The 2016 British senatorial election resulted in a major routing by the newly formed Labour Party which lost almost a third of its seats in the Senate falling behind the Social Liberals into third place.
}}| ‹ 2015 2017 › | ||||
| British Republic senatorial election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 of 320 seats in the British Senate | ||||
| 5 May 2016 | ||||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
| Leader | Theresa May | Jo Swinson | Hilary Benn | |
| Party | [[Democratic Coalition|Template:Democratic Coalition/meta/shortname]] | [[Social Liberal Party|Template:Social Liberal Party/meta/shortname]] | [[Labour Party|Template:Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 17 April 2013 | 15 July 2015 | 28 September 2015 | |
| Leader's seat | (Member of Legislative Assembly) | (Member of Legislative Assembly) | (Member of Legislative Assembly) | |
| Last election | 183 | 52 | 64 | |
| Seats before | 183 At stake: 30 |
52 At stake: 21 |
56 At stake: 22 | |
| Seats after | 189 | 56 | 38 | |
| Seat change | +3 | +4 | -18 | |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | ||
| Leader | Arthur Scargill | Jenny Jones | Liz Kendall | |
| Party | [[New Left|Template:New Left/meta/shortname]] | [[Green Party|Template:Green Party/meta/shortname]] | [[Social Democratic Party|Template:Social Democratic Party/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 23 June 2011 | 22 May 2015 (interim) | 18 March 2013 | |
| Leader's seat | (Member of Legislative Assembly) | London | (Member of Legislative Assembly) | |
| Last election | 10 At stake: 3 |
7 At stake: 2 |
5 (As part of Leftist Alliance) At stake: 2 | |
| Seats after | 14 | 8 | 11 | |
| Seat change | +4 | +1 | +6 | |