Elections

The first ever general election for the Model House of Commons took place in May 2005. Below are the results of every election and other information concerning electoral history.

## 1st Parliament

The General Election for the First TSR Parliament took place in May 2005. Eight parties stood: the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, the Monster Raving Loony Party, the Green Party, UKIP, the SNP and the BNP. This election coincided with the real 2005 General Election.

## 2nd Parliament

The General Election for the Second Parliament took place in November 2005. UKIP did not contest this election, and would not contest again until the 10th Parliament, under the name "Patriotic Conservative Party", and not under their own name until the 11th Parliament. This was the last election contested by the SNP and the first contested by the Respect Party. Independent candidates contested this election for the first time as well. They were Carl and William1986.

## 3rd Parliament

The General Election for the Third Parliament took place between April and May 2006. This was the last election contested by the BNP and the Respect Party. The Libertarian Party, a splinter of the Conservative Party, contested an election for the first time. The initial election was scrapped over administrative errors and accusations of cheating. The election was re-run. Carl contested this election.

## 4th Parliament

The General Election for the Fourth Parliament took place in November 2006. The Socialist Party contested an election for the first time. Carl contested this election.

## 5th Parliament

The General Election for the Fifth Parliament took place in May 2007. The Conservative Party did not contest this election. Carl contested this election.

## 6th Parliament

The General Election for the Sixth Parliament took place in December 2007. This was the last election contested by the independent Carl. The Conservative Party returned to contest this election.

## 7th Parliament

The General Election for the Seventh Parliament took place in June 2008. The independent daniel\_williams contested this election. For the first time, (Spoilt Ballot) was an available option.

## 8th Parliament

The General Election for the Eighth Parliament took place in November 2008. This was the last election contested by the Monster Raving Loony Party. The independent Birchington contested this election.

## 9th Parliament

The General Election for the Ninth Parliament took place in May 2009. This election was contested by the independents Kolya and 01kij114.

The results were as follows:

Coalition proceedings collapsed when the Conservative Party disputed the constitutional legitimacy of a three-party coalition; given only two-party coalitions had formed prior to this point and given the vagueness of the Constitution at the time. As such, whether the intended Liberal Democrat/Socialist/ Labour coalition or the intended Conservative/ Libertarian coalition should be allowed to form government was a hotly contested issue. The sitting Speaker, daniel\_williams, decided to annul government in order to allow the Constitution to be clarified without partisan interference; the result of this constitutional crisis was that no government sat for the duration of the term.

## 10th Parliament

The General Election for the Tenth Parliament took place in November 2009. The independent Matthew Lowson contested this election. The Centre Party contested an election for the first time. This election was contested by the Patriotic Conservative Party, a splinter group of the Conservative Party.

## 11th Parliament

The General Election for the Eleventh Parliament took place between April and May 2010. This election coincided with the real 2010 General Election. The Patriotic Conservative Party contested this election under the name UKIP for the first time. The independents Jangrafess and RobbieC contested this election.

## 12th Parliament

The General Election for the Twelfth Parliament took place in October 2010. (Spoilt Ballot) was not an option for this election.

## 13th Parliament

The General Election for the Thirteenth Parliament took place in April 2011. (Spoilt Ballot) was not an option for this election either.

## 14th Parliament

The General Election for the Fourteenth Parliament took place in October 2011. The independent TheCrackInTime contested this election. The Conservative Party contested this election under the name "Conservative & Unionist Party" for the first time. This was the last election contested by the Centre Party who dissolved a few months later, in December. The (Spoilt Ballot) option was reintroduced.

### 1st By-Election

In December 2011, the Centre Party became inactive, having formed an unofficial agreement that all remaining active members would be guaranteed places within the with the Liberal Democrat Party. This saw the former lose the three seats it had secured for Parliament XIV. In February of 2012, an amendment was passed to allow for the Speaker to hold a by-election for all of the empty seats. The Model House of Common's First By-election was held in March 2012.

The results were as follows:

## 15th Parliament

The General Election for the Fifteenth Parliament took place in March 2012. The independents barnetlad and Faland contested this election.

### 2nd By-Election

A by-election ensued following the Speaker's decision to strip Faland, an independent MP and by now a Socialist Party member, of his seat due to his creation of a dupe account to spy upon the Liberal Democrats and undermine the Liberal Democrat leadership of the time. The Speaker's statement can be found here. The Model House of Common's Fifteenth Parliament By-election was held in March 2012.

The results were as follows:

## 16th Parliament

The General Election for the Sixteenth Parliament took place in September 2012. The independents Addzter, barnetlad and Internetguru contested this election and the Green Party stood for the first time since November 2006.

### 3rd By-Election

Following the suspension of independent MP Internetguru from the House a by-election was held in January 2013.

The election was contested by three candidates, representing three separate blocs of parties. The governing Labour-Socialist coalition fielded Superunknown17, and were initially endorsed by the Green Party. However, the latter switched allegiance to the Liberal Democrat candidate, Stanlas2, prior to the start of the election. This caused a lot of controversy during the election debate, with a great deal of acrimonious arguing between Government and Green Party MPs. The Conservative candidate won the election, lending weight to the accusation that the Green Party split the left-of-centre vote.

The results were as follows:

## 17th Parliament

The General Election for the Seventeenth Parliament took place between March and April 2013. The candidate tehFrance stood illegally, having been banned from TheStudentRoom before the election took place. However, the Speaker was unaware of this until after the election, and as such tehFrance was a ballot option and received enough votes for a seat. After the election, his candidacy was declared illegal and his seat redistributed.

For the first time, a coalition of parties formed the opposition, rather than the largest party not in government. The result opposition was:

## 18th Parliament

The General Election for the Eighteenth Parliament took place between August and September 2013. The independents ImNew and barnetlad contested this election.

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October 2013 - April 2014

### 4th By-Election

In October 2013, the Independent MP ImNew was permanently banned from the Model House of Commons.

A by-election was duly held to elect a replacement for his MP seat. Candidates included former TSR UKIP leader Tactical Nuclear Penguin, endorsed by Labour and the Greens, Stiff Little Fingers, endorsed by the Socialists, and AttackOfThe Boris, endorsed by the Conservatives. The by-election was closely contested, with AttackOfTheBoris ultimately proving victorious and being elected as a new MP.

The results were as follows:

## 19th Parliament

The General Election for the Nineteenth Parliament took place in March 2014. The independents Escutcheon and barnetlad contested this election

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### 5th By-Election

In July 2014, the Independent MP Escutcheon had his seat from the Model House of Commons following not posting once sine the General Election.

A by-election was duly held to elect a replacement for his MP seat. Candidates included former a recently re-admitted tehFrance, endorsed by the Conservatives. MacDaddi the current Liberal leader was the Liberals' candidate. St. Brynjar was endorsed by the Government, composed of the Socialists, Greens and Labour. The Libertarians (PicardianSocialist) and UKIP (Ruitker) also fielded candidates, making this the first by-election where all parties fielded candidates. The by-election saw St. Brynjar victorious at becoming an MP.

You can find a detailed description of By-Election V here.

The results were as follows:

## 20th Parliament

The General Election for the Twentieth Parliament took place during September 2014. The independent Matthew\_Lowson contested this election. This was the last election contested by the original Libertarian Party.

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February 2015 - April 2015

## 21st Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-First Parliament took place in May 2015.

Following the passing of a Vote of No Confidence in the Government, another government formed:

However, this Government collapsed and the Speaker announced that Government would be suspended until the end of the parliamentary term.

## 22nd Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Second Parliament took place in October 2015

Saracen's Fez

### 6th By-Election

By-Election VI took place in March 2016. You can find a detailed description of By-Election VI here.

The results were as follows:

## 23rd Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Third Parliament took place in April 2016. This was the first and last General Election contested by the National Liberal Party. You can find a detailed description of the 23rd General Election here.

June 2016 - October 2016

### 7th By-Election

By-Election VII took place in July 2016. You can find a detailed description of By-Election VII here.

The results were as follows:

### 8th By-Election

By-Election VIII also took place in July 2016. You can find a detailed description of By-Election VIII here.

The results were as follows:

### 9th By-Election

By-Election IX took place in October 2016. You can find a detailed description of By-Election IX here.

The results were as follows:

## 24th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Fourth Parliament took place in November 2016. The independents Jammy Duel and TheBigMan2 contested this election. The Green Party did not stand though as they forgot to submit a manifesto. You can find a detailed description of the 24th General Election here.

## 25th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Fifth Parliament took place in June 2017. The independents Jammy Duel, adam9317, cBay, littleswany, hazzer1998, JMR2017, Joep95 and Lib Dem Party (ie Jacob E) contested this election. The reformed Libertarian Party stood in a general election for the first time. You can find a detailed description of the 25th General Election here.

The results were as follows:

It is worth noting that the vote percentage for the Labour Party, Conservative Party and Libertarian Party is not the same percentage as the parties got in the general election itself; these figures take into account the two seats stripped off the Libertarian Party (see Flekygate).

The resultant government was:

## 26th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Sixth Parliament took place in December 2017. The independents hazzer1998, JMR2017 and Connor27 contested this election. This was the first General Election since the Green Party were disbanded. You can find a detailed description of the 26th General Election here.

The results were as follows:

It should be noted that shortly after the General Election, UKIP changed their name to the National Conservatives.

The resultant government was:

## 27th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Seventh Parliament took place in May 2018. The independents Joep95 and SoggyCabbages contested this election.

The results were as follows:

## 28th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Eighth Parliament took place in December 2018. The independents Unown Uzer, CatusStarbright and Aph contested this election.

The results were as follows:

## 29th Parliament

The General Election for the Twenty-Ninth Parliament took place in June 2019. The independents CatusStarbright, barnetlad and Aph contested this election.

The results were as follows:

## 30th Parliament

The General Election for the Thirtieth Parliament took place in December 2019. The independents CatusStarbright, barnetlad, SoggyCabbages and Aph contested this election.

The results were as follows:

## 31st Parliament

The General Election for the Thirty-First Parliament took place in April 2020. The independent Golubsti contested this election, however, they were removed after verification showed that they had used dupes to vote for them self.

The results were as follows:

## 32nd Parliament

The General Election for the Thirty-Second Parliament took place in April 2020. No independent candidates contested this election.

The results were as follows:

## Electoral History: 1st to 31st Parliament

Below are the electoral results of each general election in terms of the composition of Parliament, both in graph format and as an animation.

## Government History

The government and Prime Minister of each TSR Parliament is listed below.