2010 General Election

6 May 2010 · New Labour · 650 seats

The expenses-scandal election and the first with televised leaders' debates produced the first hung parliament since 1974. Cameron and Clegg formed the first full coalition government since the war.

Prime Minister before

Gordon Brown

Labour

Prime Minister after

David Cameron

Conservative

Government formed

Coalition

majority of 77

Turnout

65.1%

electorate 45,597,461

The result

Conservative
David Cameron · 36.1%
306
seats
Labour
Gordon Brown · 29.0%
258
seats
Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg · 23.0%
57
seats

29 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.

Turnout by nation

England

65.5%

Wales

64.8%

Scotland

63.8%

N. Ireland

57.6%

United Kingdom

65.1%

The government it made

The Conservatives were the largest party following the 2010 election but did not have a majority. A coalition government was formed with the Liberal Democrats.

The result by constituency

All 650 constituencies on the 2010-2017 boundaries, from the House of Commons Library dataset. Search, filter by country or region, and click any column heading to sort.

Highest turnout

77.3%

East Renfrewshire, Scotland

Lowest turnout

44.3%

Manchester Central, North West

Biggest single-party share

72.0%

Labour, Liverpool Walton

Tightest main-family margin

0.1 pts

Hampstead & Kilburn, London

South East
Conservative 49.3% · most votes in 74Liberal / Lib Dem 26.2% · most votes in 4Labour 16.2% · most votes in 4Other 8.2% · most votes in 2
84
seats · turnout 68.2%
North West
Conservative 31.7% · most votes in 22Liberal / Lib Dem 21.6% · most votes in 6Labour 39.4% · most votes in 47Other 7.2%
75
seats · turnout 62.3%
London
Conservative 34.5% · most votes in 28Liberal / Lib Dem 22.1% · most votes in 7Labour 36.6% · most votes in 38Other 6.7%
73
seats · turnout 64.5%
West Midlands
Conservative 39.5% · most votes in 33Liberal / Lib Dem 20.5% · most votes in 2Labour 30.6% · most votes in 24Other 9.4%
59
seats · turnout 64.7%
Scotland
Conservative 16.7% · most votes in 1Liberal / Lib Dem 18.9% · most votes in 11Labour 42.0% · most votes in 41SNP / Plaid Cymru 19.9% · most votes in 6Other 2.5%
59
seats · turnout 63.8%
East of England
Conservative 47.1% · most votes in 52Liberal / Lib Dem 24.1% · most votes in 4Labour 19.6% · most votes in 2Other 9.2%
58
seats · turnout 67.6%
South West
Conservative 42.8% · most votes in 36Liberal / Lib Dem 34.7% · most votes in 15Labour 15.4% · most votes in 4Other 7.1%
55
seats · turnout 69.0%
Yorkshire and the Humber
Conservative 32.8% · most votes in 19Liberal / Lib Dem 22.9% · most votes in 3Labour 34.4% · most votes in 32Other 9.9%
54
seats · turnout 62.9%
East Midlands
Conservative 41.2% · most votes in 31Liberal / Lib Dem 20.8%Labour 29.8% · most votes in 15Other 8.2%
46
seats · turnout 66.8%
Wales
Conservative 26.1% · most votes in 8Liberal / Lib Dem 20.1% · most votes in 3Labour 36.2% · most votes in 26SNP / Plaid Cymru 11.3% · most votes in 3Other 6.3%
40
seats · turnout 64.8%
North East
Conservative 23.7% · most votes in 2Liberal / Lib Dem 23.6% · most votes in 2Labour 43.6% · most votes in 25Other 9.1%
29
seats · turnout 61.1%
Northern Ireland
Other 100.0% · most votes in 18
18
seats · turnout 57.6%
650 of 650 constituencies
Aberavon
Labour
51.9%
Aberconwy
Conservative
35.8%
Aberdeen North
Labour
44.4%
Aberdeen South
Labour
36.5%
Airdrie & Shotts
Labour
58.2%
Aldershot
Conservative
46.7%
Aldridge-Brownhills
Conservative
59.3%
Altrincham & Sale West
Conservative
48.9%
Alyn & Deeside
Labour
39.6%
Amber Valley
Conservative
38.6%
Angus
SNP / Plaid Cymru
39.6%
Arfon
SNP / Plaid Cymru
36.0%

The dataset groups candidates into five party families: Conservative (including Ulster Unionists before February 1974), the Liberal family (Liberal, SDP–Liberal Alliance, Liberal Democrats), Labour, SNP and Plaid Cymru, and all others combined. “Most votes” marks the family with the largest vote in each constituency, not necessarily the seat's winner: the Other column aggregates many parties.