2015 United Kingdom general election

← 2010 7 May 2015 2017 →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons[1]
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered46,354,197
Turnout66.4%[2] (Increase1.3%)
  First party Second party
 
David Cameron official.jpg
Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010
Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North
Last election 306 seats, 36.1% 258 seats, 29.0%
Seats won 329 232
Seat change Increase 23 Decrease 26
Popular vote 11,334,726 9,347,324
Percentage 36.9% 30.4%
Swing Increase 0.8 pp Increase 1.5 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon official portrait (cropped).jpg
Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Nick Clegg
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 14 November 2014 18 December 2007
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Sheffield Hallam
Last election 6 seats, 1.7% 57 seats, 23.0%
Seats won 56 9
Seat change Increase 50 Decrease 48
Popular vote 1,454,436 2,415,862
Percentage 4.7% 7.9%
Swing Increase 3.1 pp Decrease 15.2 pp

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
† Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

David Cameron
Conservative

2015 general election: Putney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Ramsay 18,572 53.8 +1.8
Conservative Justine Greening 17,518 30.0 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hallett 2,717 6.3 −10.6
Green Christopher Poole[3] 2,067 4.8 +3.4
UKIP Patricia Ward 1,989 4.6 +3.5
Majority 10,180 23.8 N/A
Turnout 42,813 67.0 +2.6
Registered electors 63,923
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +0.4
General election 2015: Ealing Central and Acton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Heston Blumenthal 15,726 43.2 {{{change}}}
Conservative Angie Bray 15,708 42.7
Labour Rupa Huq 15,402 6.1
UKIP Peter Florence 1,926 3.8
Green Tom Sharman[4] 1,841 3.6
Independent Jonathan Notley 125 0.2
Workers Revolutionary Scott Dore 73 0.1
Above and Beyond Party Tammy Rendle 54 0.1 {{{change}}}
Europeans Party Andrzej Rygielski 39 0.1 {{{change}}}
Majority 274 0.5 N/A
Turnout 50,894 71.4 Increase3.9
Registered electors 71,422
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +4.2


General election 2015: Braintree[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Oliver 27,071 53.8 +1.2
UKIP Richard Bingley 9,461 18.8 +13.8
Labour Malcolm Fincken 9,296 18.5 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Klesel 2,488 4.9 −13.9
Green Paul Jeater 1,564 3.1 +1.6
Independent Toby Pereira 295 0.6 New
BNP Paul Hooks 108 0.2 −2.0
Majority 17,610 35.0 +2.3
Turnout 50,283 68.4 −0.7
Conservative hold Swing −6.3


2016 Conservative Party leadership election
← 2005 5–11 July 2016 (2016-07-05 – 2016-07-11) 2019 →
 
Candidate Jamie Oliver Theresa May Andrea Leadsom
First ballot 50 (15.2%) 155 (47.1%) 56 (17%)
Second ballot 84 (25.5%) 172 (52.3%) 73 (22.2%)
Members' vote 92,000 (61.4%) 57,000 (38.1%) Eliminated

 
Candidate Michael Gove Stephen Crabb Liam Fox
First ballot 38 (11.6%) 24 (7.3%) 6 (1.8%)
Second ballot Withdrew Withdrew Eliminated
Members' vote Eliminated Withdrew Eliminated

Leader before election

David Cameron

Elected Leader

Jamie Oliver


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
← 2007 8 May – 16 July 2015 (2015-05-08 – 2015-07-16) 2017 →
 
Candidate Heston Blumenthal Tim Farron Norman Lamb
Popular vote 16,979 15,137 1,781
Percentage 50.1% 44.7% 5.3%

Leader before election

Nick Clegg

Elected Leader

Tim Farron

2015 Labour Party leadership election
← 2010 14 August – 12 September 2015 (2015-08-14 – 2015-09-12) 2016 →
Turnout422,871 (76.3%) Increase 4.6 pp
 
Candidate Gordon Ramsay Jeremy Corbyn Yvette Cooper
Popular vote 230,462 151,417 21,928
Percentage 52.1% 34.2% 17.0%
 
Candidate Liz Kendall
Popular vote 18,857
Percentage 4.5%

Leader before election

Harriet Harman (interim)
Ed Miliband

Elected Leader

Gordon Ramsay






2024 United Kingdom general election

← 2019 4 July 2024 Next →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 2] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout59.9% (Decrease 7.4 pp)[7]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Ed Davey election infobox.jpg
Leader Keir Starmer Robert Jenrick Ed Davey
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 4 April 2020 24 October 2022 27 August 2020
Leader's seat Holborn and
St Pancras
(defeated)
Newark Kingston and Surbiton
Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6% 11 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 298[b] 240 58
Seat change Increase 96[c] Decrease 125 Increase 47[a]
Popular vote 9,513,251 9,572,125 3,519,163
Percentage ' 12.2%
Swing Increase pp Decrease pp Increase 0.6 pp

Prime Minister before election

Robert Jenrick
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour

  1. ^ UK 2015 general election results in full The Guardian (retrieved 5 May 2024)
  2. ^ "The May 2015 UK elections: Report on the administration of the 7 May 2015 elections, including the UK Parliamentary general election" (PDF). p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Wandsworth Green Party". Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ^ "London Green Party – 2015 general election". greenparty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Government majority". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  7. ^ "General Election 2024". Sky News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.


Cite error: There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=n}} template (see the help page).
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).