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NOP/MORI exit poll shows Conservatives just short of majority

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A national exit poll predicts that the Conservatives will be the largest party in a hung Parliament.

With polling stations now closed for two hours and with only a handful of constituencies having official results thus far, it remains to be seen if the NOP/MORI exit polling will be as accurate as it was in 2010.

The exit poll forecasts the Conservatives winning 316 seats, with Labour winning 239.

Coalition partners the Liberal Democrats look to have suffered in the polls, with the party predicted to win only 10 seats.

 

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In Scotland, the SNP are forecast to win 58 of the nation’s 59 seats, a damaging surge for the Labour Party.

UKIP and the Green party are forecast to take two seats each, with Plaid Cymru winning four and other parties splitting the remaining 19.

There are 650 seats in total, with 326 needed for a majority.

 

James Marsh is an HR consultant and currently leads the editorial team at HRreview.

An avid HR blogger and tweeter on HR and management issues, James has worked as an HR manager, consultant, in-house recruiter and trainer and has expertise in both management strategy and HR policies and processes. He has a BA from the University of Nottingham in American Studies, a Masters in Human Resource Management from the University of Westminster and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

James is also the regular chairperson of HRreview's series of webinars that discuss and debate the latest HR trends and issues, InsideHR.

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