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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 governing Conservative Party, led by prime minister David Cameron, won a unexpected majority victory of ten seats; they had been leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.
The Conservatives win a 12-seat majority in parliament as Labour are almost wiped out by the SNP in Scotland and the Liberal Democrats suffer major losses. UK vote share after 650 of 650 seats.
Up to the minute results for England in the 2015 General Election from BBC News.
Results by parliamentary constituency. For Analysis of the campaign and election, see 2015 United Kingdom general election. For an in-depth analysis of these results, see Results breakdown of the 2015 United Kingdom general election.
May 8, 2015 · David Cameron is heading back to Downing Street as prime minister after the Conservatives win a majority - but Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage all resign as leaders of his rival parties ...
Debate over how the union should be governed and its people represented will be a critical question for the 2015 Parliament. In a result few had expected, the Conservative Party secured a slim majority in the 2015 General Election.
May 8, 2015 · The Conservative Party won the May 2015 General Election with 330 seats and a majority of 12 in the House of Commons – lower than any Government since October 1974, when Labour had a majority of 4. The Conservative’s 330 seats and 36.9% of the vote in the 2015 General Election, compares with Labour’s 232 seats and 30.4% of the vote.
