Exit polls aren’t always accurate.
Still, the one that was announced shortly after polling stations closed on Thursday evening didn’t make pleasant reading for the Conservatives.
Pointing towards a hung parliament, the exit poll suggested the Tories would fall 12 seats short of the 326 needed for an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Labour were on 266, followed by the Scottish National Party on 34 and Liberal Democrats on 14. Plaid Cymru had three with the Green Party put on one.
According to the BBC, the exit poll also suggested that Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who was recently sent by Theresa May to represent her party at the televised leaders’ debate, was in danger of losing her Hastings and Rye seat.
Amber Rudd in trouble in Hastings & Rye (2015 Con +9), so says the BBC.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 8, 2017
Predictably, Twitter had plenty to say on the matter…
If Amber Rudd loses her seat, she should send Theresa May out in her place to hear the results. It’s only fair. #ElectionDay2017
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) June 8, 2017
Amber Rudd's seat apparently under threat pic.twitter.com/bY5MuShVJo
— Matt Langham (@MattLangham) June 8, 2017
This gets better and better…Amber Rudd might lose her seat.#GeneralElection17 #ExitPoll
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) June 8, 2017
The Amber Rudd Shame on you campaign seems to have had an effect in #HastingsandRye#GE2017 pic.twitter.com/rX6GXH3JV7
— Adrian Langan (@AdrianLangan) June 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/FUERTESKNIGHT/status/872953684585582592
It will be very funny if Amber Rudd, one of the few Tories to come out of the election with their reputation enhanced, were to lose her seat https://t.co/fQJ0OjYp5W
— jonn elledge (@JonnElledge) June 8, 2017
As we say, exit polls are merely a forecast. Let’s just wait and see what the morning brings.
