United Kingdom general election, 2015 (London)

United Kingdom general election, 2015

7 May 2015

All 73 London seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ed Miliband David Cameron Nick Clegg Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Leader since 25 September 2010 6 December 2005 18 December 2007 Last election 38 Seats 28 Seats 7 Seats Seats before 38 28 7 Seats won 45 27 1 Seat change 7 1 6 Popular vote 1,545,080 1,233,386 272,544 Percentage 43.7% 34.9% 7.7% Swing 7.1% 0.4% 14.4%

Prime Minister before election David Cameron Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

The United Kingdom general election, 2015, was held on 7 May 2015 and all 73 seats in London were contested. In contrast to the results in the United Kingdom, and particularly England, Labour came first in the capital, and won 62% of seats. Labour achieved their best result in Greater London since 2001.

Results

Party		MPs	+/-	Seats Contested	Votes	%	+/- %
	Labour Party	45	+7	73	1,545,080	43.7%	+7.1%
	Conservative Party	27	-1	73	1,233,386	34.9%	+0.4%
	Liberal Democrats	1	-6	73	272,544	7.7%	-14.4%
	UKIP	0	0	73	286,946	8.1%	+6.4%
	Green	0	0		171,652	4.9%	+3.3%
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	0		8,179	0.2%
	Christian Peoples Alliance	0	0		2,488	0.1%
	Independent	0	0		2,341	0.1%

Seats changing hands

	Constituency	Winning party 2010		Swing required (%)	Result		Winner vote % increase (±%)
	Bermondsey and Old Southwark		Liberal Democrats	19.1		Labour gain	+13.8
	Brent Central		Liberal Democrats	3.0		Labour gain	+20.9
	Brentford and Isleworth		Conservative	3.6		Labour gain	+10.2
	Ealing Central and Acton		Conservative	7.9		Labour gain	+13.1
	Enfield North		Conservative	3.8		Labour gain	+5.2
	Hornsey and Wood Green		Liberal Democrats	12.5		Labour gain	+16.9
	Ilford North		Conservative	11.5		Labour gain	+9.6
	Kingston and Surbiton		Liberal Democrats	13.2		Conservative gain	+2.7
	Sutton and Cheam		Liberal Democrats	3.3		Conservative gain	−0.8
	Twickenham		Liberal Democrats	20.3		Conservative gain	+7.2

Target seats

Conservative Party

• Hampstead and Kilburn, Labour, 0.04%
• Sutton and Cheam, Liberal Democrats, 1.66%
• Eltham, Labour, 1.98%
• Tooting, Labour, 5.0%
• Westminster North, Labour, 5.4%
• Dagenham and Rainham, Labour 5.9%

Labour

• Hendon, Conservative, 0.12%
• Brent Central, Liberal Democrats, 1.48%
• Brentford and Isleworth, Conservative 1.82%
• Enfield North, Conservative, 3.8%
• Croydon Central, Conservative, 5.9%

Liberal Democrats

• Hampstead and Kilburn, Labour, 1.51%
• Streatham, Labour, 7.0%

Polling

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Con	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	Others	Lead
20–22 April 2015	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,032	32%	44%	10%	8%	5%	1%	12%
16 April 2015	Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate held on BBC One
2 April 2015	Seven-way Leaders' Debate on ITV
30 March 2015	Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign
26–30 Mar 2015	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,064	34%	45%	8%	8%	4%	1%	11%
20–26 Mar 2015	ICM/The Guardian	1,003	32%	42%	9%	7%	8%	1%	10%
26 March 2015	First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 4
20–24 Mar 2015	ComRes/ITV News	1,004	32%	46%	9%	8%	4%	1%	14%
27 Feb–2 Mar 2015	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,011	32%	44%	10%	7%	5%	<0.5%	12%
19–23 Feb 2015	YouGov/The Times	1,096	34%	42%	9%	8%	6%	<0.5%	8%
19–21 Jan 2015	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,034	32%	42%	10%	7%	8%	<0.5%	10%
15–18 Dec 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,385	33%	41%	9%	9%	6%	<0.5%	8%
8–13 Aug 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,200	34%	41%	9%	10%	3%	<0.5%	7%
21–24 Jul 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,350	35%	45%	8%	8%	4%	<0.5%	10%
17–19 Jun 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,115	35%	42%	10%	8%	4%	<0.5%	7%
6–8 May 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,422	31%	44%	10%	11%	2%	<0.5%	13%
29 April 2014	Survation	774	26%	42%	15%	12%	2%	<0.5%	16%
7–9 Apr 2014	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,209	34%	42%	11%	9%	3%	<0.5%	8%
8–10 Oct 2013	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,231	32%	45%	9%	10%	2%	2%	13%
20–25 Jun 2013	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,269	29%	48%	10%	9%	2%	3%	19%
24–30 Apr 2012	Opinium	736	33%	43%	6%	10%	7%	2%	10%
27–29 Apr 2012	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,231	31%	47%	8%	9%	3%	2%	16%
20–22 Apr 2012	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,138	31%	50%	6%	8%	3%	2%	19%
13–15 Apr 2012	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,060	33%	50%	6%	7%	2%	2%	17%
12–15 March 2012	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,226	34%	46%	5%	9%	3%	2%	12%
7–10 Feb 2012	YouGov/Evening Standard	1,106	35%	47%	5%	9%	2%	2%	12%
10–16 Jan 2012	YouGov	1,349	34%	44%	5%	8%	3%	2%	10%
7–9 Jun 2011	YouGov	1,215	32%	51%	3%	8%	3%	2%	19%
5–8 Oct 2010	YouGov	1,271	38%	42%	2%	13%	3%	2%	4%
6 May 2010	General Election Results	3,401,317	34.5%	36.6%	1.7%	22.1%	1.6%	3.5%	2.1%

Endorsements

The following London-focused organisations and media endorsed parties or individual candidates

Newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed		Notes	Link
City A.M.		Conservative Party
London Evening Standard		Conservative Party