United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Lancashire)

United Kingdom general election, 2010[1]
6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)

All 15 Lancashire seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat
Leader since 5 December 2005 27 June 2007 18 December 2007
Last election 2 Seats 13 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 2 13 0
Seats won 8 6 1
Seat change +6 -7 +1
Popular vote 249,531 239,905 117,968
Percentage 37.69% 36.25% 17.82%

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

This is a summary of the votes cast in Lancashire, England, at the United Kingdom general election, 2010

Lancaster and Fleetwood, South Ribble, Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Burnley, Rossendale and Darwen, Pendle, and Morecambe and Lunesdale all changed hands.

Overall results

Party MPs +/- Votes % +/-%
Conservative 8 +6 249,531 37.69 +2.66
Labour 6 -7 239,905 36.24 -5.20
Liberal Democrats 1 +1 117,968 17.82 +0.82
UKIP 0 24,913 3.76 +2.00
BNP 0 15,966 2.41 +0.24
Independents 0 5,401 0.82 N/A
Green 0 4,088 0.62 +0.02
English Democrats 0 1,076 0.16 N/A
Others 0 3,158 0.48

See also

References

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