2010 United Kingdom general election campaign

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The 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign was the nationwide political contest in which parties led by David Cameron, Gordon Brown, and Nick Clegg competed for control of Parliament, ultimately resulting in a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government.

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instanceOf election campaign
political campaign
coalitionNegotiationPartner Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats
country United Kingdom
electionDate 2010-05-06
endTime 2010-05-06
featuredEvent UK general election 2010
surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election debates
followedBy 2015 United Kingdom general election
surface form: 2015 United Kingdom general election campaign
follows 2005 United Kingdom general election
surface form: 2005 United Kingdom general election campaign
hasMajorPartyLeader David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Nick Clegg
hasParticipatingParty Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Conservative Party (UK)
Democratic Unionist Party
Green Party of England and Wales
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats
Plaid Cymru
Scottish National Party
Sinn Féin
Social Democratic and Labour Party
UK Independence Party
incumbentGovernmentDuringCampaign Labour government
incumbentPrimeMinisterDuringCampaign Gordon Brown
keyIssue War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: Afghanistan war

deficit reduction
economy
immigration
political reform
public spending cuts
ledBy David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Nick Clegg
mainOpponent Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats
mediaNickname Cleggmania
monarchDuringCampaign Elizabeth II
notableFeature first UK-wide televised leaders’ debates
numberOfSeatsContested 650
partOf UK general election 2010
surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election
positionContested House of Commons seats
resultedIn Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government
resultedInDeputyPrimeMinister Nick Clegg
resultedInPrimeMinister David Cameron
resultType hung parliament
startTime 2010-04-06

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George Osborne associatedWithEvent 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
Penny Mordaunt electedIn 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
this entity surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election
2010 Labour Party leadership election triggeredBy 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
this entity surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election
2005 United Kingdom general election nextElection 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
this entity surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies implementedForElection 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign
this entity surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election