|
330Seats (50.8%) 11.3M Votes, 36.9%
CON
CANDIDATES:647
HELD: 296
GAINED: 28
LOST: 10
PM David Cameron MP
|
232(35.7%) 9.34M, 30.4%
LAB
630
210
+24
-48
Ed Miliband MP
|
1
3.88M, 12.7%
UKI
623
+0*
-1*
Nigel Farage MEP
|
8
2.42M
LD
631
-48
Nick Clegg MP
|
56
1.45
SN
59
+50
|
1
1.16
GR
575
|
22
1.14
740
+3
-8
|
* UK Independence Party had won two Parliamentary seats via 2014 by-elections.
| PARTY | ENG |
SCO |
WAL |
NIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | 318 seats 41% of votes |
1 seat 14.9% |
11 27.2% |
n/a |
| LAB | 206 31.6% |
1 24.3% |
25 36.9% |
n/a |
| UKI | 1 14.1% |
0 1.6% |
0 13.6% |
n/a |
| LDT | 6 8.2% |
1 7.5% |
1 6.5% |
n/a |
| SNP | n/a | 56 50% |
n/a | n/a |
| GRN | 1 4.2% |
0 1.3% |
0 2.6% |
n/a |
| DUP | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8 25.7% |
| PC | n/a | n/a | 3 12.1% |
n/a |
| SF | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4 24.5% |
| UUP | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 16% |
| SDLP | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 13.9% |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
23 constituencies achieved a turnout of 75% and over including 12 seats in Scotland, all of which were gained by the SNP.
Excluding by-elections held since the 2010 General Election. The large turnout increase for Thirsk &
Malton was due to the unusually low turnout for the constituency at the 2010 General Election - itself due to the re-scheduling of that constituency's polling day in the wake of an original candidate's death.
Excluding by-elections held since the 2010 General Election. Turnout can be affected by constituency boundary reviews between General Elections.
The safest seats for the Conservative party tend to be in the South East of England but no Conservative MP won their seat with two thirds of the vote or more.
16 Labour MPs won their seat with two thirds of the vote or more including 9 in England's North West region.
A swing towards the holding party often indicates their share of the vote has increased since the last election although it can also be a result of the vote being spread more evenly between two other parties or more.
A swing against the holding party often indicates their share of the vote has decreased since the last election although it can also be a result of the runner-ups share(s) of the vote increasing at a higher rate.