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2007 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout65.1% (Increase3.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 18 December 2007
Leader's seat Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Witney Sheffield Hallam
Last election 355 seats, 35.2% 198 seats, 32.4% 62 seats, 22.0%
Seats before 349 210 62
Seats won 258 306 57
Seat change Decrease 91 Increase 96 Decrease 5
Popular vote 8,609,527 10,703,754 6,836,824
Percentage 29.0% 36.1% 23.0%
Swing Decrease 6.2 pp Increase 3.7 pp Increase 1.0 pp

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
  • excluding the Speaker
  • owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Prime Minister after election

David Cameron
Conservative


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