United Kingdom General Election Result 2015
Date of General Elections in United Kingdom
United Kingdom Date of Elections : Thursday 7 May 2015.
United Kingdom General Elections 2015 - 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Last General Elections held in United Kingdom on 6th May 2010. Dissolution of the present 55th Parliament of United Knigdom on 30 March 2015. The United Kingdom has 650 parliamentary constituencies, each of which is represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. The Term of General Elections in United Kingdom is 5 Years. When Parliament is Dissolved (in every five years), every seat becomes vacant in House of Commons and these seats are filled by a Member of parliament with the General Election. The Political parties which have majority of seats in House of Commons forms the Government. when Parliament is dissolved, The Old Government remains in Charge till New Government forms. Essential business must carry on and old government ministers remain in charge of their departments until after the result of the election is known. After the result of Elections the party which gets majority forms a new administration.
During the period between dissolution and polling day, however, the Government suspends any advertising campaigns and refrains from major policy decisions or announcements. This was known as ‘purdah’ but is now usually called the pre-election period.
United Knigdom General Elections Results 2010
Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 349 | 53.7 | 35.2 | 9552436 |
Conservative | 210 | 32.3 | 32.4 | 8784915 |
Liberal Democrat | 62 | 9.5 | 22.1 | 5985454 |
Plaid Cymru | 2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 174838 |
Others | 27 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 2650867 |
Total | 650 | 100 | 100 | 27148510 |
England General Elections Results 2010
Party | Seats | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 298 | 9931029 | 39.6 |
Labour | 191 | 7042398 | 28.1 |
Liberal Democrat | 43 | 6076189 | 24.2 |
UKIP | 0 | 866633 | 3.5 |
BNP | 0 | 532333 | 2.1 |
Green | 1 | 258954 | 1 |
English Democrats | 0 | 64826 | 0.3 |
Respect | 0 | 33251 | 0.1 |
Health Concern | 0 | 16150 | 0.1 |
Christian | 0 | 15841 | 0.1 |
National Front | 0 | 10400 | 0 |
TUSC | 0 | 8404 | 0 |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 4368 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 224341 | 0.9 |
Total | 533 | 25085097 | 65.5 |
Major Political Parties in United Kingdom
List of Major Political Parties in United Kingdom for General Elections 2015.
- Labour Party (572 candidates in 2010, includes 36 Labour Co-operative candidates)
- Conservative Party (572 candidates)
- Liberal Democrats (572 candidates)
- Plaid Cymru (40 candidates)
- Respect - The Unity Coalition (10 candidates)
- Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (1 candidate)
- Speaker (1 candidate)
List of General Elections in United Kingdom
The table below list the Elections held in United Kingdom from 1802 to 2010 in Latest order.Election | Date | Winning Party |
---|---|---|
2010 | May 6, 2010 | Conservative |
2005 | May 5, 2005 | Labour |
2001 | Jun 7, 2001 | Labour |
1997 | May 1, 1997 | Labour |
1992 | Apr 9, 1992 | Conservative |
1987 | Jun 11, 1987 | Conservative |
1983 | Jun 9, 1983 | Conservative |
1979 | May 3, 1979 | Conservative |
October 1974 | Oct 10, 1974 | Labour |
February 1974 | Feb 28, 1974 | Labour |
1970 | Jun 18, 1970 | Conservative |
1966 | Mar 31, 1966 | Labour |
1964 | Oct 15, 1964 | Labour |
1959 | Oct 8, 1959 | Conservative |
1955 | May 26, 1955 | Conservative |
1951 | Oct 25, 1951 | Conservative |
1950 | Feb 23, 1950 | Labour |
1945 | Jul 5, 1945 | Labour |
1935 | Nov 14, 1935 | Conservative |
1931 | Oct 27, 1931 | National Labour |
1929 | May 30, 1929 | Labour |
1924 | Oct 29, 1924 | Conservative |
1923 | Dec 6, 1923 | Conservative, Labour |
1922 | Nov 15, 1922 | Conservative |
1918 | Dec 14, 1918 | Liberal, Conservative |
January 1910 | Feb 15, 1910 | Liberal |
December 1910 | Jan 31, 1911 | Liberal |
1906 | Feb 13, 1906 | Liberal |
1900 | Dec 3, 1900 | Conservative, Liberal |
1895 | Aug 12, 1895 | Conservative |
1892 | Aug 4, 1892 | Conservative, Liberal |
1886 | Aug 5, 1886 | Conservative |
1885 | Jan 12, 1886 | Conservative, Liberal |
1880 | Apr 29, 1880 | Liberal, Conservative |
1874 | Mar 5, 1874 | Conservative |
1868 | Dec 10, 1868 | Liberal |
1865 | Jul 11, 1865 | Liberal, Conservative |
1859 | May 31, 1859 | Conservative, Liberal |
1857 | Apr 30, 1857 | Whig, Conservative |
1852 | Nov 4, 1852 | Conservative, Peelite, Whig |
1847 | Aug 9, 1847 | Whig, Conservative |
1841 | Aug 19, 1841 | Whig, Conservative, Whig |
1837 | Nov 15, 1837 | Whig |
1835 | Feb 19, 1835 | Conservative, Whig |
1832 | Jan 29, 1833 | Whig, Conservative |
1831 | Jul 25, 1831 | Whig |
1830 | Aug 9, 1830 | Tory, Whig |
1826 | Jun 19, 1826 | Tory |
1820 | Jan 16, 1821 | Tory |
1818 | Aug 4, 1818 | Tory |
1812 | Nov 24, 1812 | Tory |
1807 | Jun 22, 1807 | Tory |
1806 | Nov 17, 1806 | Whig, Tory |
1802 | Jul 22, 1802 | Tory, Whig |
Last Updated : February 07, 2015
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