General Election In this feature results Conservative majority The silent majority In the wake of the most hyped General Election for a generation, we present the results from 7 May, when the Conservatives unexpectedly stormed ahead to form a slim majority government SOURCE: WWW.BBC.CO.UK/NEWS/ELECTION/2015/RESULTS 331 Click circles to read more seats secured, giving Prime Minister David Cameron a slim majority 11,334,576 people voted for the Conservatives, giving the 36.9% party a share of the vote 0 seats were lost 56 CONSERVATIVE PARTY SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY seats were secured 1,454,436 people voted for the SNP, enabling the party to virtually wipe out Labour in Scotland 4.7% UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY share of vote secured 50 seat was won seat was gained seats were gained seats were lost 1,157,613 people voted for the Greens, giving 3,881,099 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS the party a people voted for the Liberal Democrats, giving the party a 7.9% share of 0 3.8% share of the vote people voted for UKIP giving the party a 2,415,862 0 11 1 1 seats were gained 35 12.6% share of the vote 1 seats were lost seat was won the vote 8 seats were gained 49 0 GREEN PARTY seats were secured seats were gained 0 seats were lost seats were lost, decimating the party 22 seats were gained LABOUR PARTY 232 seats secured 326 9,347,304 were needed to form a majority government people voted for the Labour Party, which was 30.4% of the ballot 181,704 48 seats were lost Published Thursday 28 May, 2015 people voted for Plaid Cymru, giving the party a 0.6% share of the vote PLAID CYMRU 0 seats were lost To share this page, in the toolbar click on 3 seats were won 0 seats were gained You might also like Climbing the debt mountain May 2015