United Kingdom general election, 2015 (The Empire Survives)

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United Kingdom general election, 2015
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
7 May 2015
Turnout		66.1%
		First party	Second party	Third party
Leader		David Cameron	Ed Miliband	Angus Robertson
Party		Conservative	Labour	Scottish National Party
Leader's seat		Witney	Doncaster North	Moray (Lost his seat)
Last election		306 seats, 36.1%	258 seats, 29%	6 seats, 1.7%
Seats before		302	256	6
Seats won		325	243	38
Seat change		▲ 19	▼ 15	▲ 32
Popular vote		11,049,005	9,207,504	1,043,517
Percentage		36%	30.0%	3.4
Swing		▼ 0.1%	▲ 1%	▲ 1.7%
		Fourth party
Leader		Nick Clegg
Party		Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat		Sheffield Hallam
Last election		57 seats, 23.0%
Seats before		56
Seats won		20
Seat change		▼ 36
Popular vote		2,915,710
Percentage		9.5
Swing		▼ 13.5%
Colours show the winning party in each constituency.
Prime Minister before election David Cameron Conservative Elected Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

Results

Polling stations opened at 7:00 and closed at 22:00 and the count was completed in the afternoon of Friday 8 May.

Results of the United Kingdom general election, May 7 2015
Party		Leader	Leader's seat	Seats			Votes
				No.	%	±	No.	%	±
	Conservative	David Cameron	Witney	325	50%	▲ 19	11,049,005	36%	▼ 0.1%
	Labour Party	Ed Miliband	Doncaster North	243	37.38%	▼ 15	9,207,504	30.0%	▲ 1%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	Sheffield Hallam	20	3%	▼ 37	2,915,710	9.5%	▲ 13.5%
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	Candidate for Thanet South (Won)	3	0.46%	▲ 3	4,143,377	13.5%	▲ 10.4%
	Scottish National	Angus Robertson	Moray (Lost his Seat)	38	5.85%	▲ 32	1,441,364	3.4%	▲ 1.7%
	Green	Caroline Lucas	Brighton Pavilion	1	0.15%	▬ 0	265,243	5.5%	▲ 0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Elfyn Lwyd	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	4	0.62%	▲ 1	165,394	0.6%	▬ 0
	Democratic Unionist Party	Nigel Dodds	Belfast North	8	1.23%	▬ 0	184,260	0.6%	▬ 0
	Sinn Fein	Gerry Adams	‘‘Did not Stand’’	4	0.62%	▼ 1	176,232	0.6%	▬ 0
	Ulster Unionist Party	Tom Elliot	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2	0.31%	▲ 2	114,935	0.4%	▲ 0.1
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Alasdair McDonnell	Belfast South	3	0.46%	▬ 0	99,809	0.3%	▼ 0.1
	Others	-	-	1	0.15%	▼ 4	346,436	1.13%	▬ 0
	Speaker (John Bercow)		Buckingham	1	0.15%	▬ 0	34,617	0.1%	▬ 0
Total (Turnout: 66.1%)				650	100%	▬ 0	30,691,680	100%	-

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325	243	38	20	8	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1
Conservatives	Labour	SNP	Lib Dems	DUP	PC	SF	SDLP	UKIP	UUP	Green	Ind	Speaker

Seats Conservatives   50% Labour   37.38% SNP   5.85% Liberal Democrats   3% DUP   1.23% Plaid Cymru   0.615% Sinn Fein   0.615% SDLP   0.46% UKIP   0.46% UUP   0.31% Greens   0.15% Ind   0.15% Speaker   0.15%

Vote share Conservative   36% Labour   30% Liberal Democrats   9.5% SNP   3.4% UKIP   13.5%