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2010 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout73.8% (Increase4.6%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Nick Clegg David Cameron Gordon Brown
Leader Elizabeth Truss Theresa Villiers Sarah Champion
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Leader since 22 July 2000 29 December 2009 13 June 2008
Leader's seat Oxford East Chipping Barnet Rotherham
(defeated)
Last election 307 seats, 39.2% 83 seats, 16.3% 230 seats, 37.8%
Seats before 311 80 228
Seats won 529 61 23
Seat change Increase 222 Decrease 22 Decrease 207
Popular vote 18,541,660 6,696,534 6,292,723
Percentage 55.1% 19.9% 18.7%
Swing Increase 15.9 pp Increase 3.6 pp Decrease 19.1 pp

Colours denote 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

Elizabeth Truss
Liberal

Prime Minister

Elizabeth Truss