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2008 United Kingdom general election
← outgoing members elected members →
All 646 seats to the House of Commons; 324 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	68.3% (2.6%)
	Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.; * Indicates boundary change – so this is a notional figure ‡ Figure does not include the Speaker, Michael Martin
	Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election; Tony Blair; Labour	Prime Minister after election ; Tony Blair; Labour

The Right Honourable
Ruth Davidson
MSP
The Right Honourable Ruth Davidson MSP
	Official portrait, 2021
First Minister of Scotland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 May 2016
Monarchs	Elizabeth II; Charles III
Deputy	Kezia Dugdale; Anas Sarwar; Willie Rennie;
Preceded by	Nicola Sturgeon
Leader of the Scottish Progressive Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 March 2012
Deputy	Murdo Fraser; Jackson Carlaw;
Preceded by	Party established
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage ; 20 July 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Edinburgh Central
	In office; 5 May 2016 – 5 May 2021
Preceded by	Marco Biagi
Succeeded by	Angus Robertson
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for Glasgow; (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
	In office; 5 May 2011 – 5 May 2016
Personal details
Born	Ruth Elizabeth Davidson; 10 November 1978 (age 45); Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Conservatives
Domestic partner	Jen Wilson
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow;
Awards	Life peer
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Territorial Army
Years of service	2003–06
Rank	Signaller
Unit	32 Signal Regiment

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2008 Labour Party leadership election

← 2007

30 June – 25 August 2008 (2008-06-30 – 2008-08-25)

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Turnout

151,481 (85.3%)


Candidate	Diane Abbott	David Miliband
Popular vote	80,588	70,893
Percentage	53.2%	46.8%

Leader before election

Harriet Harman (interim)

Elected Leader

Diane Abbott

2012 Liberal Democrats leadership election

← 2008

6 February – 9 April 2012 (2012-02-06 – 2012-04-09)

2017 →


Candidate	Jo Swinson	Vince Cable
Popular vote	24,281	24,184
Percentage	50.1%	49.9%

Leader before election

Chris Huhne

Elected Leader

Jo Swinson

2012 United Kingdom general election

← 2008

7 June 2012

2017 →

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elected members →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

46,354,197

Turnout

70.1%^[1] (

1.3%)

	First party	Second party

Leader	David Cameron	Diane Abbott
Party	Conservative	Labour
Leader since	23 November 2009	25 August 2008
Leader's seat	Witney	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Last election	336 seats, 41.1%	206 seats, 27.2%
Seats won	328*	261
Seat change	8	55
Popular vote	13,085,200	10,847,094
Percentage	40.3%	33.4%
Swing	0.8 pp	5.4 pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Alex Salmond	Jo Swinson
Party	SNP	Liberal Democrats
Leader since	3 September 2004	9 April 2012
Leader's seat	Did not stand^{[n 1]}	East Dunbartonshire
Last election	10 seats, 2.1%	69 seats, 23.2%
Seats won	19	17
Seat change	9	42
Popular vote	1,032,817	3,961,304
Percentage	3.2%	12.2%
Swing	1.1 pp	11.0 pp

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
* Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

2015 Conservative Party leadership election

← 2009

8 January – 2 March 2015 (2015-01-08 – 2015-03-02)


Candidate	Liz Truss	George Osborne	Penny Mordaunt
First ballot	94 (28.7%)	127 (38.7%)	80 (24.4%)
Second ballot	96 (29.3%)	141 (43.0%)	91 (27.7%)
Members' vote	100,866 (63.3%)	58,492 (36.7%)	Eliminated


Candidate	Nicky Morgan
First ballot	27 (8.2%)
Second ballot	Eliminated
Members' vote	Eliminated

Leader before election

David Cameron

Elected Leader

Liz Truss

2015 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

24 November 2015

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Remain	19,734,763	54.31%
Leave	16,604,381	45.69%
Valid votes	36,339,144	99.93%
Invalid or blank votes	23,857	0.07%
Total votes	36,363,001	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	46,500,001	78.2%

Results by voting areas and constituencies

On the map, the darker shades for a colour indicate a larger margin. The electorate of 46.5m represents 70.8% of the population.

Hi Noah

General election 2015: Bristol West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thangam Debbonaire	22,900	35.7	+8.2
	Green	Darren Hall	17,227	26.8	+23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	12,103	18.8	–29.2
	Conservative	Claire Hiscott	9,752	15.2	–3.2
	UKIP	Paul Turner	1,940	3.0	+1.8
	Independent	Dawn Parry	204	0.3	New
	Left Unity	Stewart Weston	92	0.1	New
Turnout			64,218	72.0	+5.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labour	Thangam Debbonaire	35,173	57.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	26,031	42.5	N/A
Majority			9,142	15.0	N/A
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	N/A

General election 2015: Dagenham and Rainham^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	17,830	41.4	1.1
	UKIP	Peter Harris	12,850	29.8	26.3
	Conservative	Julie Marson	10,492	24.4	9.9
	Green	Kate Simpson^[5]	806	1.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Capstick^[6]^[7]	717	1.7	6.9
	BNP	Tess Culnane	151	0.4	10.8
	Independent	Terry London	133	0.3	New
	English Democrat	Kim Gandy	71	0.2	New
Turnout			43,050	62.3	0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	UKIP	Peter Harris	21,580	50.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Jon Cruddas	21,228	49.6	N/A
Majority			352	0.8	N/A
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

General election 2015: Thurrock^[2]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	16,692	33.7	−3.1
	Labour	Polly Billington^[9]	16,156	32.6	−4.0
	UKIP	Tim Aker^[10]	15,718	31.7	+24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri Jamieson-Ball	644	1.3	−9.4
	CISTA	Jamie Barnes	244	0.5	New
	Independent	Daniel Munyambu	79	0.2	New
	All People's Party	Aba Kristilolu	31	0.1	New
Turnout			49,564	63.9	+4.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Conservative	Jackie Doyle-Price	24,924	51.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Polly Billington^[11]	23,066	48.1	N/A
Majority			1,858	3.8	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 2015: Cambridge^[2]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	18,646	36.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	18,047	34.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Chamali Fernando	8,117	15.7	−9.9
	Green	Rupert Read	4,109	7.9	+0.3
	UKIP	Patrick O'Flynn	2,668	5.2	+2.8
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett	187	0.4	New
Turnout			51,774	62.1	−2.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	26,010	52.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	23,685	47.7	N/A
Majority			2,325	4.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

General election 2015: Scarborough and Whitby^[2]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	20,613	43.2	+0.4
	Labour	Ian McInnes	14,413	30.2	+3.9
	UKIP	Sam Cross	8,162	17.1	+14.1
	Green	David Malone	2,185	4.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beckett	2,159	4.5	-18.0
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Juliet Boddington	207	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			47,739	64.9	-0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labour	Ian McInnes	23,258	50.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	23,168	49.9	N/A
Majority			90	0.2	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Second Scottish independence referendum

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)

Should Scotland be an independent country?

Outcome

Scotland rejects independence and remains a constituent country of the United Kingdom

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,323,734	35.89%
No	2,364,727	64.11%
Valid votes	3,688,461	99.87%
Invalid or blank votes	4,776	0.13%
Total votes	3,693,237	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	4,303,392	85.82%

Results by council area

Note: saturation of colour denotes strength of vote

A referendum concerning Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held on 27 October 2016.^[14] The referendum question was, "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No"^[15], the same question which was asked in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum 2 years prior. The "No" side won with 2,364,727 (64.1%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (35.9%) voting in favour. The turnout of 85.8% was the highest recorded for an election or referendum in the United Kingdom since the introduction of universal suffrage, surpassing the turnout for the previous independence referendum of 84.6%.

The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2016 set out the arrangements for the referendum and was passed by the Scottish Parliament in January 2016, following an agreement between the devolved Scottish government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The independence proposal required a simple majority to pass. All European Union (EU) or Commonwealth citizens residing in Scotland age 16 or over could vote, with some exceptions, which produced a total electorate of almost 4,300,000 people.

Yes Scotland was once again the main campaign group for independence, while Better Together remained the main campaign group in favour of maintaining the union. Many other campaign groups, political parties, businesses, newspapers, and prominent individuals were also involved. Prominent issues raised during the referendum mirrored many of those from just two years prior, including what currency an independent Scotland would use, public expenditure, EU membership, and North Sea oil. An exit poll revealed that retention of the pound sterling was the deciding factor for those who voted No, while EU membership in the event that the United Kingdom left the European Union was the deciding factor for those who voted Yes.^[16]

Harewood by-election 23 September 2021
replacing Ryan Stephenson (resigned)^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Firth	2,636	59.3	-8.0
	Labour	Michael Millar	987	22.2	+4.3
	Green	Claire Evans	451	10.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	333	7.5	+2.4
Majority			1,649	37.1	-12.3
Turnout			4,423	29.6	-20.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.2

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Noah Allerton	2,163	37.8	+30.4
	Labour	Nicole Sharpe*	2,151	37.6	-14.2
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	1,150	20.1	-12.3
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Geraldine Turver	206	3.6	-2.9
	SDP	Wendy Whetstone	52	0.9	N/A
Majority			12	0.2	-19.2
Turnout			5,722	34.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

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