Results breakdown of the 2015 United Kingdom general election

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

2015 United Kingdom general election

7 May 2015
All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 326 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.4%
Party Leader % Seats ± Conservative David Cameron 36.9% 330 +28 Labour Ed Miliband 30.4% 232 -24 SNP Nicola Sturgeon 4.7% 56 +50 Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 7.9% 8 -48 DUP Peter Robinson 0.6% 8 0 Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 0.6% 4 -1 Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 0.6% 3 0 SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 0.3% 3 0 UUP Mike Nesbitt 0.4% 2 +2 UKIP Nigel Farage 12.6% 1 -1 Green Natalie Bennett 3.8% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after David Cameron Conservative David Cameron Conservative

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 National 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

Seats changing hands at May 2015 General Election relative to May 2010

Seat	2010 election		2015 election
Aberdeen North		Labour		SNP gain
Aberdeen South		Labour		SNP gain
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Airdrie and Shotts		Labour		SNP gain
Argyll and Bute		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock		Labour		SNP gain
Bath		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Belfast East		Alliance		DUP gain
Bermondsey and Old Southwark		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Berwick-upon-Tweed		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Birmingham, Yardley		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Bolton West		Labour		Conservative gain
Bradford East		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Brecon and Radnorshire		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Brent Central		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Brentford and Isleworth		Conservative		Labour gain
Bristol West		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Burnley		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Cambridge		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Cardiff Central		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Central Ayrshire		Labour		SNP gain
Cheadle		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Cheltenham		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Chippenham		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
City of Chester		Conservative		Labour gain
Clacton		Conservative		UKIP gain
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill		Labour		SNP gain
Colchester		Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		SNP gain
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow		Labour		SNP gain
East Lothian		Labour		SNP gain
East Renfrewshire		Labour		SNP gain
Eastbourne		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Eastleigh		Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		SNP gain
Gower		Labour		Conservative gain
Hazel Grove		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Hornsey and Wood Green		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Hove		Conservative		Labour gain
Ilford North		Conservative		Labour gain
Inverclyde		Labour		SNP gain
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Kilmarnock and Loudoun		Labour Co-op		SNP gain
Kingston and Surbiton		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath		Labour		SNP gain
Lanark and Hamilton East		Labour		SNP gain
Lancaster and Fleetwood		Conservative		Labour gain
Lewes		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Linlithgow and East Falkirk		Labour		SNP gain
Livingston		Labour		SNP gain
Manchester Withington		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Mid Dorset and North Poole		Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		Conservative gain
North Devon		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
North East Fife		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Norwich South		Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		Conservative gain
Redcar		Liberal Democrats		Labour gain
Ross, Skye and Lochaber		Liberal Democrats		SNP gain
Rutherglen and Hamilton West		Labour		SNP gain
St Austell and Newquay		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
St Ives		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Solihull		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Somerton and Frome		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
South Antrim		DUP		UUP gain
Southampton Itchen		Labour		Conservative gain
Stirling		Labour		SNP gain
Sutton and Cheam		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Taunton Deane		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Telford		Labour		Conservative gain
Thornbury and Yate		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Torbay		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Twickenham		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
Vale of Clwyd		Labour		Conservative gain
Wells		Liberal Democrats		Conservative gain
West Dunbartonshire		Labour		SNP gain
Wirral West		Conservative		Labour gain
Wolverhampton South West		Conservative		Labour gain
Yeovil		Liberal Democrats		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. "House of Commons 2010 seats per party". General Elections Online. House of Commons Library. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
2. "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.
3. "Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide". BBC News. BBC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
4. "Election 2015: Best Welsh Tory election for 30 years". BBC News. BBC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
5. Cowburn, Ashley (9 May 2015). "Liberal Democrat activists say leaders took them down a centrist blind alley". The Guardian. GMG. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
6. "Election results: Nick Clegg resigns after Lib Dem losses". BBC News. BBC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
7. Henderson, Barney (8 May 2015). "LibDemDeposits: Liberal Democrats count costs of huge losses". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
8. "Rochester and Strood". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.