United Kingdom 2015 general election
Final results from the House of Commons Library, read : Conservative won 330 of 650 seats with 36.8% of the vote; 66.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.2 points on 2010.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 330 | +24 | 36.8 | +0.8 | 11,299,609 |
| Labour | 232 | −26 | 30.4 | +1.5 | 9,347,273 |
| UK Independence Party | 1 | +1 | 12.6 | +9.5 | 3,881,099 |
| Liberal Democrat | 8 | −49 | 7.9 | −15.2 | 2,415,916 |
| Scottish National Party | 56 | +50 | 4.7 | +3.1 | 1,454,436 |
| Green Party | 1 | 0 | 3.6 | +2.7 | 1,111,603 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 8 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 184,260 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 181,704 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | −1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 176,232 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 2 | 0.4 | 114,935 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.7 | 103,426 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 99,809 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | 0 | −1 | 0.2 | +0.1 | 61,556 |
| Scottish Green Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | +0.1 | 39,205 |
| Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 34,617 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | +0.1 | 34,061 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 16,538 |
| National Health Action Party | 0 | 0.0 | 12,999 | ||
| Respect Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 9,989 |
| Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 0 | 0.0 | 8,419 | ||
| Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7,211 |
| Green Party Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6,822 |
| Yorkshire First | 0 | 0.0 | 6,811 | ||
| People Before Profit Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6,798 |
| English Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.2 | 6,531 |
| Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,675 |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,407 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,480 |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3,898 |
| Independent Save Withybush Save Lives | 0 | 0.0 | 3,729 | ||
| Socialist Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3,481 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3,260 |
| Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 3,205 |
| Left Unity | 0 | 0.0 | 2,884 | ||
| The Workers' Party | 0 | 0.0 | 2,724 | ||
| The North East Party | 0 | 0.0 | 2,138 | ||
| The Party for Poole People Ltd. | 0 | 0.0 | 1,766 | ||
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −1.9 | 1,667 |
| Residents for Uttlesford | 0 | 0.0 | 1,658 | ||
| Rochdale First Party | 0 | 0.0 | 1,535 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 2010 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative 11,299,609
- Labour 9,347,273
- UK Independence Party 3,881,099
- Liberal Democrat 2,415,916
- Scottish National Party 1,454,436
- Green Party 1,111,603
- Democratic Unionist Party 184,260
- Plaid Cymru 181,704
- Sinn Féin 176,232
- Ulster Unionist Party 114,935
- Independent 103,426
- Social Democratic & Labour Party 99,809
- Alliance 61,556
- Scottish Green Party 39,205
- Speaker 34,617
- Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 34,061
- Traditional Unionist Voice 16,538
- National Health Action Party 12,999
- Respect Party 9,989
- Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 8,419
- Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 7,211
- Green Party Northern Ireland 6,822
- Yorkshire First 6,811
- People Before Profit Alliance 6,798
- English Democrats 6,531
- Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall 5,675
- Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 5,407
- Liberal 4,480
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party 3,898
- Independent Save Withybush Save Lives 3,729
- Socialist Labour Party 3,481
- Christian Peoples Alliance 3,260
- Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 3,205
- Left Unity 2,884
- The Workers' Party 2,724
- The North East Party 2,138
- The Party for Poole People Ltd. 1,766
- British National Party 1,667
- Residents for Uttlesford 1,658
- Rochdale First Party 1,535
90 smaller parties are not shown.
Share of the vote
Turnout
66.4% of the 46,354,197 registered voters cast a ballot (30,800,164 ballots), up 1.2 points on 2010. 30,697,525 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1997 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Conservative36.8% of votes50.8% of seats
- Labour30.4% of votes35.7% of seats
- Scottish National Party4.7% of votes8.6% of seats
- Liberal Democrat7.9% of votes1.2% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party0.6% of votes1.2% of seats
- Sinn Féin0.6% of votes0.6% of seats
- Plaid Cymru0.6% of votes0.5% of seats
- Social Democratic & Labour Party0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party0.4% of votes0.3% of seats
- UK Independence Party12.6% of votes0.2% of seats
- Green Party3.6% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Conservative led Labour by 6.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- House of Commons Library. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. (source). Licence: Open Parliament Licence v3.0
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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