UK 2010 Election Results

On May 6th 2010 the UK General Election did not give any one party a majority of MPs.

Soon the political parties will be offering their "spin" on the result and how they are the ones that won or they have a legitimate claim to rule. We have analysed the actual results to show the actual facts.

The results are from the election on 6th May 2010 when 649 of 650 polls were conducted. The poll for Thirsk and Malton was delayed due to the death of a candidate. The results were updated on the 28th May 2010 when the result of the Thirsk and Malton poll was announced.

MP Constituencies with at least 50% of the Vote

Most MPs are elected with less than 50% of the votes in their constituency. See the table showing the number of MPs that had a majority (i.e. more than 50%) support in the 2010 UK General Election.

How Would the Alternative Vote System Change the Result

See the Alternate Vote page where you can see the result of differenct percentages of votes being transferred between candidates.

Size of Constituency

The table below shows the average size of the constituencies based on the party returning MPs after the 6th May 2010 General Election. The results were updated on the 28th May 2010 when the result of the Thirsk and Malton poll was announced.