Results breakdown of the 2010 United Kingdom general election
This is the results breakdown of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.
Swing
The election was marked by no uniform national swing, with suburban and rural constituencies showing large swings from Labour to the Conservatives, but urban seats showing much smaller swings. Scotland recorded a small swing back to Labour.
Seats changing hands
The following table is a complete list of seats changing hands as a result of the election based on the notional results of the 2005 election, notwithstanding the results of by-elections to the 54th Parliament.[1]
The Conservatives gained more seats than at any other general election since their landslide result in 1931. Labour lost a total of 94 seats, the second most seats it had lost in a single election.
| Seat | 2005 election | 2010 election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberconwy
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Amber Valley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Arfon
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | |
Plaid Cymru gain | ||
| Battersea
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Bedford
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Belfast East
style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP
style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance gain | ||
| Bethnal Green and Bow
style="width: 2px; background-color: #46801c;" data-sort-value="RESPECT The Unity Coalition" | |
Respect
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour gain | ||
| Blaenau Gwent
style="width: 2px; background-color: #177245;" data-sort-value="Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group" | |
Blaenau Gwent PV
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour gain | ||
| Blackpool North and Cleveleys
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Bradford East
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Brent Central
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Brentford and Isleworth
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Brigg and Goole
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Brighton Kemptown
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Brighton Pavilion
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green gain | ||
| Bristol North West
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Broxtowe
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Buckingham
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" | |
Speaker gain | ||
| Burnley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Burton
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Bury North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Calder Valley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Camborne and Redruth
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Cannock Chase
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Cardiff North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Carlisle
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Castle Point
style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Chatham and Aylesford
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Chester
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Chesterfield
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour gain | ||
| Cleethorpes
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Colne Valley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Corby
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Cornwall South East
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Crawley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Crewe and Nantwich
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Croydon Central
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Dartford
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Derbyshire South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Dewsbury
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Dorset South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Dover
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Dudley South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Ealing Central and Acton
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Eastbourne
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Elmet and Rothwell
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Erewash
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Gillingham and Rainham
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Glasgow North East
style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" | |
Speaker
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour gain | ||
| Gloucester
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Great Yarmouth
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Halesowen and Rowley Regis
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Harlow
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Harrogate and Knaresborough
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Harrow East
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Hastings
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Hendon
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Hereford and South Herefordshire
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| High Peak
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Hove
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Ipswich
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Keighley
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Kingswood
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Lancaster and Fleetwood
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Leicestershire North West
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Lincoln
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Loughborough
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Milton Keynes North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Milton Keynes South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Montgomeryshire
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Morecambe and Lunesdale
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Newton Abbot
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| North Down
style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
Ulster Unionist
style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent gain | ||
| Northampton North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Northampton South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Norwich North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Norwich South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Nuneaton
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Oxford West and Abingdon
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Pendle
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Portsmouth North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Pudsey
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Reading West
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Redcar
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Redditch
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Richmond Park
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Romsey and Southampton North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Rossendale and Darwen
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Rugby
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Sherwood
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Solihull
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| South Basildon and East Thurrock
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| South Ribble
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Stafford
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Stevenage
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Stockton South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Stourbridge
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Stroud
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Swindon North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Swindon South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Tamworth
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Thurrock
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Truro and Falmouth
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
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Conservative gain | ||
| Vale of Glamorgan
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Warrington South
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Warwick and Leamington
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Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Warwickshire North
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Watford
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Waveney
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Weaver Vale
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Labour
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Conservative gain | ||
| Wells
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Conservative
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats gain | ||
| Winchester
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Liberal Democrats
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Conservative gain | ||
| Wolverhampton South West
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Worcester
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| Wyre Forest
style="width: 2px; background-color: hotpink;" data-sort-value="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern" | |
Health Concern
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
| York Outer
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | |
Liberal Democrats
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | ||
England
Of the 533 seats in England, only 532 were contested on the day of the general election. Polling in Thirsk and Malton was delayed until 27 May due to the death of the UKIP candidate.[2] The Conservatives won an absolute majority of seats in England with 61 seats more than all other parties combined, and securing an average swing of 5.6% from Labour.[3]
Geographical representations of seats coloured by winning party can be misleading to the eye. Boundaries are drawn by number of electors not geography. This results in rural seats having a large area due to lower population density, while urban seats, with a high density of voters, are geographically quite small. A pure geographical representation of seats coloured by party can make parties with rural seats seem far more popular than urban ones. To counter this bias, the BBC published a map where each seat was an equal size hexagon.[4][5]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" || Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 297[6] | +92 | 9,908,169 | 39.5 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | 191 | −87 | 7,042,398 | 28.1 | −7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 43 | −4 | 6,076,189 | 24.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | 1 | +1 | 258,954 | 1.0 | −0.1 | |
| Speaker | 1 | 0 | 22,860 | 0.09 | ||
| Turnout: | 25,047,355 | 65.5 | ||||
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Wales
There were 40 seats contested in Wales. The number of Conservative seats rose from three to eight – the party gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats and four from Labour. Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru retained three MPs, including Arfon which the boundary changes had notionally given to Labour. Overall, Labour lost four seats but held on to its remaining 26.
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" || Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 26 | −4 | 531,601 | 36.2 | −6.5 | |
| Conservative | 8 | +5 | 382,730 | 26.1 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | −1 | 295,164 | 20.1 | +1.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 0 | 165,394 | 11.3 | −1.3 | |
| Turnout: | 1,446,690 | 64.9 | ||||
Scotland
There were 59 seats contested in Scotland. Every constituency in Scotland was won by the party that had won it at the 2005 election, with Labour regaining the two seats they lost in by-elections since 2005. There was a swing to Labour from the Conservatives of 0.8% (with Labour increasing its share of the vote by 2.5% and the Conservatives increasing by just 0.9%), this left the Conservatives with just a single MP representing a Scottish constituency.
For Scottish results in full, see 2010 United Kingdom general election results in Scotland
style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" || Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 41 | 0 | 1,035,528 | 42.0 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 0 | 465,471 | 18.9 | −3.7 | |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 491,386 | 19.9 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 412,855 | 16.7 | +0.9 | |
| Turnout: | 2,465,722 | 63.8 | ||||
Northern Ireland
There were 18 seats contested in Northern Ireland. Both Irish nationalist parties, Sinn Féin and SDLP, held their seats. The unionist parties, DUP and UUP (the latter contested the election as UCUNF—an electoral pact with the Conservatives), lost one seat each. The DUP lost Belfast East to the Alliance and in North Down the UUP's Sylvia Hermon left the party over the alliance with the Conservatives and retained her seat as an independent. This left the nationalist parties with eight seats, the unionist parties with eight seats (all DUP), the Alliance with one seat and an independent with one seat. It is the first time since the Partition of Ireland that unionist parties failed to secure a majority of Northern Ireland's Westminster seats in a general election. It was also the first time since Partition that a Nationalist party, Sinn Féin, topped the popular vote at a Westminster election, though winning three fewer seats than the DUP.
Sinn Féin, as an Irish republican party, refuse to take their seats at Westminster (see abstentionism). This leaves 645 MPs to take their seats at Westminster (after the Thirsk and Malton poll), reducing the effective threshold for a parliamentary majority from 326 to 323.[citation needed]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force" || Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 8 | −1 | 168,216 | 25.0 | −8.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 171,942 | 25.5 | +1.2 | |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 110,970 | 16.5 | −1.0 | |
| Alliance | 1 | +1 | 42,762 | 6.3 | +2.4 | |
| Independent - Sylvia Hermon | 1 | +1 | 21,181 | 3.1 | — | |
| UCU-NF | 0 | −1 | 102,361 | 15.2 | −2.6 | |
| Turnout: | 673,871 | 57.6 | −7.8 | |||
References
- ^ The Times - Election '10 - Gains and losses
- ^ "Tories triumph in Thirsk and Malton poll". The Times. London. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ Staff (7 May 2010). "Election 2010: England". BBC NEWS. BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "BBC map with selectable geographic and proportional views". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ England results BBC News, accessed 9 May 2010
- ^ Note: this figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham), who is recorded by the BBC as a "Conservative", despite the fact he is the incumbent Speaker.
