2015 United Kingdom general election

The **United Kingdom general election of 2015** elected the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was held on 7 May 2015. The three main political parties after the election are the Conservatives, the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party. The Conservative Party won enough seats to form a majority government.

Voting took place in all 650 parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom, each electing one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. Local elections also took place in most of England on the same day, but not Greater London.

## Results

- 330 Conservative Party MPs were elected (up 28)
- 232 Labour Party MPs were elected (down 24)
- 8 Liberal Democrat MPs were elected (down 48)
- 56 Scottish National Party MPs were elected (up 50)
- 8 Democratic Unionist Party MPs were elected (up 1)
- 4 Sinn Féin MPs were elected (down 1)
- 3 Plaid Cymru MPs were elected (no change)
- 2 Ulster Unionist Party MPs were elected (up 2)
- 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (no change)
- 1 UK Independence Party MP was elected (down 1)
- 1 Green Party of England and Wales MP was elected (change of 0)
- 1 independent MP

Also, the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who does not have a political party, was re-elected.

Some important Labour MPs lost their seats including the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Jim Murphy.

Many important Liberal Democrat MPs who had served in the coalition government also lost their seats, including business secretary Vince Cable, energy secretary Ed Davey and chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander.

## Aftermath

The Conservative Party won 330 seats and managed to form a majority government. David Cameron continued as Prime Minister. Miliband, Clegg and Nigel Farage all resigned as leaders of their parties. Jim Murphy also resigned as leader of Scottish Labour.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2015 United Kingdom general election
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: United Kingdom general election, 2010
- **previous year**: 2010
- **election date**: 7 May 2015
- **next election**: United Kingdom general election, 2017
- **next year**: 2017
- **seats for election**: All List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons
- **majority seats**: 326
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election
- **turnout**: 66.4% (1.3%)
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: David Cameron
- **party1**: Conservative Party (UK)
- **leader since1**: Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005, 6 December 2005
- **leaders seat1**: Witney (UK Parliament constituency), Witney
- **last election1**: 306 seats, 36.1%
- **seats1**: **330***
- **seat change1**: 24
- **popular vote1**: **11,334,226**
- **percentage1**: **36.9%**
- **swing1**: 0.8%
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Ed Miliband
- **leader since2**: Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010, 25 September 2010
- **party2**: Labour Party (UK)
- **leaders seat2**: Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency), Doncaster North
- **last election2**: 258 seats, 29.0%
- **seats2**: 232
- **seat change2**: 26
- **popular vote2**: 9,347,273
- **percentage2**: 30.4%
- **swing2**: 1.4%
- **image4**:
- **leader4**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **leader since4**: Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014, 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**: 3.0%
- **image5**:
- **leader5**: Nick Clegg
- **leader since5**: Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007, 18 December 2007
- **party5**: Liberal Democrats (UK)
- **leaders seat5**: Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Hallam
- **last election5**: 57 seats, 23.0%
- **seats5**: 8
- **seat change5**: 49
- **popular vote5**: 2,415,916
- **percentage5**: 7.9%
- **swing5**: 15.1%
- **map image**: 2015UKElectionMap.svg
- **map size**: 330px
- **map caption**: Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
_ Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets._
- **title**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
- **before election**: David Cameron (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative)
 Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat)
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister after election
- **after election**: David Cameron
- **after party**: Conservative Party (UK)