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Of the 57 Liberal Democrat MPs, only two refused to support the Conservative Coalition agreement, with former party leader Charles Kennedy and Manchester Withington MP John Leech both rebelling against. [5] The 11 sections were as follows: Deficit Reduction; Spending Review – NHS, Schools and a Fairer Society; Tax Measures; Banking Reform ...
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 ...
At a private meeting that evening, Cameron and Clegg held the first of a series of talks to discuss the negotiations. Members of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party had earlier met at Local Government House to discuss the coalition talks. [52] [53] Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg held face-to-face talks with his Conservative counterpart.
A coalition agreement was then formed following negotiations with the Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg. John Bercow resumed his role as Speaker of the House of Commons . In September 2010, Ed Miliband won a Labour Party leadership vote to succeed Gordon Brown as permanent Leader of the Opposition .
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 ...
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.
The number of Conservative seats rose from three to eight – the party gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats and four from Labour. Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru retained three MPs, including Arfon which the boundary changes had notionally given to Labour.
The Conservative Party, led by David Cameron, became the single largest party, though without an overall majority. This resulted in a hung parliament. A coalition agreement was then formed following negotiations with Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg. John Bercow resumed his role as Speaker of the House of Commons.