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The party first had representation for a period in 2008 when Dr Bob Spink, the MP for Castle Point, resigned from the Conservative Party and joined UKIP on 21 April 2008. However, by November 2008, Spink had left UKIP, and in any case subsequently lost his seat to the Conservatives in the 2010 general election.
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.
UKIP had 3,881,129 votes (12.6%) and was the third largest party on vote share, yet it won only one seat. [359] Because of this, there were calls from some in UKIP for a voting reform in favour of proportional representation. [360] Carswell quit the party in March 2017 to become an independent, leaving UKIP without any MPs in the Commons. [106]
This was the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals in 45 years, while the 16-point drop in vote share was the biggest decline in Lib Dem or Liberal support since 1931. Although Labour increased their share of the vote by 4% and gained 15 seats, the Conservatives made 21 gains for a total of 318, including winning 6 seats directly from ...
Mirroring nationwide performance, the Lib Dem vote share fell in 2015, whilst the UKIP vote share rose in this constituency, becoming the runner-up, but 13,944 votes short of Gibb's tally. In June 2016, an estimated 64.8% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum voted to Leave the European Union. This was matched in two January ...
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, won an unexpected majority victory of ten seats; they had been leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.
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In January 2013, Labour published its list of 106 target seats for the next election. [1] UKIP's list of 12 target seats was reported in August 2014, [2] and others external to UKIP have highlighted seats where UKIP may be strongest. [3] A list of Conservative non-target seats was deduced in February 2015. [4]