# What kind of government will be the result of the UK general election?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397 "2010-05-05T13:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/1 "2010-05-05T13:20:07Z")

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Not just looking at raw numbers here–which form of government will take control as a result of tomorrow’s general election?

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/2 "2010-05-05T13:27:34Z")

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And I see I neglected to enter the option of “A Conservative minority government; David Cameron is the new PM.” Contacting a mod to fix that.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/3 "2010-05-05T13:57:05Z")

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I voted “Con-LibDem alliance”.

Not sure if that’s wishful thinking, and I certainly would not normally favour the Conservatives in power, but I sure as hell don’t want Labour back at this stage, and especially not with Brown as PM, so I don’t see much alternative; at least with the LibDems in government they would be able to tone down Conservative excesses in terms of forming policy - and given large Labour and LibDem minorities in Parliament, they would be able to threaten even more opposition.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/4 "2010-05-05T14:12:22Z")

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I think a Conservative majority is most likely, but they may need the Ulster Unionists to achieve it. Or maybe the SNP + PC (on a platform of major electoral reform).

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/5 "2010-05-05T14:31:02Z")

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Added “A Conservative minority government; David Cameron is the new PM.” to the poll, per request of OP.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-government-will-be-the-result-of-the-uk-general-election/538397/6 "2010-05-05T17:05:03Z")

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I think it will be a hung parliament. I nearly voted for “Something else even more unexpected” because I am an optimist and think it is possible for a hung parliament to be beneficial for the country in some ways :).