2010 United Kingdom general election in England

These are the results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in England. The election was held on 6 May 2010 and all 533 seats in England were contested. The Conservative Party achieved a complete majority of English seats, but fared less well in Scotland and Wales, so a coalition government was subsequently formed between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

2010 United Kingdom general election in England
6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)
All 533 English seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 6 December 2005 24 June 2007 18 December 2007
Last election 198 seats, 35.7% 285 seats, 35.4% 47 seats, 22.9%
Seats before 206† 278† 47†
Seats won 297* 191 43
Seat change 91† 87† 4†
Popular vote 9,908,169 7,042,398 6,076,189
Percentage 39.5% 28.1% 24.2%
Swing 3.8% 7.4% 1.3%
A map of English parliamentary constituencies
*Seat figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.
†Owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional.
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