United Kingdom general election, 2015 (England)

United Kingdom general election, 2015^[1]

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)

All 533 English seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Cameron	Ed Miliband	Nick Clegg
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	6 December 2005	25 September 2010	18 December 2007
Leader's seat	Witney	Doncaster North	Sheffield Hallam
Last election	298 seats, 39.6%	191 seats, 28.1%	43 seats, 24.2%
Seats before	298	191	43
Seats won	319	206	6
Seat change	21	15	37
Popular vote	10,483,555	8,087,706	2,098,430
Percentage	41.0%	31.6%	8.2%
Swing	1.4%	3.6%	16%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Nigel Farage	Natalie Bennett
Party	UKIP	Green
Leader since	5 November 2010	3 September 2012
Leader's seat	None (stood in Thanet South)	None (stood in Holborn and St Pancras)
Last election	0 seats, 3.5%	1 seat, 1.0%
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	0
Popular vote	3,611,367	1,073,242
Percentage	14.1%	4.2%
Swing	10.7%	3.2%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

The United Kingdom general election, 2015, was held on 7 May 2015 across 533 constituencies within England.

Political context

The general election was fought with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats having been in coalition since 2010, with Labour being the main opposition; though with election the Conservatives holding the majority of English seats. It was also fought following the victory of UKIP in the European Elections and in to by-elections the year before (2014). Along with George Galloway of the Respect Party winning the Bradford West by-election, 2012 from Labour.

Results overview

The Conservatives emerged as the largest party increasing both its number of seats and votes winning seats both from the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party, as well as holding on to many of their key marginal seats.

Labour though increasing both in number of votes and seats after making gains against the Liberal Democrats along with limited gains against the Conservative Party failed to become the largest party losing its Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls to the Conservatives, with its leader Ed Miliband resigning as Labour leader.

The Liberal Democrats lost the vast majority of its seats barely keeping that of its former leader Nicolas Clegg who resigned on the morning of the election results.

UKIP made large gains in the percentage of votes, though failed to retain Rochester and Strood or to take any seats, leading to the resignation of its leader Nigel Farage.

The Green party increased its share of the vote and held Brighton Pavilion but also failed to make any gains.

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative	319	+21	10,483,611	41.0	+1.4
	Labour	206	+15	8,087,684	31.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	6	-37	2,098,404	8.2	-16.0
	UKIP	1	+1	3,611,367	14.1	+10.7
	Green	1	0	1,073,242	4.2	+3.2
	TUSC	0	0	32,868	0.1	+0.1
	National Health Action	0	0	20,210	0.1	0.0
	Respect	0	0	9,989	0.0	-0.1
	Yorkshire First	0	0	6,811	0.0	0.0
	English Democrat	0	0	6,431	0.0	-0.2
	CISTA	0	0	4,569	0.0	0.0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	3,432	0.0	0.0
	Christian Peoples	0	0	3,260	0.0	0.0
	BNP	0	0	1,667	0.0	-2.1
	Class War	0	0	526	0.0	0.0
		Others	0	0	127,133	0.5	-0.2
Turnout:				25,571,204	65.9	+0.4

Votes summary

Popular vote

Conservative			40.99%
Labour			31.63%
UKIP			14.12%
Liberal Democrats			8.21%
Greens			4.20%
Other			0.85%

Parliament seats

Conservative			59.85%
Labour			38.65%
Liberal Democrats			1.13%
UKIP			0.19%
Greens			0.19%

Campaign events

31 March: First official day of the election campaign
13 April: Labour Party launched its manifesto ^[3]
14 April: Conservative Party and Green Party launched their manifestos
15 April: UKIP and the Liberal Democrats launched their manifestos
7 May: BBC Exit poll showed the Conservative party as the largest party
8 May: Conservative Party emerges as the largest party in England, gaining a majority of M.P.s in the House of Commons and forming the next Government of the United Kingdom as a Majority.

Target seats

The recorded swing in each case is calculated as two-way swing from the party that won in 2010 to the party targeting the seat. Negative swing implies that the targeting party lost votes to the incumbent party.

Conservative Party

Rank	Constituency	Region		Swing required (%)		Swing to CON (±%)
1	Hampstead and Kilburn	London	Labour	0.10	Labour hold	-1.0
2	Bolton West	North West England	Labour	0.10	Conservative gain	+0.9
3	Solihull	West Midlands	Liberal Democrats	0.16	Conservative gain	+11.9
4	Southampton Itchen	South East England	Labour	0.22	Conservative gain	+2.8
5	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West England	Liberal Democrats	0.29	Conservative gain	+11.6
6	Wirral South	North West England	Labour	0.66	Labour hold	-4.8
7	Derby North	East Midlands	Labour	0.68	Conservative gain	+0.8
8	Wells	South West England	Liberal Democrats	0.72	Conservative gain	+7.4
9	Dudley North	West Midlands	Labour	0.84	Labour hold	-4.7
10	Great Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Labour	1.08	Labour hold	-5.7

Labour Party

Rank	Constituency	Region		Swing required (%)		Swing to LAB (±%)
1	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	Conservative !Conservative	0.06	Conservative !Conservative hold	−3.1
2	Thurrock	South East England	Conservative !Conservative	0.10	Conservative !Conservative hold	−0.5
3	Hendon	London	Conservative !Conservative	0.11	Conservative !Conservative hold	−3.7
4	Sherwood	East Midlands	Conservative !Conservative	0.22	Conservative !Conservative hold	−4.4
5	Norwich South	East of England	Liberal Democrats !Liberal Democrats	0.33	Labour !Labour gain	+13.2
6	Stockton South	North East England	Conservative !Conservative	0.33	Conservative !Conservative hold	−4.6
7	Broxtowe	East Midlands	Conservative !Conservative	0.37	Conservative !Conservative hold	−3.7
8	Lancaster and Fleetwood	North West England	Conservative !Conservative	0.39	Labour !Labour gain	+1.9
9	Bradford East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Liberal Democrats !Liberal Democrats	0.45	Labour !Labour gain	+9.0
10	Amber Valley	East Midlands	Conservative !Conservative	0.58	Conservative !Conservative hold	−4.1

Liberal Democrats

Rank	Constituency	Region		Swing required (%)		Swing to LD (±%)
1	Camborne and Redruth	South West England	Conservative !Conservative	0.08	Conservative !Conservative hold	−13.8
2	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East England	Conservative !Conservative	0.16	Conservative !Conservative hold	−8.3
3	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Labour !Labour	0.20	Labour !Labour hold	−22.5
4	Ashfield	East Midlands	Labour !Labour	0.20	Labour !Labour hold	−12.9
5	Truro and Falmouth	South West England	Conservative !Conservative	0.45	Conservative !Conservative hold	−13.2

UKIP

Rank^[4]	Constituency	Region		Swing required (%)		Swing to UKIP (±%)
1	Thanet South	South East England	Conservative !Conservative	21.2	Conservative !Conservative hold	+18.4
2	Thurrock	East of England	Conservative !Conservative	14.7	Conservative !Conservative hold	+13.7
3	Castle Point	East of England	Conservative !Conservative	0 !(No candidate in 2010)	Conservative !Conservative hold	0 !(Vote share: 31.2%)
4	Boston and Skegness	East of England	Conservative !Conservative	20.0	Conservative !Conservative hold	+15.0
5	Great Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Labour !Labour	13.3	Labour !Labour hold	+5.9

Green Party

Swing for the Greens is measured as one-party swing, i.e. the change in the party's share of the vote.

Rank^[5]	Constituency	Region			Swing to GRN (±%)
1	Norwich South	East of England	Liberal Democrats !Liberal Democrats	Labour !Labour gain	−1.0
2	Bristol West	South East England	Liberal Democrats !Liberal Democrats	Labour !Labour gain	+23.0
3	St Ives	South West England	Liberal Democrats !Liberal Democrats	Conservative !Conservative gain	+3.5
4	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Labour !Labour	Labour !Labour hold	+12.1
5	Liverpool Riverside	North West England	Labour !Labour	Labour !Labour hold	+8.6

Opinion polling

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	Others	Lead
7 May 2015	Election 2015 Results	25,571,204	41.0%	31.6%	8.2%	14.1%	4.2%	0.9%	9.4%
30 Apr–1 May 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	978	36%	34%	10%	17%	4%	<0.5%	2%
30 Apr 2015	Question Time featuring David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Milliband broadcast on BBC One; Ask Nicola Sturgeon, Ask Leanne Wood and Ask Nigel Farage programmes also shown
27–28 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	872	36%	36%	8%	12%	6%	2%	Tied
25–27 Apr 2015	BMG/May2015.com	877	39%	31%	11%	15%	4%	<0.5%	8%
24–26 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	870	37%	32%	9%	12%	8%	1%	5%
24–26 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	863	39%	32%	7%	15%	6%	<0.5%	7%
24–25 Apr 2015	Survation/Mail on Sunday	879	36%	31%	9%	20%	4%	<0.5%	5%
21–24 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,668	36%	33%	9%	15%	7%	1%	3%
22–23 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	1,072	36%	29%	10%	20%	5%	<0.5%	7%
21–22 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	890	39%	34%	8%	11%	5%	3%	5%
17–19 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	863	36%	33%	9%	14%	5%	2%	3%
17–19 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	863	38%	35%	9%	12%	5%	1%	3%
16–17 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,655	38%	32%	9%	14%	6%	1%	6%
16–17 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	986	35%	34%	8%	18%	3%	1%	1%
16 Apr 2015	*Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate* held on BBC One**
12–15 Apr 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	600	35%	37%	8%	11%	8%	1%	2%
10–12 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	870	34%	36%	9%	14%	6%	1%	2%
10–12 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	900	41%	35%	7%	8%	8%	1%	6%
8–9 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,626	39%	35%	8%	12%	6%	1%	4%
8–9 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	838	33%	36%	9%	16%	5%	1%	3%
7–8 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	718	36%	35%	11%	13%	4%	1%	1%
2–3 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	856	34%	33%	9%	21%	3%	<0.5%	1%
2–3 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,710	35%	34%	7%	15%	7%	1%	1%
2 Apr 2015	*Seven-way Leaders' Debate* on ITV**
30 Mar 2015	Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign
28–29 Mar 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	864	38%	32%	9%	13%	6%	2%	6%
27–29 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	865	40%	34%	7%	11%	7%	1%	6%
26 Mar 2015	First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 4
24–25 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,690	35%	34%	9%	13%	7%	<0.5%	1%
24–25 Mar 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	851	34%	34%	8%	20%	4%	<0.5%	Tied
20–22 Mar 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	864	38%	35%	8%	11%	7%	1%	3%
20–22 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	860	36%	33%	8%	14%	6%	2%	3%
20–21 Mar 2015	Survation/Mail on Sunday	861	31%	35%	10%	19%	3%	1%	4%
18–19 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,702	37%	33%	7%	14%	7%	1%	4%
13–15 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	863	34%	29%	8%	18%	9%	3%	5%
13–15 Mar 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	910	38%	37%	6%	11%	5%	3%	1%
10–12 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,654	35%	35%	7%	15%	7%	<0.5%	Tied
8–11 Mar 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	863	34%	37%	8%	14%	6%	1%	3%
6–8 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	859	36%	31%	5%	18%	9%	1%	5%
3–6 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,626	36%	33%	7%	15%	7%	3%	3%
27 Feb–1 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	860	36%	32%	8%	14%	7%	2%	4%
24–26 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,679	35%	36%	7%	14%	6%	1%	1%
23 Feb 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	921	30%	34%	10%	21%	3%	2%	4%
20–23 Feb 2015	ComRes/Daily Mail	865	36%	32%	7%	14%	9%	2%	4%
20–22 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	867	32%	38%	6%	13%	8%	2%	6%
17–20 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,704	36%	33%	7%	16%	7%	1%	3%
13–15 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	863	31%	31%	9%	18%	9%	3%	Tied
13–15 Feb 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	860	38%	34%	7%	10%	8%	2%	4%
10–12 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,713	35%	35%	8%	15%	5%	1%	Tied
8–10 Feb 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	844	38%	37%	7%	10%	8%	0%	1%
6–8 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	860	36%	31%	9%	16%	7%	1%	5%
3–6 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,947	33%	35%	7%	15%	8%	2%	2%
30 Jan–1 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	857	34%	30%	8%	17%	10%	1%	4%
25 Jan 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	890	34%	30%	7%	25%	4%	<0.5%	4%
23–25 Jan 2015	ComRes/The Independent	852	33%	29%	9%	20%	8%	1%	4%
22–25 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	859	33%	34%	5%	17%	9%	2%	1%
16–19 Jan 2015	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	863	32%	35%	8%	14%	10%	1%	3%
16–18 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	871	31%	27%	9%	17%	12%	4%	4%
11–13 Jan 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	854	35%	35%	8%	12%	8%	2%	Tied
9–11 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	858	37%	29%	7%	17%	8%	2%	8%
12–16 Dec 2014	ICM/The Guardian^[7]	861	31%	33%	11%	17%	5%	3%	2%
13–15 Dec 2014	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	840	36%	31%	9%	14%	10%	0%	5%
12–14 Dec 2014	ComRes/The Independent	897	29%	34%	12%	17%	6%	2%	5%
5–7 Dec 2014	Lord Ashcroft^[6]	860	31%	31%	7%	23%	6%	2%	Tied
6 May 2010	General Election Results	25,085,097	39.6%	28.1%	24.2%	3.5%	1.0%	3.6%	11.5%

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the United Kingdom general election, 2015

Result

England vote share after 533 of 533 seats

Conservative: 319 seats in total. 32 seats gained. 11 seats lost.+21 net change in seats. 10,483,611 total votes taken. 41.0% share of the total vote +1.4% change in share of the votes
Labour: 206 seats in total. 21 seats gained. 6 seats lost. +15 net change in seats. 8,087,684 total votes taken. 31.6% share of the total vote +3.6% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat 6 seats in total. 0 seats gained. 37 seats lost. -37 net change in seats. 2,098,404 total votes taken. 8.2% share of the total vote -16.0% change in share of the votes
UKIP: 1 seats in total. 1 seats gained. 0 seats lost. +1 net change in seats. 3,611,367 total votes taken. 14.1% share of the total vote +10.7% change in share of the votes
Green Party : 1 seats in total. 0 seats gained. 0 seats lost. 0 net change in seats. 1,073,242 total votes taken. 4.2% share of the total vote +3.2% change in share of the votes

References

↑ Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News
↑ Election 2015 Results England BBC News
↑ "General Election 2015: Monday 13 April as it happened". Telegraph.co.uk. 13 April 2015.
↑ "Ukip target seats to secure a breakthrough in the 2015 general election". Mirror Online. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
↑ "Green Party's top target seats in the General Election if Natalie Bennett is to lead a breakthrough". Mirror Online. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lord Ashcroft adjusts for don't know/refusers by reallocating a proportion of those to the party they tend to support. The England figures are based on a table that does not adjust for don't knows/refusers.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ICM adjust for don't know/refusers by reallocating a proportion of those to the major party they tend to support. Percentages for England are based on a table that does not adjust for don't know/refusers.

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

Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (David Cameron) Labour (Ed Miliband) Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon) Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg) Democratic Unionist Party (Peter Robinson) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Leanne Wood) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Alasdair McDonnell) Ulster Unionist Party (Mike Nesbitt) UK Independence Party (Nigel Farage) Green Party of England and Wales (Natalie Bennett)

Parties only represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or the European Parliament	Green Party in Northern Ireland (Steven Agnew) Scottish Green Party (Patrick Harvie/Maggie Chapman) Traditional Unionist Voice (Jim Allister) Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (David Ford)

Other	Full list of parties standing candidates

Results by area	Northern Ireland (list) Scotland (list) Edinburgh Wales (list) England (list) Cornwall Lancashire London

United Kingdom local elections, 2015

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