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The following table shows final election results as reported by BBC News[1] and The Guardian.[2]
Political party | Leader | MPs | Votes | |||||||||||
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Candidates[3] | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change[b] (%) | ||||||
data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Conservative[c] | David Cameron | 647 | 330 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 50.8 | 11,299,609 | 36.8 | +0.7 | |||
style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Labour | Ed Miliband | 631 | 232 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 35.7 | 9,347,273 | 30.4 | +1.5 | |||
data-sort-value="UK Independence Party" Template:Meta color | UKIP | Nigel Farage | 624 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 3,881,099 | 12.6 | +9.5 | |||
data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" Template:Meta color | Liberal Democrats | Nick Clegg | 631 | 8 | 0 | 49 | −49 | 1.2 | 2,415,916 | 7.9 | −15.1 | |||
data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" Template:Meta color | SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 59 | 56 | 50 | 0 | +50 | 8.6 | 1,454,436 | 4.7 | +3.1 | |||
data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" Template:Meta color | Green Party of England and Wales | Natalie Bennett | 538 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,111,603 | 3.8 | +2.7 | |||
data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" Template:Meta color | DUP | Peter Robinson | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 184,260 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" Template:Meta color | Plaid Cymru | Leanne Wood | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 181,704 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" Template:Meta color | Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.6 | 176,232 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" Template:Meta color | UUP | Mike Nesbitt | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0.3 | 114,935 | 0.4 | —[d] | |||
data-sort-value="" Template:Meta color | Independent | — | 170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 101,897 | 0.3 | — | |||
data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" Template:Meta color | SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 99,809 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" Template:Meta color | Alliance | David Ford | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 61,556 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |||
data-sort-value="Scottish Greens" Template:Meta color | Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie / Maggie Chapman | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39,205 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition" Template:Meta color | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36,490 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |||
data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" Template:Meta color | Speaker | John Bercow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 34,617 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="National Health Action Party" Template:Meta color | NHA[e] | Richard Taylor & Clive Peedell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,999 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Traditional Unionist Voice" Template:Meta color | TUV | Jim Allister | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,538 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Respect Party" Template:Meta color | Respect | George Galloway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,989 | 0.0 | −0.1 | |||
data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" Template:Meta color | Green (NI) | Steven Agnew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,822 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
CISTA | Paul Birch | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,566 | 0.0 | New | ||||
data-sort-value="People Before Profit Alliance" Template:Meta color | People Before Profit | Collective | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,978 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Yorkshire First" Template:Meta color | Yorkshire First | Richard Carter | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,811 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="English Democrats" Template:Meta color | English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,531 | 0.0 | −0.2 | |||
data-sort-value="Mebyon Kernow" Template:Meta color | Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,675 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Lincolnshire Independents" Template:Meta color | Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,407 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)" Template:Meta color | Liberal | Steve Radford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,480 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Official Monster Raving Loony Party" Template:Meta color | Monster Raving Loony | Alan "Howling Laud" Hope | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,898 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Save Withybush Save Lives" Template:Meta color | Independent Save Withybush Save Lives | Chris Overton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,729 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Socialist Labour Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Christian Peoples Alliance" Template:Meta color | CPA | Sidney Cordle | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,260 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Christian Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Christian[f] | Jeff Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,205 | 0.0 | −0.1 | |||
data-sort-value="" Template:Meta color | No description[g] | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,012 | 0.0 | — | ||||
data-sort-value="Workers Party of Ireland" Template:Meta color | Workers' Party of Ireland | John Lowry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,724 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="North East Party" Template:Meta color | North East | Hilton Dawson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,138 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Poole People" Template:Meta color | Poole People | Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,766 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="British National Party" Template:Meta color | BNP | Adam Walker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,667 | 0.0 | −1.9 | |||
data-sort-value="Residents for Uttlesford" Template:Meta color | Residents for Uttlesford | John Lodge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,658 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Rochdale First Party" Template:Meta color | Rochdale First Party | Farooq Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,535 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Communist Party of Britain" Template:Meta color | Communist | Robert David Griffiths | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,229 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Pirate Party UK" Template:Meta color | Pirate | Laurence Kaye | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,130 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="National Front (UK)" Template:Meta color | National Front | Kevin Bryan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,114 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Communities United Party" Template:Meta color | Communities United | Kamran Malik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,102 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Reality Party" Template:Meta color | Reality | Mark "Bez" Berry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,029 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="The Southport Party" Template:Meta color | The Southport Party | David Cobham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 992 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="All People's Party" Template:Meta color | All People's Party | Prem Goyal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 981 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Peace Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Peace | John Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 957 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Bournemouth Independent Alliance" Template:Meta color | Bournemouth Independent Alliance | David Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 903 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Socialist Party of Great Britain" Template:Meta color | Socialist (GB) | Collective | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Scottish Socialist Party" Template:Meta color | Scottish Socialist | Executive Committee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 875 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Alliance for Green Socialism" Template:Meta color | Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 852 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Your Vote Could Save Our Hospital" Template:Meta color | Your Vote Could Save Our Hospital | Sandra Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 849 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Wigan Independents" Template:Meta color | Wigan Independents | Gareth Fairhurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 768 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Animal Welfare Party" Template:Meta color | Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 736 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Something New (political party)" Template:Meta color | Something New | James Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 695 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Consensus" Template:Meta color | Consensus | Helen Tyrer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="National Liberal Party (UK, 1999)" Template:Meta color | National Liberal | National Council | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 627 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Independents Against Social Injustice" Template:Meta color | Independents Against Social Injustice | Steve Walmsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 603 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Independence from Europe" Template:Meta color | Independence from Europe | Mike Nattrass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 578 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Whig Party (British political party)" Template:Meta color | Whig | Waleed Ghani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 561 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Guildford Greenbelt Group" Template:Meta color | Guildford Greenbelt Group | Susan Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 538 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Class War" Template:Meta color | Class War | Ian Bone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Above and Beyond" Template:Meta color | Above and Beyond | Mark Flanagan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 522 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Northern Party" Template:Meta color | Northern | Mark Dawson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 506 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)" Template:Meta color | Workers Revolutionary | Sheila Torrance | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 488 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
data-sort-value="Left Unity (UK)" Template:Meta color | Left Unity | Kate Hudson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 455 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="Liberty GB" Template:Meta color | Liberty GB | Paul Weston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 418 | 0.0 | New | |||
data-sort-value="People First" Template:Meta color | People First | Collective | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 0.0 | New | |||
Other parties[h] | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65,537 | 0.0 | — | |||||
Total | 3,921 | 650 | 30,697,525 |
- ^ 66 parties are grouped together as 'other parties'. None of those parties contested more than 2 constituencies, or gained more than 300 votes
- ^ This column shows the change in vote share percentage from the 2010 general election to the 2015 general election. It does not account for by-elections.
- ^ BBC News includes the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in the MP tally and the vote tally for the Conservatives. See About these results, BBC News (30 April 2015). In this table, however, the speaker (who usually does not vote in the Commons) is listed separately, and has been removed from the Conservative tally.
- ^ The UUP did not run itself in 2010; instead, it ran candidates under the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists banner.
- ^ BBC News lists the National Health Action Party together with Independent Community and Health Concern (formerly known as Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern), which is affiliated with the larger party, for a total of 20,210 votes. The Guardian lists each party separately. Health Concern received 7,211 of the votes attributed to the National Health Action Party.
- ^ The BBC groups together the votes under the Scottish Christian Party (1,467 votes); Christian Party (1,040 votes); and Christian (698 votes) labels, for a total of 3,205 votes. The Guardian lists these designations separately.
- ^ Candidates who do not specify a party or Independent are categorised as No description
- ^ 66 parties, none of which contested more than 2 constituencies, each with under 300 votes
- ^ "Election 2015 - Results". BBC News.
- ^ Osborn, Matt; Clarke, Sean; Franklin, Will; Straumann, Ralph. "UK 2015 general election results in full". The Guardian.
- ^ "Number of known 2015 candidates per party". Your Next MP. Retrieved 12 May 2015.