Results breakdown of the United Kingdom general election, 2015

This is the results breakdown of the 2015 United Kingdom general election.

Swing

The shares of votes of each party changed as follows:

Change in vote share by party
Party	2010 %	2015 %	∆%
Conservative Party	36.1	36.8	+0.7
Labour Party	29.0	30.5	+1.5
Scottish National Party	1.7	4.7	+3.0
Liberal Democrats	23.0	7.9	-15.1
Green Party	0.9	3.8	+2.9
UK Independence Party	3.1	12.7	+9.6
Other	6.2	3.6	-2.6
Totals	100.0	100.0	–

The following table is a list of seats changing hands as a result of the election based on the results of the 2015 election compared to the General Election held in May 2010, ^[1] and so notwithstanding the results of by-elections to the 55th Parliament.

The Conservative Party became the first party in government since the 1983 general election to increase the number of seats they held at a general election. In total they gained 24 seats to win an overall majority of 12.^[2] They gained six seats from Labour in England and two in Wales, while also winning 16 seats from their former coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.

The Labour Party had a net loss of 26 seats, see table below. Although they did gain twelve seats in England from the Conservatives (eight of them in London) and 23 from the Liberal Democrats, they suffered their worst defeat in Scotland in the age of universal suffrage, losing forty of their forty-one seats to the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP).^[3] They also had a net loss of one seat in Wales.^[4] Ed Miliband immediately resigned as leader, handing over temporarily to deputy leader Harriet Harman.

The SNP enjoyed their best election result, gaining forty seats from Labour and ten from the Liberal Democrats to hold 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.^[3] The other parties held one seat each.

The Liberal Democrats had been part of a coalition government with the Conservatives prior to the election with 57 seats in parliament. However, they held just eight seats, their worst election result since the old Liberal Party secured six seats in 1970.^[5] Of the five Liberal Democrat cabinet ministers, three lost their seats.^[6] They also lost 338 deposits.^[7] As a result, Nick Clegg, although he was one of the two surviving ministers, resigned as leader.^[6]

The Green Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP) each held one seat: UKIP however failed to defend Rochester and Strood which it had won in a by-election in 2014.^[8]

Seats changing hands

The House of Commons Library has published a complete list of the 111 seats changing hands at the May 2015 General Election relative to the May 2010 results. ^[9]

The following table gives the total number of gains and losses across the UK, ordered by the final number of seats and then alphabetically.

Number of seats gained and lost in May 2015 for each political party
Affiliation	2010^[1]	Gain from (loss to)									2015^[10]
Affiliation	2010^[1]	CON	LAB	SNP	DUP	LDP	SF	UUP	UKIP	AP	2015^[10]
Conservative Party	306		(10)			27			(1)		330
Labour Party	258	8		(40)		12					232
Scottish National Party	6		40			10					56
Democratic Unionist Party	8						1	(1)			8
Liberal Democrats	57	(27)	(12)	(10)							8
Sinn Féin	5							(1)			4
Plaid Cymru	3										3
Social Democratic & Labour Party	3										3
Ulster Unionist Party	–				1						2
Green Party	1										1
UK Independence Party	–	1									1
Independent ¹	1										1
The Speaker ²	1										1
Alliance Party	1				(1)						–
totals	650	(24)	(26)	(50)	–	49	1	(2)	(1)	–	650

¹ Sylvia Hermon, MP for North Down ^[11]
² John Bercow, MP for Buckingham, stood as 'The Speaker seeking re-election'. ^[12] The Speaker of the House of Commons is not chosen until parliament meets after a General Election.

Losses

Gains

Seats changing hands at May 2015 General Election relative to May 2010
Seat
Aberdeen North	Labour	SNP gain
Aberdeen South	Labour	SNP gain
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Airdrie and Shotts	Labour	SNP gain
Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	SNP gain
Bath	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Belfast East	Alliance	DUP gain
Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Bolton West	Labour	Conservative gain
Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Brent Central	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Brentford and Isleworth	Conservative	Labour gain
Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Burnley	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Central Ayrshire	Labour	SNP gain
Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Chippenham	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
City of Chester	Conservative	Labour gain
Clacton	Conservative	UKIP gain
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	SNP gain
Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Labour	SNP gain
Derby North	Labour	Conservative gain
Dewsbury	Conservative	Labour gain
Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	SNP gain
Dundee West	Labour	SNP gain
Dunfermline and West Fife	Labour	SNP gain
Ealing Central and Acton	Conservative	Labour gain
East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Labour	SNP gain
East Lothian	Labour	SNP gain
East Renfrewshire	Labour	SNP gain
Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Edinburgh East	Labour	SNP gain
Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour Co-op	SNP gain
Edinburgh South West	Labour	SNP gain
Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Enfield North	Conservative	Labour gain
Falkirk	Labour	SNP gain
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Sinn Féin	UUP gain
Glasgow Central	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow East	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow North	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow North East	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow North West	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow South	Labour	SNP gain
Glasgow South West	Labour Co-op	SNP gain
Glenrothes	Labour	SNP gain
Gordon	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Gower	Labour	Conservative gain
Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Hove	Conservative	Labour gain
Ilford North	Conservative	Labour gain
Inverclyde	Labour	SNP gain
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Labour Co-op	SNP gain
Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Labour	SNP gain
Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	SNP gain
Lancaster and Fleetwood	Conservative	Labour gain
Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	SNP gain
Livingston	Labour	SNP gain
Manchester Withington	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Midlothian	Labour	SNP gain
Morley and Outwood	Labour Co-op	Conservative gain
Motherwell and Wishaw	Labour	SNP gain
North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	SNP gain
North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Labour gain
Ochil and Perthshire South	Labour	SNP gain
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	SNP gain
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Labour	SNP gain
Plymouth Moorview	Labour	Conservative gain
Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Redcar	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	SNP gain
Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Labour	SNP gain
St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Somerton and Frome	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
South Antrim	DUP	UUP gain
Southampton Itchen	Labour	Conservative gain
Stirling	Labour	SNP gain
Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Taunton Deane	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Telford	Labour	Conservative gain
Thornbury and Yate	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Conservative gain
Wells	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain
West Dunbartonshire	Labour	SNP gain
Wirral West	Conservative	Labour gain
Wolverhampton South West	Conservative	Labour gain
Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Conservative gain

England

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party	318
	Labour Party	206
	Liberal Democrats	6
	UK Independence Party	1
	Green Party	1
	Speaker	1
Total		533

East of England

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	52
	Labour	4
	Liberal Democrats	1
	UKIP	1
Total		58

East Midlands

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	32
	Labour	14
Total		46

London

Affiliation		Members
	Labour	45
	Conservative	27
	Liberal Democrats	1
Total		73

North East

Affiliation		Members
	Labour	26
	Conservative	3
Total		29

North West

Affiliation		Members
	Labour	51
	Conservative	22
	Liberal Democrats	2
Total		75

South East

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	78
	Labour	4
	Green	1
	Speaker	1
Total		84

South West

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	51
	Labour	4
Total		55

West Midlands

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	34
	Labour	25
Total		59

Yorkshire and the Humber

Affiliation		Members
	Labour	33
	Conservative	19
	Liberal Democrats	2
Total		54

Wales

Affiliation		Members
	Labour Party	25
	Conservative Party	11
	Plaid Cymru	3
	Liberal Democrats	1
Total		40

Scotland

Affiliation		Members
	Scottish National Party	56
	Labour	1
	Conservative	1
	Liberal Democrats	1
Total		59

Northern Ireland

Affiliation		Members
	DUP	8
	Sinn Féin	4
	SDLP	3
	UUP	2
	Independent	1
Total		18

References

1 2 "House of Commons 2010 seats per party". General Elections Online. House of Commons Library. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ "Election 2015: Results". BBC News: Politics. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015. Care has to be taken in interpreting the gains and losses shown by the BBC and other media outlets as they usually do not compare with the General Election in 2010.
1 2 "Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide". BBC News: Scotland. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "Election 2015: Best Welsh Tory election for 30 years". BBC Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ Cowburn, Ashley. "Liberal Democrat activists say leaders took them down a centrist blind alley". Guardian.co.uk. GMG. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
1 2 "Election results: Nick Clegg resigns after Lib Dem losses". BBC Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ Henderson, Barney. "LibDemDeposits: Liberal Democrats count costs of huge losses". Telgraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "Rochester and Strood". BBC Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "HoC 2015 changes". General Elections Online. House of Commons Library. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ "House of Commons Library 2015 seats per party". General Elections Online. House of Commons Library. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ "North Down 2015 result". Election Results. Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ "Buckingham 2015 result". AVDC News. Aylesbury Vale District Council. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

United Kingdom general election, 2015

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Incumbent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative) Subsequent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative) Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) Subsequent Deputy Prime Minister: None

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