United Kingdom general election, 2015 (London)

United Kingdom general election, 2015
Greater London
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 Increase7 Decrease1 Decrease6
Popular vote 1,545,080 1,233,386 272,544
Percentage 43.7% 34.9% 7.7%
Swing Increase7.1% Increase0.4% Decrease14.4%


Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

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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

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Polling

Date(s)
conducted
Polling organisation/client Sample size Con Lab UKIP LDGreen Others Lead
20–22 April 2015 YouGov/Evening Standard 1,032 32% 44% 10% 8% 5% 1% 12%
16 April 2015Five-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 2015First 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
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