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2015 United Kingdom general election All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 326 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 66.4%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
This is the results breakdown of the 2015 United Kingdom general election .
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(June 2015 )
The shares of votes of each party changed as follows:
The following table is a list of seats changing hands as a result of the election based on the results of the 2015 election compared to the General Election held in May 2010,[1] and so notwithstanding the results of by-elections to the 55th Parliament .
The Conservative Party became the first party in government since the 1983 general election to increase the number of seats they held at a general election. In total they gained 24 seats to win an overall majority of 12.[2] They gained six seats from Labour in England and two in Wales, while also winning 16 seats from their former coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats .
The Labour Party had a net loss of 26 seats, see table below. Although they did gain twelve seats in England from the Conservatives (eight of them in London) and 23 from the Liberal Democrats , they suffered their worst defeat in Scotland in the age of universal suffrage , losing forty of their forty-one seats to the Scottish National Party (SNP).[3] They also had a net loss of one seat in Wales .[4] Ed Miliband immediately resigned as leader, handing over temporarily to deputy leader Harriet Harman .
The SNP enjoyed their best election result, gaining forty seats from Labour and ten from the Liberal Democrats to hold 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.[3] The other parties held one seat each.
The Liberal Democrats had been part of a coalition government with the Conservatives prior to the election with 57 seats in parliament. However, they held just eight seats, their worst election result since the old Liberal Party secured six seats in 1970.[5] Of the five Liberal Democrat cabinet ministers, three lost their seats.[6] They also lost 338 deposits.[7] As a result, Nick Clegg , although he was one of the two surviving ministers, resigned as leader.[6]
The Green Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP) each held one seat: UKIP, however, failed to defend Rochester and Strood , which it had won in a by-election in 2014.[8]
Seats changing hands [ edit ]
Seats changing hands at May 2015 General Election relative to May 2010
Seat
2010 election
2015 election
Aberdeen North
Labour
Scottish National gain
Aberdeen South
Labour
Scottish National gain
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Airdrie and Shotts
Labour
Scottish National gain
Argyll and Bute
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Scottish National gain
Bath
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Belfast East
Alliance
Democratic Unionist gain
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Birmingham, Yardley
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Bolton West
Labour
Conservative gain
Bradford East
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Brecon and Radnorshire
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Brent Central
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Brentford and Isleworth
Conservative
Labour gain
Bristol West
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Burnley
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Cambridge
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Central Ayrshire
Labour
Scottish National gain
Cheadle
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Chippenham
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
City of Chester
Conservative
Labour gain
Clacton
Conservative
UKIP gain
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Scottish National gain
Colchester
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Labour
Scottish National gain
Derby North
Labour
Conservative gain
Dewsbury
Conservative
Labour gain
Dumfries and Galloway
Labour
Scottish National gain
Dundee West
Labour
Scottish National gain
Dunfermline and West Fife
Labour
Scottish National gain
Ealing Central and Acton
Conservative
Labour gain
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Labour
Scottish National gain
East Lothian
Labour
Scottish National gain
East Renfrewshire
Labour
Scottish National gain
Eastbourne
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Edinburgh East
Labour
Scottish National gain
Edinburgh North and Leith
Labour Co-op
Scottish National gain
Edinburgh South West
Labour
Scottish National gain
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Enfield North
Conservative
Labour gain
Falkirk
Labour
Scottish National gain
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sinn Féin
Ulster Unionist gain
Glasgow Central
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow East
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow North
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow North East
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow North West
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow South
Labour
Scottish National gain
Glasgow South West
Labour Co-op
Scottish National gain
Glenrothes
Labour
Scottish National gain
Gordon
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Gower
Labour
Conservative gain
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Hornsey and Wood Green
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Hove
Conservative
Labour gain
Ilford North
Conservative
Labour gain
Inverclyde
Labour
Scottish National gain
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Labour Co-op
Scottish National gain
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Labour
Scottish National gain
Lanark and Hamilton East
Labour
Scottish National gain
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Conservative
Labour gain
Lewes
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Scottish National gain
Livingston
Labour
Scottish National gain
Manchester Withington
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Midlothian
Labour
Scottish National gain
Morley and Outwood
Labour Co-op
Conservative gain
Motherwell and Wishaw
Labour
Scottish National gain
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Scottish National gain
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
North Devon
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
North East Fife
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Norwich South
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Ochil and Perthshire South
Labour
Scottish National gain
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Labour
Scottish National gain
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Labour
Scottish National gain
Plymouth Moorview
Labour
Conservative gain
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Redcar
Liberal Democrats
Labour gain
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Liberal Democrats
Scottish National gain
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Labour
Scottish National gain
St Austell and Newquay
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
St Ives
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Solihull
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Somerton and Frome
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
South Antrim
Democratic Unionist
Ulster Unionist gain
Southampton Itchen
Labour
Conservative gain
Stirling
Labour
Scottish National gain
Sutton and Cheam
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Taunton Deane
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Telford
Labour
Conservative gain
Thornbury and Yate
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Torbay
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Twickenham
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
Vale of Clwyd
Labour
Conservative gain
Wells
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
West Dunbartonshire
Labour
Scottish National gain
Wirral West
Conservative
Labour gain
Wolverhampton South West
Conservative
Labour gain
Yeovil
Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain
England [ edit ]
East of England [ edit ]
East Midlands [ edit ]
North East [ edit ]
North West [ edit ]
South East [ edit ]
South West [ edit ]
West Midlands [ edit ]
Yorkshire and the Humber [ edit ]
Scotland [ edit ]
Northern Ireland [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Election results in the United Kingdom
Election results by year
General election results by region
Non general elections Other