The UK general election 2010 results are in. Below is a table of results for all political parties that gained at least one parliamentary constituency.
What a complete surprise that the Liberal Democrat rise in the polls did not equate even to a significant increase in the share of the popular vote and actually resulted in a 5 seats loss!
General Election 2010 Results
| Political Party | MPs | + | – | Net | Total Votes | % | Swing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 306 | 100 | 3 | +97 | 10,706,647 | 36.1 | +3.8 | |
| Labour Party | 258 | 3 | 94 | -91 | 8,604,358 | 29.0 | -6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat Party | 57 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 6,827,938 | 23.0 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 917,832 | 3.1 | +0.9 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 563,743 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491,386 | 1.7 | +0.1 | |
| Green Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 285,616 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
| Sinn Féin Party | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,942 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 168,216 | 0.6 | -0.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru Party | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 165,394 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110,970 | 0.4 | -0.1 | |
| Conservatives and Unionists | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 102,361 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
| Alliance Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 42,762 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Respect Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 33,251 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Independent – Sylvia Hermon | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 21,181 | 0.1 | na | |
| Health Concern Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16,150 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Blaenau Gwent People’s Voice | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6,458 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |
| Other Parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247,711 | 1.2 | – |
There was a 65.1% turnout with 29,653,638 votes cast.
Above are all the parties that have MPs or lost MPs, plus UKIP and the BNP due to their interest.
Will a Hung Parliament Lead to a Coalition Government?
So we are in hung parliament territory with the Conservative party 20 MPs short of the magic 326 seats outright majority government. The keys to number 10 Downing Street so close, but yet so far away :-)
Since Sinn Féin never takes it’s seats in the UK parliament (refuse to swear allegiance to the Queen) it can be argued the magic number is half of 645 seats or 323 seats.
There’s also one constituency still to be decided via a by-election because one of the main parties candidates died after the general election was called.
Will the Conservatives just 17 seats short of forming a majority government try to form a coalition government with the Lib Dems (giving them a clear majority), form a coalition government with some of the other 23 MPs from the various slammer parties (highly unlikely, but you never know) or form a minority government and make deals with the Lib Dems (and/or others) to not vote against the minority Conservative government on important policy matters??
Or maybe Labour will pull together a rag tag coalition between them, the Lib Dems and some of the smaller parties in an attempt to form a majority government?
A Labour/Lib Dem coalition gives them 315 MPs, just 8 MPs short of forming a majority government (if we discount Sinn Féin of course). Labour can count on the 3 MPs from the SDLP leaving a potential multi-party coalition government 5 MPs short, maybe the 6 SNP MPs will be part of the new coalition government bringing us past the magic 323 seats to form a government?
And what about our 1st ever Green MP, Caroline Lucas (well done Greens, 1st ever Green MP anywhere in the world elected in a first past the post electoral voting system!), could we see Caroline Lucas as Climate Change minister in a multi-party coalition, who knows :-)
What an interesting week awaits us!
There was a 65.1% turnout with a total 29,653,638 votes cast, in the election on the 6th May
The Conservative Party only managed to poll 10,706,647 of those votes
So 18,946,991 people voted for other parties, so the Conservatives only have the support of the about the third of the electorate
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The total of all the votes cast in support of parties other than the Consevertives
was 18,946,991 ,
A rejection of Cameron`s manifesto by about two out of every three electors
re -Peter Jones…
In that vain of thought… 71% of the voters rejected Labour (Lie-bore) and 77% rejected the Lib Dems… so I guess that makes the Tories “the least rejected!!!
where have you been to think that labour has done a good job? anything they done was on borrowed money which we cant afford. someone needs to get the books balanced and you want to trust the morons that put us in this position.
Labour party= undignified granny sellers
i think you people are forgetting what the labour party has acheived in the last 13 years. all these benefits, these child tax credits that you take for granted were not backed and were opposed by a tory opposition. so dont start complaining if the tories cutur benefits.
I think you forget that much of the excessive spending under the labour government (including your benefits) contributed to the absolutely appauling state of our country’s finances.
I believe that your statement about Caroline Lucas beng the first Green MP anywhere in the world under a 1st past the post system is incorrect. It’s certain that in France there has been at least one that I can name; being Noel Mamère, MP for Bègles (sub-division of Bordeaux).
I believe that there have been and are other Green MP’s
in France although I can’t name them with 100% certainty at this moment.
NB In France there is a second round between the 1st and 2nd places if an outright majority is not attained in the 1st round. (they call the rounds “tours”).
SO – Essentially the system is 1st past the post.
What’s more, I believe (although it might be worth checking out) That Noël Mamère doesn’t normally need a second round to keep his seat.
YES it’s even a safe seat!
Although I urge you to maybe double chack on the finer details of this comment.
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PS My sincerest congratulations to Caroline all the same.
I was watching the news (BBC news) and one of the presenters made the point during election night.
It’s not one of those statistics that’s easy to confirm.
If you are right “don’t believe everything you hear on the news” :-)
David
Hello,
Thanks for the results spreadsheet, clearly set out. However, you seem to have dealt with the rounding errors in the percentage calculations simply by increasing the last number to make the total up to 100%! That’s really not very good maths! It would have been better to have just left the errors in and put a note at the bottom, surely? Best Wishes,
Rebecca.
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Further to my previous comment, your total of votes cast, given below the table, does not match the total of the “total votes” column. I think that the errors have crept in there. Can you explain please? Thanks, Rebecca.
I got the figures online (multiple sources are using the same numbers), removed the parties that didn’t achieve 1 MP in 2005 or 2010 and left in those that lost all their MPs this time and left the BNP and UKIP in (even though they’ve never had MPs) because they are of interest to the public.
So the list only shows parties that in 2005 and 2010 have or have had some power (at least 1 MP) plus UKIP and the BNP.
The parties that gained no MPs that I didn’t add to the list I totalled their votes together as others.
I didn’t calculate the % (other than the other parties value), but I found the same % from multiple sources. When I get some time I’ll check them by confirming all the numbers and then working out the %s myself.
Thanks for letting me know of a possible problem. I have to admit I’m a little anal retentive when it comes to statistics and maths and would hate to have the wrong numbers!
David
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I’ve checked the general election results %s and there’s nothing wrong with them.
They are all rounded to 1 decimal place and are 100% accurate.
If we needed more accurate results we’d go with 2 or more decimal places, but what’s the point?
The only issue with having 1 decimal place instead of 2 (or more) is for the Blaenau Gwent People’s Voice party that gained 0.02% of the vote which when rounded to 1 decimal place = 0.0%.
David
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We all know that this whole voting system is rigged, and why are the british people so stupid to vote for the LIB LAB and CON parties.