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The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal ...
Following a campaign by Sky News and with agreement of the party leaders, [69] it was announced on 21 December 2009 that there would be three leaders' debates, each broadcast on prime time television, [70] and a subsequent announcement in March 2010 that a debate between the financial spokesmen of the three main parties, Alistair Darling ...
On 6 April 2010, Brown visited Buckingham Palace to seek the Queen's permission to dissolve Parliament on 12 April, initiating a general election on 6 May. [1] Notable events in that campaign included the UK's first televised debates between the leaders of the main parties.
The rules of the Labour Party stated in 2010 that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party." [ 5 ] As the number of Labour MPs was 257 (the 258 returned at the general election [ 6 ] minus Eric Illsley , who had been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party ...
This marked a sharp drop in ratings since the 2019 general election debate on ITV between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, which was the first time the two leaders went head-to-head on TV during ...
In correspondence with the main Leader's debates, featuring David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, three televised debates were broadcast with representatives from the four main parties in Scotland. The first debate was broadcast on STV on 20 April, the second on Sky News on 25 April and the third on BBC One Scotland on 2 May.
The record for the highest TV ratings for an election debate in the UK was set in 2010, by the first leaders’ debate between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, which was broadcast by ...
The second election debate is aired by Sky News, and is viewed by an audience of 3.355 million, giving the channel its largest ever peak time audience. The debate is also shown on Sky Three and the BBC News Channel, and collectively attracts a viewership of 4.1 million. [57] 29 April BBC News hosts the final leaders debate before the election. [58]