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Revision as of 14:13, 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

Ed Milliband
Labour

  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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