General Election 2015 results mapped: Who’s won where and by how much May 8, 2015 All 650 constituencies are in and the results of the General Election 2015 are confirmed – and it's been a tumultuous night, with the Conservatives gaining an unexpected majority with 331 seats (when the Speaker's is counted) against Labour's 232. The Scottish National Party has taken 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in a landslide victory, destroying [...]
General Election 2015 results: Why first past the post has killed Ukip May 8, 2015 The Conservative party may have won a majority with 330 seats but it isn’t ‘paying’ the same number of votes for a seat. The Tories got 11.3m votes and 329 seats, while Ukip got one seat for 3.9m votes. That means Ukip paid 112 times the number of votes per seat than the Conservatives did and [...]
General Election 2015 results map: How many seats did the SNP win in Scotland and what’s changed since 2005? Only Edinburgh South sticks with Labour May 8, 2015 Hyperbole is rarely far away in politicians' speeches during a General Election, yet it was hard to argue too much with Nicola Sturgeon's insistence that "the tectonic plates of Scottish politics shifted" following last night's result. Labour and the Liberal Democrats have almost been wiped off the map with the two parties losing 40 and [...]
General Election 2015: Pollsters were one of the biggest losers May 8, 2015 Britain was in disbelief last night after an exit poll suggested the Tories were just shy of a majority with 316 seats, defying months of polls suggesting we were on the edge of what would be the closest election in living memory. Until this point we'd been told the two mains parties – the Tories [...]
General Election 2015 results: Meet Mhairi Black, Westminster’s youngest MP who just beat Douglas Alexander in Paisley and South Renfrewshire May 8, 2015 When parliament reconvenes next month it will welcome its youngest MP since the 1600s; 20-year-old Mhairi Black who spectacularly unseated shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander in the Paisley and South Renfrewshire constituency. She is officially the youngest lawmaker in 348 years. Despite the fact that Black is yet to graduate from her politics degree at Glasgow [...]
General Election 2015 results: Cameron claims victory while Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage resign after dramatic day in British politics May 8, 2015 David Cameron has claimed victory in the General Election while Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage quit as leaders of their respective parties in one of the most dramatic days in British political history. Cameron has swept to a surprise victory and will form a majority government. Miliband has stood down as leader of [...]
General Election 2015 results: Who will be the next Labour leader? Runners and riders – Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Chuka Umunna May 8, 2015 It's official. Labour leader Ed Miliband is on his way out. It follows the Labour party's awful performance in this year's general election where they lost a total of 26 seats, and the decline came as the SNP swept to victory in Scotland clinching a total of 56 seats. The shock outcome will now see the [...]
General Election 2015 results: Which party leaders have resigned? Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg all step down May 8, 2015 The shock election result threatens to topple up to four party leaders, as three have already stepped down today. Labour leader Ed Miliband resigned saying his deputy Harriet Harman will step in until a successor is appointed. "I will never give up on fighting for the Britain that I believe in," he while urging supporters [...]
General Election 2015: Ed Miliband stands down as Labour leader after disastrous defeat by Cameron’s Conservative majority May 8, 2015 Ed Miliband has stepped down as leader of the Labour party after a crushing defeat by David Cameron who will be returned to Number 10 on what is an unexpected Conservative majority. "I take absolute and total responsibility for today's defeat," Miliband said, revealing he had earlier called Cameron to congratulate him on the win. [...]
General Election 2015: Nick Clegg resigns as Lib Dem leader after bloodbath results leave him with Sheffield Hallam vote but little else May 8, 2015 Nick Clegg has resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats after a bloodbath night for the former coalition partner party. Clegg managed to hold on to his Sheffield Hallam seat as election night unfolded, but the Lib Dems are left with just eight constituencies as high ranking former ministers were turfed out by voters. Clegg held [...]