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2007 United Kingdom general election

13 September 2007 (2007-09-13)
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	62.1% (0.7%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Menzies Campbell Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 2 March 2006 Leader's seat Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Witney North East Fife Last election 355 seats, 35.2% 198 seats, 32.4% 62 seats, 22.0% Seats before 349 193 62 Seats won 328† 272 25 Seat change 27‡ 74 37‡ Popular vote 10,671,789 10,298,850 4,102,327 Percentage 37.2% 35.9% 14.3% Swing 2 pp 3.5 pp 7.7 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 Gordon Brown Labour Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative