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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.
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 results of the 2015 United Kingdom general election, by parliamentary constituency were as follows: [1] Constituency Cnty Rgn Last elctn Winning party Turnout [a]
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. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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 ...
^ ^^ In 1931 and 1935, the figures for the Conservatives relate to National Government candidates and comprise Conservative, National Labour, Liberal National and National vote share and seats. vii. ^ In 2015, Other included record vote shares for both the UK Independence Party (12.6%) and the Green Party (3.8%), each winning just one seat.
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 for 533 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservatives won a majority of seats in England for the second time since 1992. Both major parties made gains at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, whose support collapsed to its lowest level since 1970 ...