United Kingdom general election, 2010 (London)

United Kingdom general election, 2010^[1]

6 May 2010

All 73 London seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 18 December 2007 Last election 44 Seats 22 Seats 7 Seats Seats before 44 21 7 Seats won 38 28 7 Seat change 6 7 ±0 Popular vote 1,245,637 1,174,568 751,561 Percentage 36.6% 34.5% 22.1% Swing 2.3% 2.6% 0.2%

Prime Minister before election Gordon Brown Labour Subsequent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

These are the results in Greater London of the United Kingdom general election, 2010. The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010 and all three main UK parties saw success in different parts of the city. For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

In contrast to the overall result in the United Kingdom, and particularly England, Labour came first in London in terms of votes and seats. Labour's vote and seat share declined for the third consecutive election. However, they still won an absolute majority of seats (52%).

Overall result

Party		MPs	+/-	Seats Contested	Votes	%	+/- %
	Labour Party	38	-6	73	1,245,637	36.6%	-2.3%
	Conservative Party	28	+7	73	1,174,568	34.5%	+2.6%
	Liberal Democrats	7		73	751,561	22.1%	+0.2%
	United Kingdom Independence Party				59,452	1.7%	+0.3%
	Green				54,316	1.6%	-1.1%
	British National Party				52,095	1.5%	+0.9
	Respect Party		-1		17,368	0.5%	-0.9
	English Democrats				9,076	0.3%	+0.2%

Seats changing hands

Brent Central is regarded here as a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour due to the seat having a notional Labour majority before the 2010 election, following boundary changes; Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat member for the abolished Brent East seat, successfully stood in Brent Central and remained an MP.

Seat	2005 election		2010 election
Battersea		Labour		Conservative gain
Bethnal Green and Bow		Respect		Labour gain
Brent Central		Labour		Liberal Democrat gain
Brentford and Isleworth		Labour		Conservative gain
Croydon Central		Labour		Conservative gain
Ealing Central and Acton		Labour		Conservative gain
Harrow East		Labour		Conservative gain
Hendon		Labour		Conservative gain
Richmond Park		Liberal Democrat		Conservative gain

1. Election 2010 United Kingdom – National Results BBC News