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Originally Posted by Damien
Howards a gonna if he loses the election. But letwin and davis will would hit the torys bad. It would cause problems for the leadership battle. Anyway torys wont be defending many seats. Hopefully labour havent put too much resouces in these seats to allow a higher lib dem vote
What happens if a party wins the election but its leader loses his seat?
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Then the party has to find a new leader, and quickly!
It is highly unlikely to happen though. Let's not forget that the majorities Howard et al have were gained at a time the Tories were at low ebb. There will be a significant swing to them this time and I think we will see majorities increasing in all traditional Tory seats. Bear in mind that the Lib Dems took a lot of seats from Tories in 1997 when disaffected Tory voters went liberal because they couldn't bring themselves to vote Labour under any circumstances. I think the Lib Dems are the ones at risk of having egg on their faces this time round.