2015 general election UK

United Kingdom general election, 2015

2010 ← 7 May 2015 → Next

outgoing members ← → elected members

All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Turnout 66.4% (1.3%)   First party Second party   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 before 302 256 Seats won 330* 232 Seat change 24 26 Popular vote 11,334,576 9,347,304 Percentage 36.9% 30.4% Swing 0.8% 1.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicola Sturgeon Nick Clegg Party SNP Liberal Democrat Leader since 14 November 2014 18 December 2007 Leader's seat Did not stand Sheffield Hallam Last election 6 seats, 1.7% 57 seats, 23.0% Seats before 6 57 Seats won 56 8 Seat change 50 49 Popular vote 1,454,436 2,415,862 Percentage 4.7% 7.9% Swing 3.1% 15.2%

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.

Prime Minister before election David Cameron Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

2001 election • MPs

2005 election • MPs

2010 election • MPs

David Cameron
Conservative

David Cameron
Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 2015 on 7 May 2015 elected the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each of the 650 parliamentary constituencies elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, the dominant house of Parliament. It was the first general election at the end of a fixed term Parliament. Local elections took place in most of England on the same day.

Polls and commentators had predicted the outcome would be too close to call and would result in a second hung parliament similar to the 2010 election. Opinion polls were eventually proven to have underestimated the Conservative vote as they won a surprise outright majority, which bore resemblance to their victory in the 1992 general election. Having governed in coalition with the Liberal Democrats since 2010, the Conservatives won 330 seats and 36.9% of the vote, this time winning a working majority of 12.

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