2015 United Kingdom general election in England

2015 United Kingdom general election in England

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All 533 English seats to the House of Commons 267 seats needed for English majority
Turnout	65.9% (0.4%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 18 December 2007 Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North Sheffield Hallam Last election 297 seats, 39.5% 191 seats, 28.1% 43 seats, 24.2% Seats won 318* 206 6 Seat change 21 15 37 Popular vote 10,483,261 8,087,706 2,098,430 Percentage 40.9% 31.6% 8.2% Swing 1.4% 3.6% 16.0%
A map of English parliamentary constituencies *Seat 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.

The 2015 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 for 533 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservatives won a majority of seats in England for the second time since 1992.

Both major parties made gains at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, whose support collapsed to its lowest level since 1970. Their vote share declined by 16 percentage points, and the party lost 37 of its 43 seats. The party won 6 seats and 8% of the vote overall. This was the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals in 45 years, while the 16-point drop in vote share was the biggest decline in Lib Dem or Liberal support since 1931.

Although Labour increased their share of the vote by 4% and gained 15 seats, the Conservatives made 21 gains for a total of 318, including winning 6 seats directly from Labour. Together with seats from Scotland and Wales, this allowed the Conservatives to form a majority government with 330 seats, leading to the first majority Conservative government since 1992.