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1983 United Kingdom general election

9 June 1983
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	72.7%, 3.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Margaret Thatcher Roy Jenkins Michael Foot Party Conservative SDP Labour Leader since 11 February 1975 2 July 1982 10 November 1980 Leader's seat Finchley Glasgow Hillhead Blaenau Gwent Last election 339 seats, 43.9% 269 seats, 36.9% 269 seats, 36.9% Seats before 339 11 261 Seats won 397 209 23 Seat change 58 60 12 Popular vote 13,012,316 8,456,934 7,780,949 Percentage 42.4% 27.6% 25.4% Swing 1.5% 9.3% 11.6%
Prime Minister before election Margaret Thatcher Conservative Prime Minister after election Margaret Thatcher Conservative

Presidents

Presidency		President		Party		Election	Vice President
1	May 1, 1948 – January 20, 1953		Clement Attlee		Labour	1945	Herbert Morrison
2	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1957		Winston Churchill		Conservative	1952	Anthony Eden
3	January 20, 1957 – January 20, 1965		Harold Macmillan		Conservative	1956	Rab Butler
						Selwyn Lloyd
1960	35	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963		John F. Kennedy		Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Lyndon B. Johnson		Democratic	Vacant through Jan. 20, 1965
						1964	Hubert Humphrey
37	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974		Richard Nixon		Republican	1968	Spiro Agnew
						1972
							Vacant, Oct. 10 – Dec. 6, 1973
							Gerald Ford
38	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Gerald Ford		Republican		Vacant through Dec. 19, 1974
							Nelson Rockefeller
39	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter		Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989		Ronald Reagan		Republican	1980	George H. W. Bush
						1984
41	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993		George H. W. Bush		Republican	1988	Dan Quayle
42	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001		Bill Clinton		Democratic	1992	Al Gore
						1996
43	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009		George W. Bush		Republican	2000	Dick Cheney
						2004
44	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017		Barack Obama		Democratic	2008	Joe Biden
						2012
45	January 20, 2017 – Incumbent		Donald Trump		Republican	2016	Mike Pence
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2005 Conservative Party leadership election

7 October – 6 December 2005 (2005-10-07 – 2005-12-06)

Candidate Liam Fox David Cameron First ballot 56 (28.3%) 62 (31.3%) Second ballot 90 (45.5%) 57 (28.8%) Members' vote 134,446 (67.6%) 64,398 (32.4%)   Candidate David Davis Kenneth Clarke First ballot 42 (21.2%) 38 (19.2%) Second ballot 51 (25.7%) Eliminated Members' vote Eliminated Eliminated

Leader before election Michael Howard Elected Leader Liam Fox

2007 Labour Party leadership election

12 July – 23 August 2007 (2007-07-12 – 2007-08-23)

Candidate Gordon Brown Popular vote Unopposed

Leader before election Tony Blair Elected Leader Gordon Brown

2010 United Kingdom general election

6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	65.1% (3.7%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Liam Fox Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 6 December 2005 23 August 2007 18 December 2007 Leader's seat North Somerset 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 305† 258 58 Seat change 95‡ 97‡ 4‡ Popular vote 10,703,754 8,609,527 6,836,824 Percentage 36.1% 29.0% 23.0% Swing 3.7 pp 6.2 pp 1.0 pp
Prime Minister before election Gordon Brown Labour Prime Minister after election Liam Fox Conservative Minority

2014 United Kingdom general election

1 May 2014
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	46,354,197
Turnout	66.4% (1.3%)
First party Second party   Leader Liam Fox David Miliband Party Conservative Labour Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 Leader's seat North Somerset Doncaster North Last election 305 seats, 36.1% 258 seats, 29.0% Seats won 329* 232 Seat change 23 26 Popular vote 11,334,226 9,347,273 Percentage 36.9% 30.4% Swing 0.8 pp 1.4 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicola Sturgeon David Laws Party SNP Liberal Democrats Leader since 14 November 2014 28 April 2010 Leader's seat Did not stand Sheffield Hallam Last election 6 seats, 1.7% 57 seats, 23.0% Seats won 56 8 Seat change 50 49 Popular vote 1,454,436 2,415,916 Percentage 4.7% 7.9% Swing 3.0 pp 15.1 pp
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister before election David Cameron and Nick Clegg Coalition Prime Minister after election David Cameron Conservative

2010 United Kingdom general election

23 November 2010
All 634 seats to the House of Commons 318 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	61.4% (2.0%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shirley Williams Owen Paterson Tony Benn Party SDP Conservative Labour Leader since 9 August 2010 6 November 2007 10 November 1984 Leader's seat Sefton Central North Shropshire Chesterfield Last election 52 seats, 18.3% 166 seats, 31.7% 413 seats, 40.7% Seats before 51 165 403 Seats won 62 198 355‡ Seat change 10* 33* 48* Popular vote 5,985,454 8,784,915 9,552,436 Percentage 22.0% 32.4% 35.2% Swing 3.7 pp 0.7 pp 5.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nick Clegg Jeremy Corbyn Nick Griffin Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Labour Party BNP Leader since 23 August 2007 9 August 2008 27 September 1999 Leader's seat Sheffield Hallam Islington North Barking Last election 52 seats, 18.3% 52 seats, 18.3% 52 seats, 18.3% Seats before 51 51 51 Seats won 62 62 62 Seat change 10* 10* 10* Popular vote 5,985,454 5,985,454 5,985,454 Percentage 22.0% 22.0% 22.0% Swing 3.7 pp 3.7 pp 3.7 pp
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Indicates boundary change – so this is a nominal figure ‡ Figure does not include the Speaker, Michael Martin
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Prime Minister after election Tony Blair Labour

1997 United Kingdom general election

1 May 1997
All 659 seats to the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Major Tony Blair Paddy Ashdown Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 4 July 1995 21 July 1994 16 July 1988 Leader's seat Huntingdon Sedgefield Yeovil Last election 336 seats, 41.9% 271 seats, 34.4% 20 seats, 17.8% Seats before 343† 273† 18† Seats won 331 250 46 Seat change 5* 21* 26* Popular vote 13,100,939 10,378,779 5,242,947 Percentage 45.6% 36.1% 18.3% Swing 3.7% 1.7% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Prime Minister after election John Major Conservative

1997 Labour Party leadership election

7–23 May 1997 (1997-05-07 – 1997-05-23)

Candidate Gordon Brown Popular vote Unopposed

Leader before election Tony Blair Elected Leader Gordon Brown

2000 United States presidential election

November 7, 2000
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	51.2% 2.2 pp
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 271 266 States carried 30 20 + DC Popular vote 50,999,897 50,456,002 Percentage 48.4% 47.9%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman. One of D.C.'s three electors abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

2004 United States presidential election

November 2, 2004
Turnout	56.7% 5.5 pp
Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Massachusetts Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards Electoral vote 286 251 States carried 31 19 + DC Popular vote 62,040,610 59,028,444 Percentage 50.7% 48.3%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Kerry/Edwards. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. Faithless elector: John Edwards 1 (MN)
President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President George W. Bush Republican

2008 United States presidential election

November 4, 2008
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	58.2% 1.5 pp
Nominee Barack Obama John McCain Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Arizona Running mate Hillary Clinton Sarah Palin Electoral vote 365 173 States carried 28 + DC + NE-02 22 Popular vote 69,498,516 59,948,323 Percentage 52.9% 45.7%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Obama/Biden and red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

2012 United States presidential election

November 6, 2012
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	54.9% 3.4pp
Nominee Mitt Romney Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts New York Running mate Paul Ryan Barack Obama Electoral vote 306 232 States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC Popular vote 65,915,795 60,933,504 Percentage 51.1% 47.2%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Mitt Romney Republican

2016 United States presidential election

November 8, 2016
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	54.9% 3.4pp
Nominee Mitt Romney Tim Kaine Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Virginia Running mate Paul Ryan Elizabeth Warren Electoral vote 306 232 States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC Popular vote 65,853,514 62,984,828 Percentage 48.2% 46.1%
President before election Mitt Romney Republican Elected President Mitt Romney Republican

1995 Conservative Party leadership election

4 July 1995 (1995-07-04)

Candidate Michael Portillo John Redwood Popular vote 218 89 Percentage 66.3% 27.1%   Candidate Kenneth Clarke John Major Popular vote 218 218 Percentage 66.3% 66.3%

Leader before election John Major Elected Leader Michael Portillo

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1945 Commonwealth of Britain election

November 8, 2016
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	55.7% 0.8 pp
Nominee Winston Churchill Clement Attlee Party Conservative Labour Home state Oxfordshire Surrey Running mate Anthony Eden Herbert Morrison Popular vote 11,967,746 8,716,211
Elected President Winston Churchill Conservative

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2005 Conservative Party leadership election

7 October – 6 December 2005 (2005-10-07 – 2005-12-06)

Candidate David Davis Kenneth Clarke First ballot 56 (28.3%) 62 (31.3%) Second ballot 90 (45.5%) 57 (28.8%) Members' vote 134,446 (67.6%) 64,398 (32.4%)   Candidate Liam Fox David Cameron First ballot 42 (21.2%) 38 (19.2%) Second ballot 51 (25.7%) Eliminated Members' vote Eliminated Eliminated

Leader before election Michael Howard Elected Leader David Davis

2008 London mayoral election

1 May 2008
Turnout	45.3%
Candidate David Cameron Ken Livingstone Brian Paddick Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats 1st Round vote 1,043,761 893,887 235,585 Percentage 43.2% 37.0% 9.8% 2nd Round vote 1,168,738 1,028,966 Eliminated Percentage 53.2% 46.8% Eliminated
First preference votes by London borough. Blue boroughs are those with most first preference votes for David Cameron and red those for Ken Livingstone
Mayor before election Ken Livingstone Labour Elected Mayor David Cameron Conservative

2012 London mayoral election

3 May 2012
Turnout	38.1% 7.2 pp
Candidate David Cameron Ken Livingstone Party Conservative Labour 1st Round vote 971,931 889,918 Percentage 44.0% 40.3% 2nd Round vote 1,054,811 992,273 Percentage 51.5% 48.5%
Result of voting by London borough. Blue boroughs are those with most votes for David Cameron and red those for Ken Livingstone.
Mayor before election David Cameron Conservative Elected Mayor David Cameron Conservative