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Hi, I'm MangoWizard, and it's a pleasure to meet you!{{Infobox election
Hi, I'm MangoWizard, and it's a pleasure to meet you!

| election_name = 2000 United States presidential election
I'm based in Adelaide, Australia.{{Infobox election
| country = United States
| election_name = 2015 United Kingdom general election
| flag_year = 1960
| country = United Kingdom
| type = presidential
| type = parliamentary
| registered = 46,354,197
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1996 United States presidential election
| previous_election = 2010 United Kingdom general election
| previous_year = 1996
| previous_year = 2010
| outgoing_members = List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election
| election_date = November 7, 2000
| election_date = 7 May 2015
| next_election = 2004 United States presidential election
| elected_members = List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election
| next_year = 2004
| next_election = 2017 United Kingdom general election
| votes_for_election = [[List of 2000 United States presidential electors|538 members]] of the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]]{{efn|name="Abstention of One Elector"|Electors were elected to all 538 [[United States Electoral College#Apportionment|apportioned]] positions; however, [[Barbara Lett-Simmons|an elector]] from the District of Columbia pledged to the Gore/Lieberman ticket [[Faithless elector|abstained]] from casting a vote for president or vice president, bringing the total number of electoral votes cast to 537.}}
| next_year = 2017
| needed_votes = 270 electoral
| seats_for_election = All [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|650 seats]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]
| turnout = 54.2%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present|title=National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present|work=United States Election Project|publisher=[[CQ Press]]}}</ref> {{increase}} 2.5 [[percentage point|pp]]
| majority_seats = 326
| image_size = x200px
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election

| turnout = 66.4%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/190959/UKPGE-report-May-2015-1.pdf |title=The May 2015 UK elections: Report on the administration of the 7 May 2015 elections, including the UK Parliamentary general election |page=3 |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222025522/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/190959/UKPGE-report-May-2015-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ({{increase}}1.3%)
<!-- George W. Bush -->| image1 = File:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg
<!-- Conservative -->| image1 = [[File:David Cameron election infobox.jpg|160x160px|David Cameron]]
| nominee1 = '''[[Elizabeth Dole]]'''
| leader1 = [[David Cameron]]
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| home_state1 = [[North Carolina]]
| leader_since1 = [[2005 Conservative Party leadership election|6 December 2005]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[George Pataki]]'''
| leaders_seat1 = [[Witney (UK Parliament constituency)|Witney]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''283'''
| last_election1 = 306 seats, 36.1%
| states_carried1 = '''32'''
| popular_vote1 = '''48,389,385'''
| seats1 = '''258*'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 48
| percentage1 = '''{{percent|<!-- BUSH: --> 48,389,385|<!-- TOTAL: --> 105,421,423|1|pad=yes}}'''
| popular_vote1 = '''15,806,781'''
<!-- Al Gore -->| image2 = Al_Gore,_Vice_President_of_the_United_States,_official_portrait_1994_(3x4_crop,_zoomed_in).png
| percentage1 = '''34.1%'''
| nominee2 = [[Al Gore]]
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 2.0 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
<!-- Labour -->| image2 = [[File:Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg|160x160px|Ed Miliband]]
| home_state2 = [[Tennessee]]
| running_mate2 = [[Joe Lieberman]]
| leader2 = [[Ed Miliband]]
| leader_since2 = [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|25 September 2010]]
| electoral_vote2 = 255
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| states_carried2 = 18 + [[Washington, D.C.|DC]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Doncaster North]]
| popular_vote2 = 48,177,590
| last_election2 = 258 seats, 29.0%
| percentage2 = {{percent|<!-- GORE: --> 48,177,590|<!-- TOTAL: --> 105,421,423|1|pad=yes}}
| seats2 = 258
<!-- Ralph Nader -->| map_size = 350px
| seat_change2 = 0
| map = {{2000 United States presidential election imagemap}}
| popular_vote2 = 15,805,973
| map_caption = Presidential election results map. <span style="color:darkred;">Red</span> denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and <span style="color:darkblue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman. One of D.C.'s three electors [[faithless elector|abstained]] from casting a vote for president or vice president. Numbers indicate [[electoral votes]] cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
| percentage2 = 34.1%
| title = President
| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.1 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| before_election = [[Bill Clinton]]
<!-- SNP -->| image4 = [[File:First Minister Nicola Sturgeon official portrait (cropped).jpg|160x160px|Nicola Sturgeon]]
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Elizabeth Dole]]
| leader4 = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
| after_party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| leader_since4 = [[2014 Scottish National Party leadership election|14 November 2014]]
| party4 = Scottish National Party
| image3 = File:Patrickjbuchanan.JPG
| leaders_seat4 = ''Did not stand''{{refn|name=LeaderDidNotStand-SNP01|group=n|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]] party leader [[Nicola Sturgeon]], a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] and [[First Minister of Scotland]], participated in some of the main UK-wide televised debates, but did not stand for a Commons seat at this election. [[Angus Robertson]], MP for [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]] at the time, was the leader of the SNP delegation to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].}}
| nominee3 = [[Pat Buchanan]]
| last_election4 = 6 seats, 1.7%
| home_state3 = [[Virginia]]
| seats4 = 58
| running_mate3 = [[Ezola Foster]]
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 52
| electoral_vote3 = 0
| popular_vote4 = 2,549,480
| states_carried3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 5,481,914
| percentage4 = 5.5%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 3.8 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| percentage3 = 5.2%
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->| image5 = [[File:Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg|160x160px|Nick Clegg]]
| colour3 = 800080
| leader5 = [[Nick Clegg]]
| party3 = Reform Party (United States)
| leader_since5 = [[2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election|18 December 2007]]
| party5 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| leaders_seat5 = [[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]]
| last_election5 = 57 seats, 23.0%
| seats5 = 52
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote5 = 9,595,318
| percentage5 = 20.7%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 2.3 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| map_image = 2015UKElectionMap.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.<br />''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Figure does not include the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] [[John Bercow]], who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.''
| map2_image = File:House of Commons 2015 elections.svg
| map2_size =
| map2_caption = Composition of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] after the election
| title = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[David Cameron]]
| before_party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| after_election = [[David Cameron]]
| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
}}

I'm based in Adelaide, Australia.

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Revision as of 14:08, 3 May 2024

Hi, I'm MangoWizard, and it's a pleasure to meet you!

I'm based in Adelaide, Australia.

2015 United Kingdom general election
← 2010 7 May 2015 2017 →
All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered46,354,197
Turnout66.4%[1] (Increase1.3%)
  First party Second party
  David Cameron Ed Miliband
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010
Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North
Last election 306 seats, 36.1% 258 seats, 29.0%
Seats won 258* 258
Seat change Decrease 48 0
Popular vote 15,806,781 15,805,973
Percentage 34.1% 34.1%
Swing Decrease 2.0 pp Increase 5.1 pp
  Third party Fourth party
  Nicola Sturgeon Nick Clegg
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Nick Clegg
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 14 November 2014 18 December 2007
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Sheffield Hallam
Last election 6 seats, 1.7% 57 seats, 23.0%
Seats won 58 52
Seat change Increase 52 Decrease 5
Popular vote 2,549,480 9,595,318
Percentage 5.5% 20.7%
Swing Increase 3.8 pp Decrease 2.3 pp
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.
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

David Cameron
Conservative

  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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2016.


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