Where did the conservative votes go? Stayed at home? Or did they vote for ‘conservative party’?
From people I know in the UK (not a scientific poll) - some stayed away disillusioned with the ‘greening’of the conservatives (particularly with their silence on climategate) - some voted UKIP and some threatened to vote BNP. Others voted for the ‘lesser of 3 evils’ the ‘conservative’ party. Nobody was impressed with Cameron as a conservative leader. What I did find that even with the diehard conservative voters, those who follow politics like a football team and would vote CINO - just for their team to win - were not as bullish as before and were looking for alternatives. UKIP (independence party) could have monopolized, they are good on the climate change scam and have an anti- Europe stance but they seem to be soft on terrorism and are not very well organized, although they did get over 1m votes (most of which would probably have gone to the conservative party, had they been more conservative I recon).