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United Kingdom general election, 2015

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout66.1%
  First party Second party Third party
  David Cameron Ed Miliband Nicola Sturgeon
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband Nicola Sturgeon
Party Conservative Labour SNP
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 14 November 2014
Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North Did not stand[n 1]
Last election 306 seats, 36.1% 258 seats, 29.0% 6 seats, 1.7%
Seats won 330 232 56
Seat change Increase 24 Decrease 26 Increase 50
Popular vote 11,334,576 9,347,304 1,454,436
Percentage 36.9% 30.4% 4.7%
Swing Increase 0.8% Increase 1.5% Increase 3.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Nick Clegg Nick Clegg Nick Clegg
Leader Nick Clegg Peter Robinson Gerry Adams
Party Liberal Democrats DUP Sinn Féin
Leader since 18 December 2007 31 May 2008 13 November 1983
Leader's seat Sheffield Hallam Did not stand Did not stand
Last election 57 seats, 23.0% 8 seats, 0.6% 5 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 8 8 4
Seat change Decrease 49 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,415,862 184,260 176,232
Percentage 7.9% 0.6% 0.6%
Swing Decrease 15.2% Steady Steady

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Alasdair McDonnell Leanne Wood Leanne Wood
Leader Alasdair McDonnell Leanne Wood Mike Nesbitt
Party SDLP Plaid Cymru UUP
Leader since 5 November 2011 15 March 2012 31 March 2012
Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand[n 2] Did not stand
Last election 3 seats, 0.3% 3 seats, 0.6% N/A [n 3]
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 99,809 181,694 114,935
Percentage 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
Swing Steady Steady Increase 0.4%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative


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