No single party won an overall majority at the 2010 General Election, for the first time in the UK since February 1974. The Conservatives won the most seats, 306, a net change of 96 compared with notional 2005 general election results. Labour were down by 90 seats, leaving them with 258, while the Liberal Democrat total of 57 was five fewer than 2005. General Election 2010 provides detailed analysis of the results of the 2010 General Election. The data for votes cast and electorates agree with the official results published by the Electoral Commission. This Research Paper replaces the analysis published on 8 July 2010 which used provisional data.
General Election 2010
Commons Briefing paper by Richard Cracknell, Feargal McGuinness and Chris Rhodes.
It was first published on Wednesday, 27 July 2011.
It was last updated on Friday, 27 September 2024.
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Reference
RP10-36
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Yes
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2024-09-27 08:57:42 +0100
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