United Kingdom general election, 2015 (London)
United Kingdom general election, 2015
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The United Kingdom general election, 2015, was held on 7 May 2015 and all 73 seats in London were contested. In contrast to the results in the United Kingdom, and particularly England, Labour came first in the capital, and won 62% of seats. Labour achieved their best result in Greater London since 2001.
Results
| Party |
MPs |
+/- |
Seats Contested |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
|
Labour Party |
45 |
+7 |
73 |
1,545,080 |
43.7% |
+7.1% |
|
Conservative Party |
27 |
-1 |
73 |
1,233,386 |
34.9% |
+0.4% |
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Liberal Democrats |
1 |
-6 |
73 |
272,544 |
7.7% |
-14.4% |
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
73 |
286,946 |
8.1% |
+6.4% |
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Green |
0 |
0 |
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171,652 |
4.9% |
+3.3% |
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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
0 |
0 |
|
8,179 |
0.2% |
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Christian Peoples Alliance |
0 |
0 |
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2,488 |
0.1% |
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Independent |
0 |
0 |
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2,341 |
0.1% |
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Seats changing hands
Target seats
Conservative Party
- Hampstead and Kilburn, Labour, 0.04%
- Sutton and Cheam, Liberal Democrats, 1.66%
- Eltham, Labour, 1.98%
- Tooting, Labour, 5.0%
- Westminster North, Labour, 5.4%
- Dagenham and Rainham, Labour 5.9%
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Polling
Date(s)
conducted | Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Con | Lab | UKIP | LD | Green | Others | Lead |
| 20–22 April 2015 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,032 | 32% | 44% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 1% | 12% |
| 16 Apr 2015 | Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate held on BBC One |
| 2 Apr 2015 |
Seven-way Leaders' Debate on ITV |
| 30 Mar 2015 |
Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign |
| 26–30 Mar 2015 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,064 | 34% | 45% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 1% | 11% |
| 20–26 Mar 2015 | ICM/The Guardian | 1,003 | 32% | 42% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 1% | 10% |
| 26 Mar 2015 | First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 4 |
| 20–24 Mar 2015 | ComRes/ITV News | 1,004 | 32% | 46% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 1% | 14% |
| 27 Feb–2 Mar 2015 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,011 | 32% | 44% | 10% | 7% | 5% | <0.5% | 12% |
| 19–23 Feb 2015 | YouGov/The Times | 1,096 | 34% | 42% | 9% | 8% | 6% | <0.5% | 8% |
| 19–21 Jan 2015 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,034 | 32% | 42% | 10% | 7% | 8% | <0.5% | 10% |
| 15–18 Dec 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,385 | 33% | 41% | 9% | 9% | 6% | <0.5% | 8% |
| 8–13 Aug 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,200 | 34% | 41% | 9% | 10% | 3% | <0.5% | 7% |
| 21–24 Jul 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,350 | 35% | 45% | 8% | 8% | 4% | <0.5% | 10% |
| 17–19 Jun 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,115 | 35% | 42% | 10% | 8% | 4% | <0.5% | 7% |
| 6–8 May 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,422 | 31% | 44% | 10% | 11% | 2% | <0.5% | 13% |
| 29 Apr 2014 | Survation | 774 | 26% | 42% | 15% | 12% | 2% | <0.5% | 16% |
| 7–9 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,209 | 34% | 42% | 11% | 9% | 3% | <0.5% | 8% |
| 8–10 Oct 2013 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,231 | 32% | 45% | 9% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 13% |
| 20–25 Jun 2013 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,269 | 29% | 48% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 19% |
| 24–30 Apr 2012 | Opinium | 736 | 33% | 43% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 2% | 10% |
| 27–29 Apr 2012 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,231 | 31% | 47% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 16% |
| 20–22 Apr 2012 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,138 | 31% | 50% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 19% |
| 13–15 Apr 2012 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,060 | 33% | 50% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 17% |
| 12–15 March 2012 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,226 | 34% | 46% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 12% |
| 7–10 Feb 2012 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,106 | 35% | 47% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 12% |
| 10–16 Jan 2012 | YouGov | 1,349 | 34% | 44% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 10% |
| 7–9 Jun 2011 | YouGov | 1,215 | 32% | 51% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 19% |
| 5–8 Oct 2010 | YouGov | 1,271 | 38% | 42% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| 6 May 2010 | General Election Results | 3,401,317 | 34.5% | 36.6% | 1.7% | 22.1% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 2.1% |
Endorsements
The following London-focused organisations and media endorsed parties or individual candidates
Newspapers
