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3,971 candidates stood in the United Kingdom general election of 2015, which was held on 7 May 2015.. The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 4 p.m. on 9 April 2015.
An election is called following the dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 2015 general election was the first to be held under the provisions of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Prior to this, the power to dissolve Parliament was a royal prerogative, exercised by the sovereign on the advice of the prime minister.
Parliament of the United Kingdom: Term: 27 May 2015 – 3 May 2017: Election: 2015 United Kingdom general election: Government: Second Cameron ministry (until 13 July 2016) First May ministry (from 13 July 2016) House of Commons; Members: 650: Speaker: John Bercow: Leader: David Lidington — Chris Grayling – until 14 July 2016: Prime ...
Woman to Woman, known in the media as Harriet Harman's Pink Bus, was a political campaign in the United Kingdom for the Labour Party at the 2015 general election. [1] It was led by Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman , and involved a pink battle bus visiting marginal constituencies , promoting Labour policies and rallying support ...
The SNP enjoyed their best election result, gaining forty seats from Labour and ten from the Liberal Democrats to hold 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies. [3] The other parties held one seat each. The Liberal Democrats had been part of a coalition government with the Conservatives prior to the election with 57 seats in parliament.
The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament. The United Kingdom has had three female Prime Ministers: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), Theresa May (2016–2019), and Liz Truss (2022).
Elections contested as leader Frances Curran (b. 1961) c.2007 [33] 2012 2009 European Parliament election 2010 general election 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Sandra Webster: 2012 [34] 2016 2015 general election 2016 Scottish Parliament election: Katie Bonnar 2016 [35] 2018 None: Róisín McLaren (b. 1994) 2018 [36] Incumbent: None
Shares of the vote in general elections since 1832 received by Conservatives [note 1] (blue), Liberals/Liberal Democrats [note 2] (orange), Labour (red) and others (grey) [1] [2] [3] In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was ...