Election Name: | 2015 United Kingdom general election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Registered: | 46,354,197 |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2010 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Outgoing Members: | List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Elected Members: | List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election |
Next Election: | 2017 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 650 seats in the House of Commons[1] |
Majority Seats: | 326 |
Opinion Polls: | Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election |
Turnout: | 66.4%[2] (1.3%) |
Leader1: | David Cameron |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader Since1: | 6 December 2005 |
Leaders Seat1: | Witney |
Last Election1: | 306 seats, 36.1% |
Seats1: | 330 |
Seat Change1: | 24 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,334,726 |
Percentage1: | 36.9% |
Swing1: | 0.8 pp |
Leader2: | Ed Miliband |
Leader Since2: | 25 September 2010 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Doncaster North |
Last Election2: | 258 seats, 29.0% |
Seats2: | 232 |
Seat Change2: | 26 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,347,324 |
Percentage2: | 30.4% |
Swing2: | 1.5 pp |
Leader4: | Nicola Sturgeon |
Leader Since4: | 14 November 2014 |
Party4: | Scottish National Party |
Leaders Seat4: | Did not stand |
Last Election4: | 6 seats, 1.7% |
Seats4: | 56 |
Seat Change4: | 50 |
Popular Vote4: | 1,454,436 |
Percentage4: | 4.7% |
Swing4: | 3.1 pp |
Leader5: | Nick Clegg |
Leader Since5: | 18 December 2007 |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat5: | Sheffield Hallam |
Last Election5: | 57 seats, 23.0% |
Seats5: | 8 |
Seat Change5: | 49 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,415,862 |
Percentage5: | 7.9% |
Swing5: | 15.2 pp |