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This is a list of parliamentary constituencies that changed political allegiance in the United Kingdom general election on 7 May 2015. This includes those seats that changed parties in by-elections but were regained on 7 May. It does not include those where a new member has been elected from the same party as the previous incumbent.

Constituencies

Constituency Region Party of incumbent
before election		 Party of incumbent
after election[1]		 Notes[2]
Aberdeen South Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Airdrie and Shotts Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Bath South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Belfast East Northern Ireland style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color"| Alliance style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | Democratic Unionist Party
Bermondsey and Old Southwark London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Berwick-upon-Tweed North East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Birmingham, Yardley West Midlands style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Bolton West North West style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Bradford East Yorkshire and the Humber style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Bradford West Yorkshire and the Humber style="background-color: Template:Respect Party/meta/color"| Respect style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Brecon and Radnorshire Wales style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Brent Central London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Brentford and Isleworth London style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Bristol West South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Burnley North West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Cambridge Eastern style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Cardiff Central Wales style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Central Ayrshire Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Cheadle North West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Cheltenham South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Chippenham South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
City of Chester North West style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Colchester Eastern style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Corby East Midlands style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Derby North East Midlands style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Dewsbury Yorkshire and the Humber style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Dumfries and Galloway Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Dundee West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Dunfermline and West Fife Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Ealing Central and Acton London style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
East Dunbartonshire Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
East Lothian Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
East Renfrewshire Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Eastbourne South East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Eastleigh South East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Edinburgh East Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Edinburgh North and Leith Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Edinburgh South West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Edinburgh West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Enfield North London style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Falkirk Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Northern Ireland style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color"| Sinn Féin style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color"| Ulster Unionist Party
Glasgow Central Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow East Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow North Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow North East Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow North West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow South Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glasgow South West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Glenrothes Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Gordon Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Gower Wales style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Hazel Grove North West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Hornsey and Wood Green London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Hove South East style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Ilford North London style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Inverclyde Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Kingston and Surbiton London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Lanark and Hamilton East Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Lancaster and Fleetwood North West style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Lewes South East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Linlithgow and East Falkirk Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Livingston Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Mid Dorset and North Poole South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Midlothian Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Morley and Outwood Yorkshire and the Humber style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Motherwell and Wishaw Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
North Ayrshire and Arran Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
North Cornwall South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
North Devon South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
North East Fife Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Norwich South Eastern style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Paisley and Renfrewshire North Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Paisley and Renfrewshire South Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Plymouth, Moor View South West style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Portsmouth South South East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Redcar North East style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative
Rochester and Strood South East style="background-color: Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color"| UKIP style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Ross, Skye and Lochaber Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Rutherglen and Hamilton West Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Solihull West Midlands style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Somerton and Frome South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
South Antrim Northern Ireland style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color"| DUP style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color"| Ulster Unionist Party
Southampton Itchen South East style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
St Austell and Newquay South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
St Ives South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Stirling Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Sutton and Cheam London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Taunton Deane South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Telford West Midlands style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Thornbury and Yate South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Torbay South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Twickenham London style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Vale of Clwyd Wales style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
Wells South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scotland style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
West Dunbartonshire Scotland style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color"| Labour Co-operative style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
Wirral West North West style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Wolverhampton South West West Midlands style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour Party
Yeovil South West style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative Party

See also

References

  1. ^ "MPs". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ "MPs at dissolution - 30 March 2015". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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