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United Kingdom UK Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
Labour
29.0 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
8
±0 compared to 2005
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Final Official Results of the UK Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. UK Parliamentary Election Results, 6 May 2010

Lab
29.0
Lib
23.0
UKIP
3.1
BNP
1.9
SNP
1.7
Greens
1.0
DUP
0.6
SF
0.6
PC
0.6
SDLP
0.4
Other
38.1
Government cannot remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 39.7% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the UK Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed the UK After the Election

Election Day 06/05/2010 Cameron I 11/05/2010 – 08/05/2015

Cameron I

 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015 · 4 years 11 months
57 of 650 seats
All Elections
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Labour 29.0 % – 258 –
Liberal Liberal Party 23.0 % – 57 –
Right UKIP 3.1 % – 0 –
Far-Right British National Party 1.9 % – 0 –
Regional Scottish National Party 1.7 % – 6 –
Environment & Climate Green Party 1.0 % – 1 –
Centre-Right Democratic Unionist Party 0.6 % – 8 –
Regional Sinn Féin 0.6 % – 5 –
Regional Plaid Cymru 0.6 % – 3 –
Regional Social Democratic and Labour Party 0.4 % – 3 –
Unknown Other Parties 38.1 % – 309 –

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