway things. I wanted Labour to win, but voted Lib Dem as my constituency is between them and the Tories.

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I wonder which there were more of: voters who preferred Labour tactically voting for other parties or voters who preferred other parties tactically voting for Labour. Do you have data on that question?

Tactical voting probably occurred where the Lib Dems won. But overall I doubt that tactical voting means that Labour preference is underestimated: After all, Labour won in 412 seats and their share of vote has remained the same overall. With so many seats, if people really wanted them their share of the vote would have significantly increased compared to 2019.

> Tactical voting probably occurred where the Lib Dems won.

I suspect this is true to a greater extent in more marginal constituencies and to a lesser extent in less marginal constituencies

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