2010 General election results summary
- Majority – None
- PM David Cameron
- Held on 6th May
- Electorate – 45,597,461
- Turnout – 65.1%
- Election spending
- Leader’s TV debates
Chart: Seats won in the 2010 general election
2010 General Election Results Summary
| Party | Seats | Gain | Loss | Net | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 306 | 100 | 4 | +96 | 10,703,744 | 36.1 | +3.7 |
| Labour | 258 | 4 | 94 | -90 | 8,606,518 | 29.0 | -6.2 |
| Liberal Democrat | 57 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 6,836,198 | 23.0 | +1.0 |
| Democratic Unionist | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 168,216 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Scottish National | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491,386 | 1.7 | +0.2 |
| Sinn Fein | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,942 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 165,394 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110,970 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 284,923 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 42,762 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 220,921 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,860 | 0.1 | 0.0 |