2015 General Election Results

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Doug Cowan, Head of Digital

Posted on the 19th July 2015

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Votes for the two largest parties came to just 67.3% combined, with 36.9% of the electorate voting Conservative and 30.4% voting Labour. The number of votes cast for parties other than the Conservatives, Labour or Liberal Democrats on the other hand, rose to its highest ever level (24.8%) – nearly a quarter of the votes cast (up from 11.9% in 2010).

Over ten million people voted for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), the Scottish National Party (SNP), the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and other smaller parties – a third of all votes cast. Yet whilst the SNP managed to translate support into electoral success, elsewhere these votes have little weight in a system designed to favour the two largest parties.

PartyVote %Vote Change %SeatsSeats ChangeSeats %
Conservatives36.9%+0.8%331+2450.9%
Labour30.4%+1.4%232-2635.7%
UKIP12.6%+9.5%1+10.2%
Liberal Democrats7.9%-15.2%8-491.2%
SNP4.7%+3.1%56+508.6%
Green Party3.8%+2.8%1–0.2%
DUP0.6%–8–1.2%
Plaid Cymru0.6%–3–0.5%
Sinn Fein0.6%–4-10.6%
Ulster Unionist Party0.4%–2+20.3%
SDLP0.3%–3–0.4%
Others1.2%n/an/an/an/a
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