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It formed the terms of reference governing the Cameron–Clegg coalition, the coalition government comprising MPs from the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The general election resulted in a hung parliament , with no party emerging with an overall majority in the House of Commons , for the first time in 36 years ...
Every constituency in Scotland was won by the party that had won it at the 2005 election, with Labour regaining the two seats they lost in by-elections since 2005. There was a swing to Labour from the Conservatives of 0.8% (with Labour increasing its share of the vote by 2.5% and the Conservatives increasing by just 0.9%), this left the ...
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect 650 [n 2] Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons.The first to be held after the minimum age for candidates was reduced from 21 to 18, it resulted in the Labour government losing its 66-seat majority to the Conservative opposition; however, with the Conservatives only having 306 elected MPs, this ...
In the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 11 May 2010, the two parties formed a coalition government. [3] [4] The new Parliament met on 18 May for the swearing-in of Peers in the House of Lords and newly elected and returning Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, and the election for the Speakership of the House of ...
These are the results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in England.The election was held on 6 May 2010 and all 533 seats in England were contested. The Conservative Party achieved a complete majority of English seats, but fared less well in Scotland and Wales, so a coalition government was subsequently formed between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Cameron (left) formed a coalition with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (right) in May 2010. The morning after the 2010 general election presented the country with no single political party able to form a government that would command a majority in the House of Commons for the first time since the February 1974 general election with the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson falling short of a ...
On 5 November 2010, election declared void on petition causing a by-election. Oldham West and Royton: Labour: Michael Meacher Orkney and Shetland: Liberal Democrats: Alistair Carmichael Orpington: Conservative: Jo Johnson Previous incumbent John Horam did not stand. Oxford East: Labour: Andrew Smith Oxford West and Abingdon: Liberal Democrats
This is a list of Liberal Democrat members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for the 55th Parliament of the UK (2010–2015). This specifies the 57 MPs elected at the 2010 general election .