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UK Polling History: Election of 6 May 2010

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Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat
DUP SNP Sinn
Fein
Plaid
Cymru
Other SDLP Green Alliance
(NI)
UKIP Ulster
Unionist
Total seats 306 258 57 8 6 4 3 3 3 1 1
Total votes 10,703,654 8,606,517 6,836,248 168,216 491,386 171,942 165,394 1,083,071 110,970 285,612 42,762 919,471 102,361
Seats gained +81 -76 -4 -1 -1 -1 -1 +1 -1
Votes gained +1,485,902 -768,214 +691,051 -48,260 +70,217 +294 -10,820 -283,232 -14,656 -4,359 -19,597 +11,146 -16,184
Share of votes 36.1% 29.0% 23.0% 0.6% 1.7% 0.6% 0.6% 3.6% 0.4% 1.0% 0.1% 3.1% 0.3%
Share of eligible voters 23.5% 18.9% 15.0% 0.4% 1.1% 0.4% 0.4% 2.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 2.0% 0.2%
Gain in share of votes +3.3% -5.7% +1.5% -0.4% -0.1% -0.1% -0.1% -1.7% -0.1% +0.9% +3.1% -0.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters +3.3% -2.5% +1.8% -0.2% +0.0% -0.1% -0.0% -0.9% -0.1% +0.6% +2.0% -0.1%
Total votes: 29,687,604
Electorate: 45,597,461
Turnout: 65.1%
Swing: 4.5% Conservative from Labour