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^[1]

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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.

Main article: 2010 United Kingdom general election

Results table

Party^[2]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Conservative	297	95	4	91	55.7	9,908,169	39.5	3.8
	Labour	191	2	89	87	35.8	7,042,398	28.1	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	43	8	12	4	8.1	6,076,189	24.2	1.3
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	866,633	3.5	0.9
	BNP	0	0	0		—	532,333	2.1	1.3
	Green	1	0	0	1	0.2	258,954	1.0	0.1
	English Democrat	0	0	0		—	64,826	0.3	0.2
	Respect	0	0	0	1	—	33,251	0.1	0.2
	Speaker	1	1	0	1	0.2	22,860	0.1
	Health Concern	0	0	0	1	—	16,150	0.1
	Christian	0	0	0	0	—	15,841	0.1	N/A
	National Front	0	0	0	0	—	10,400	0.0
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	—	8,404	0.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	—	4,368	0.0
	Other parties	0	0	0	0	—	224,341	0.9
							25,085,097	65.5	4.5

Popular vote Conservative   39.5% Labour   28.1% Liberal Democrats   24.2% UKIP   3.5% BNP   2.1% Greens   1.0% Other   1.5%

Parliament seats Conservative   55.7% Labour   35.8% Liberal Democrats   8.1% Greens   0.2% Speaker   0.2%

Regional results

Regional vote shares and changes are sourced from the BBC.^[3]

East Midlands

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Conservative	31	12	-	+12	915,933	41.2	+4.1
	Labour	15	1	12	-11	661,813	29.8	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats	-	-	1	-1	462,988	20.8	+2.4
	UKIP	-	-	-	-	72,659	3.3	+0.6
	BNP	-	-	-	-	69,706	3.1	+2.6
	Others	-	-	-	-	41,044	1.8	—
Total		46		Turnout		2,224,143	66.5

East of England

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Conservative	52	10	-	+10	1,356,739	47.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	-	+1	692,932	24.1	+2.2
	Labour	2	-	11	-11	564,581	19.6	-10.2
	UKIP	-	-	-	−	123,237	4.3	+1.1
	Others	-	-	-	-	141,638	4.9	—
Total		58		Turnout		2,879,117	67.3

London

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Labour	38	1	7	-6	1,245,637	36.6	-2.3
	Conservative	28	7	-	+7	1,174,568	34.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	1	-	751,561	22.1	+0.2
	UKIP	-	-	-	−	59,452	1.7	+0.3
	Green	-	-	-	−	54,316	1.6	-1.1
	BNP	-	-	-	−	52,095	1.5	+0.9
	Respect	-	-	1	-1	17,368	0.5	-0.9
	Others	-	-	-	-	46,320	1.3	—
Total		73		Turnout		3,401,317	64.6

North East

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Labour	25	-	2	-2	518,261	43.6	-9.3
	Conservative	2	1	-	+1	282,347	23.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	-	+1	280,468	23.6	+0.2
	BNP	-	-	-	−	51,940	4.4	+3.5
	Others	-	-	-	-	56,907	4.7	—
Total		29		Turnout		1,189,923	60.9

North West

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Labour	47	-	13	-13	1,292,978	39.5	-5.6
	Conservative	22	12	-	+12	1,038,967	31.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	-	+1	707,770	21.6	+0.2
	UKIP	-	-	-	−	103,782	3.2	+1.2
	Others	-	-	-	-	132,733	4.0	—
Total		75		Turnout		3,276,230	63.6

South East

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Conservative	75	15	1	+14	2,140,895	49.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	3	-2	1,124,786	26.2	+0.8
	Labour	4	-	13	-13	697,567	16.2	-8.1
	Green	1	1	-	1	62,124	1.4	+0.1
	UKIP	-	-	-	-	177,269	4.1	+1.0
	Others	-	-	-	-	91,599	2.2	—
Total		84		Turnout		4,294,240	68.0

South West

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Conservative	36	12	1	+11	1,187,637	42.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	15	1	4	-3	962,954	34.7	+2.2
	Labour	4	-	8	-8	426,910	15.4	-7.4
	UKIP	-	-	-	-	123,975	4.5	+0.7
	Others	-	-	-	-	71,967	2.6	—
Total		55		Turnout		2,773,443	69.1

West Midlands

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Conservative	33	16	1	+15	1,044,081	39.5	+4.5
	Labour	24	-	14	-14	808,114	30.6	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	1	-	540,160	20.5	+1.9
	UKIP	-	-	-	−	105,685	4.0	+0.8
	BNP	-	-	-	-	73,394	2.8	+1.0
	Health Concern	-	-	1	-1	16,150	0.6	-0.2
	Others	-	-	-	-	52,881	2.1	—
Total		59		Turnout		2,640,465	64.6

Yorkshire and Humber

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	Labour	32	-	9	-9	821,368	34.7	-9.3
	Conservative	18	10	-	+10	769,895	32.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	2	-1	543,684	23.0	+2.2
	BNP	-	-	-	-	104,177	4.4	+1.6
	Others	-	-	-	-	129,153	5.4	—
Total		53		Turnout		2,368,277	63.2

See also

• 2010 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
• 2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
• 2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales

References

1. Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News
2. Election 2010 Results England BBC News
3. "Election 2010 - Results - United Kingdom - National Results". BBC.