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

Election Winner
Labour
30.5 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
10
+2 compared to 2010
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Final Official Results of the UK Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. UK Parliamentary Election Results, 7 May 2015

Lab
30.5
UKIP
12.7
Lib
7.9
SNP
4.7
Greens
3.8
DUP
0.6
SF
0.6
PC
0.6
UUP
0.4
SDLP
0.3
Other
37.9
Government cannot remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 1.2% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the UK Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed the UK After the Election

Election Day 07/05/2015 Cameron II 08/05/2015 – 13/07/2016 May I 13/07/2016 – 11/06/2017

Cameron II

 8 May 2015 – 13 July 2016 · 1 year 2 months

May I

 13 July 2016 – 11 June 2017 · 10 months 29 days
All Elections
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Labour 30.5 % – 232 –
Right UKIP 12.7 % – 1 –
Liberal Liberal Party 7.9 % – 8 –
Regional Scottish National Party 4.7 % – 56 –
Environment & Climate Green Party 3.8 % – 1 –
Centre-Right Democratic Unionist Party 0.6 % – 8 –
Regional Sinn Féin 0.6 % – 4 –
Regional Plaid Cymru 0.6 % – 3 –
Centre-Right Ulster Unionist Party 0.4 % – 2 –
Regional Social Democratic and Labour Party 0.3 % – 3 –
Unknown Other Parties 37.9 % – 332 –

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