2010 United Kingdom general election campaign

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The 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign was the nationwide political contest in which parties led by David Cameron, Gordon Brown, and Nick Clegg competed for control of Parliament, ultimately resulting in a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government.

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instanceOf election campaign ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
coalitionNegotiationPartner Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electionDate 2010-05-06 ⓘ
endTime 2010-05-06 ⓘ
featuredEvent 2010 United Kingdom general election debates ⓘ
followedBy 2015 United Kingdom general election campaign ⓘ
follows 2005 United Kingdom general election campaign ⓘ
hasMajorPartyLeader David Cameron ⓘ
Gordon Brown ⓘ
Nick Clegg ⓘ
hasParticipatingParty Alliance Party of Northern Ireland ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Green Party of England and Wales ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
Plaid Cymru ⓘ
Scottish National Party ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
UK Independence Party ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentDuringCampaign Labour government ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinisterDuringCampaign Gordon Brown ⓘ
keyIssue Afghanistan war ⓘ
deficit reduction ⓘ
economy ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
public spending cuts ⓘ
ledBy David Cameron ⓘ
Gordon Brown ⓘ
Nick Clegg ⓘ
mainOpponent Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
mediaNickname Cleggmania ⓘ
monarchDuringCampaign Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFeature first UK-wide televised leaders’ debates ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 650 ⓘ
partOf 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
positionContested House of Commons seats ⓘ
resultedIn Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government ⓘ
resultedInDeputyPrimeMinister Nick Clegg ⓘ
resultedInPrimeMinister David Cameron ⓘ
resultType hung parliament ⓘ
startTime 2010-04-06 ⓘ

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George Osborne → associatedWithEvent → 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign ⓘ
Penny Mordaunt → electedIn → 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
2010 Labour Party leadership election → triggeredBy → 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
2005 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → implementedForElection → 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign