2010 United Kingdom general election

2010 United Kingdom general election

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List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout65.1% (Increase3.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
  David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg
Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Witney Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Sheffield Hallam
Last election 198 seats, 32.4% 355 seats, 35.2% 62 seats, 22.0%
Seats before 210 349 62
Seats won 306 258 57
Seat change Increase 96 Decrease 97 Decrease 5
Popular vote 10,703,754 8,609,527 6,836,824
Percentage 36.1% 29.0% 23.0%
Swing Increase 3.7 pp Decrease 6.2 pp Increase 1.0 pp

Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
  • excluding the Speaker
  • owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister after election

David Cameron
(Conservative)
Nick Clegg
(Liberal Democrat)

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was an election held on 6 May 2010 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The three party leaders are shown below.
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