2015 United Kingdom general election

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The 2015 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote in which David Cameron’s Conservative Party won a surprise overall majority, leading to the formation of a single-party Conservative government.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignIssue European Union membership ⓘ
NHS funding ⓘ
Scottish independence ⓘ
austerity ⓘ
deficit reduction ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 7 May 2015 ⓘ
electedPrimeMinister David Cameron ⓘ
electionDate 7 May 2015 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary ⓘ
fifthPlacePartyByVotes Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democrats
fourthPlacePartyByVotes UK Independence Party ⓘ
heldOnSameDayAs 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland constituencies ⓘ
2015 local elections in England ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainConservativeLeader David Cameron ⓘ
mainDUPLeader Peter Robinson ⓘ
mainGreenPartyLeader Natalie Bennett ⓘ
mainLabourLeader Ed Miliband ⓘ
mainLiberalDemocratLeader Nick Clegg ⓘ
mainPlaidCymruLeader Leanne Wood ⓘ
mainSinnFeinLeaderInWestminsterCampaign Gerry Adams ⓘ
mainSNPLeader Nicola Sturgeon ⓘ
mainUKIPLeader Nigel Farage ⓘ
monarchDuringElection Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableOutcome Conservative Party won overall majority ⓘ
Liberal Democrats suffered heavy seat losses ⓘ
Scottish National Party made major gains in Scotland ⓘ
UK Independence Party won one seat despite high vote share ⓘ
end of Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 650 ⓘ
parliamentElected 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf UK general elections ⓘ
previousCoalitionParties Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democrats
previousElection 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
previousGovernmentType coalition government ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection David Cameron ⓘ
regionCovered England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
resultingGovernmentHead David Cameron ⓘ
resultingGovernmentType single-party majority government ⓘ
secondPlaceParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Scottish National Party ⓘ
triggeredEvent 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPreviousPercentagePoints +0.9 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 66.1 ⓘ
winningParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ

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2016 Witney by-election → predecessorElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → reasonForEnd → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 → firstGeneralElectionHeldUnderAct → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2010 United Kingdom general election campaign → followedBy → 2015 United Kingdom general election campaign ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
UK Parliament 2015–2017 → election → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
John Pugh → reElectedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → electoralEvent → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Second Cameron ministry → election → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Danny Alexander → participatedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Witham (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election in Witham ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Crispin Blunt → reElectedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Callum McCaig → election → United Kingdom general election, 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Dennis Skinner → electedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Maidstone and The Weald → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2016 Conservative Party leadership election → follows → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
First May ministry → election → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
The Vote → associatedEvent → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Victoria Prentis → election → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: 56th Parliament
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededByElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: 56th Parliament
Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency) → usedInElection → United Kingdom general election, 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Jo Stevens → participatedIn → UK general election 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Theresa Villiers → participatedIn → UK general election 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Paul Scully → electionContested → UK general election 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Tamsin Omond → stoodForElection → UK general election 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Leeds Central → hasElection → UK general election 2015 ⓘ
linked to: 2015 United Kingdom general election
Martin Vickers → re-electedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Suella Braverman → electedIn → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Braverman
Eddisbury → hasElection → 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ