2015 United Kingdom general election

2015 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	66.4%[1] (1.3%)
First party Second party   Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North Last election 306 seats, 36.1% 258 seats, 29.0% Seats won 330* 232 Seat change 24 26 Popular vote 11,334,226 9,347,273 Percentage 36.9% 30.4% Swing 0.8% 1.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicola Sturgeon Nick Clegg Party SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Sheffield Hallam Last election 6 seats, 1.7% 57 seats, 23.0% Seats won 56 8 Seat change 50 49 Popular vote 1,454,436 2,415,916 Percentage 4.7% 7.9% Swing 3.0% 15.1%
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.
Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister before election David Cameron (Conservative) Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) Prime Minister after election David Cameron Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 2015 elected the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was held on 7 May 2015. The three main political parties after the election are the Conservatives, the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party. The Conservative Party won enough seats to form a majority government.

Voting took place in all 650 parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom, each electing one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. Local elections also took place in most of England on the same day, but not Greater London.

1. ↑ "The May 2015 UK elections: Report on the administration of the 7 May 2015 elections, including the UK Parliamentary general election" (PDF). p. 3.