UK general election 2010

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United Kingdom general election

The UK general election 2010 was the nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a hung parliament and led to the formation of a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government under Prime Minister David Cameron.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
2010 United Kingdom general election	37
UK general election 2010 canonical	4
2010 United Kingdom general election debates	1
United Kingdom general election, 2010	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6059807 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UK general election 2010
Context triple: [Lancaster and Fleetwood, hasElections, UK general election 2010]

A. 2015 United Kingdom general election
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.
B. 2017 United Kingdom general election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was a snap parliamentary election that resulted in a hung parliament, weakened Theresa May’s Conservative government, and significantly boosted Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.
C. 2019 United Kingdom general election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a decisive Conservative Party victory under Boris Johnson, paving the way for the UK’s departure from the European Union.
D. 2024 United Kingdom general election
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote to elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, determining the composition and leadership of the UK government.
E. United Kingdom general elections
United Kingdom general elections are nationwide democratic contests in which voters choose Members of Parliament to form the government in the UK’s House of Commons.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UK general election 2010
Target entity description: The UK general election 2010 was the nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a hung parliament and led to the formation of a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government under Prime Minister David Cameron.

A. 2015 United Kingdom general election
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.
B. 2017 United Kingdom general election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was a snap parliamentary election that resulted in a hung parliament, weakened Theresa May’s Conservative government, and significantly boosted Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.
C. 2019 United Kingdom general election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a decisive Conservative Party victory under Boris Johnson, paving the way for the UK’s departure from the European Union.
D. 2024 United Kingdom general election
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote to elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, determining the composition and leadership of the UK government.
E. United Kingdom general elections
United Kingdom general elections are nationwide democratic contests in which voters choose Members of Parliament to form the government in the UK’s House of Commons.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom general election ⓘ
campaignIssue	Iraq War ⓘ deficit reduction ⓘ economy ⓘ political expenses scandal ⓘ public spending cuts ⓘ
conservativeLeader	David Cameron ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare	36.1% ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon	306 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
endDate	2010-05-06 ⓘ
governmentFormed	Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government ⓘ
introducedFeature	UK-wide televised leaders' debates ⓘ
juniorCoalitionPartner	Liberal Democrats ⓘ
labourLeader	Gordon Brown ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare	29.0% ⓘ
labourSeatsWon	258 ⓘ
largestPartyAfterElection	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
leadingPartyInGovernment	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
legalBasis	Representation of the People Act 1983 ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons ⓘ linked to: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
libDemLeader	Nick Clegg ⓘ
libDemPopularVoteShare	23.0% ⓘ
libDemSeatsWon	57 ⓘ
mainElectoralContenders	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ Labour Party (UK) ⓘ Liberal Democrats ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAfterElection	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime	Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection	UK general election 2015 ⓘ
notableOutcome	end of 13 years of Labour government ⓘ formation of first UK coalition government since 1945 at Westminster ⓘ
oversightBody	Electoral Commission (United Kingdom) ⓘ linked to: UK Electoral Commission
parliamentNumber	55th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousElection	UK general election 2005 ⓘ linked to: 2005 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterAfterElection	David Cameron ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection	Gordon Brown ⓘ
regionExcluded	Speaker's constituency (non-contested by major parties by convention) ⓘ
result	hung parliament ⓘ
scope	nationwide ⓘ
seatsForElection	650 ⓘ
secondLargestPartyAfterElection	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate	2010-05-06 ⓘ
televisedDebateParticipant	David Cameron ⓘ Gordon Brown ⓘ Nick Clegg ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyAfterElection	Liberal Democrats ⓘ
typeOfElection	general election ⓘ
voterTurnout	65.1% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPrevious	+4.0 percentage points ⓘ

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