The A-Z of the 2015 General Election night: What time do polling stations open, how to find your nearest one, and when results come out May 7, 2015 If you're wondering what time the polling stations open, to how you can you find out which one they need to go to, to how long you'll have to stay up if you want to watch the results as they come out. From absentee ballots to voters who choose "zero", here's our quick A-Z guide of [...]
Where are the most marginal seats in the 2015 General Election? The closest constituencies mapped May 7, 2015 The 2015 General Election has been consistently described as one of the closest we've ever seen, with polls showing Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck with the public set to head to the polls today. With the situation so delicately poised, voters in the highlighted constituencies on the map above could hold the key [...]
General Election gridlock: Tories and Labour insist on majority but polls reveal outcome too close to call May 6, 2015 Cameron says Brits can still vote for a stable government Miliband insists he won’t need the support of the SNP Yet a new coalition is inevitable, say the Lib Dems Senior Conservative and Labour party figures insist that they can win an outright majority in today’s General Election, but a flurry of last-minute [...]
General Election 2015: What our business leaders want from the next government May 6, 2015 City leaders want the next government to back new businesses in a big way, supporting start-ups and promoting financial education in schools, according to a survey by City A.M. For the last three weeks, City A.M. has asked leaders of FTSE 100 companies and Tech City start-ups alike what policies would entice them to [...]
2015 General Election Q&A: What happens if there’s a hung parliament? May 6, 2015 Q What is a hung parliament? A When no single party secures a majority of seats in the House of Commons, it is described as a hung parliament. Q How likely is it that today’s General Election will result in a hung parliament? A A total of 650 seats are up for grabs, so [...]
General Election 2015: After six weeks party leaders in final sprint to finish line May 6, 2015 Political party leaders took their battle-buses on gruelling final legs of their campaign tours last night, travelling across the country. Prime Minister David Cameron has taken part in a 36-hour tour of the country, which included Wales, Scotland, London and Devon. In the course of his travels he visited road building schemes, as well as [...]
General Election 2015: Five days in May that changed UK politics May 6, 2015 With the polls tight, Charlotte Henry looks at the process that brought about Britain’s first peacetime coalition government in May 2010 7 MAY 2010 Britain has a hung parliament. Nick Clegg appears outside his party’s headquarters, reiterating that his party will talk to the largest party, the Tories, first. David Cameron makes a [...]
10 seats to watch after the vote: From marginals to bellwethers, these are the contests to follow as the General Election results roll in May 6, 2015 KINGSTON AND SURBITON LIBERAL DEMOCRAT (2010) Energy minister Ed Davey is defending his seat in this southwest London constituency. In 2010, Davey took half of the votes, with the Conservatives coming in second with 37 per cent. This time around, the Tories are targeting the seat, hoping to win with support from voters opposing [...]
Watch: How election night (and the next morning) will unfold as constituencies declare across the country – from the first seat in Sunderland South to the last in St Ives May 6, 2015 It feels like everything has been building up to the one day when the country casts its vote. However, the crucial part of the General Election comes slightly later after votes have been cast, when each of the UK's 650 constituencies declares the much-anticipated result. As ballots are counted, checks made and rules followed, the announcements [...]
General Election 2015: Final polls put Labour and Conservatives neck and neck May 6, 2015 After weeks of claims and counter-claims, of campaigns and counter-campaigns, of polls and counter-polls, it's here: the day the final opinion polls are published. Alas, not much has changed: in an ICM poll for The Guardian published this afternoon, the Conservatives and Labour were neck and neck, with 35 per cent of the vote – although [...]