UK general election 2010

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United Kingdom general election

The UK general election 2010 was the nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a hung parliament and led to the formation of a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government under Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
2010 United Kingdom general election	14
2010 United Kingdom general election debates	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom general election ⓘ
campaignIssue	Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ deficit reduction ⓘ economy ⓘ political expenses scandal ⓘ public spending cuts ⓘ
conservativeLeader	David Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare	36.1% ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon	306 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
endDate	2010-05-06 ⓘ
governmentFormed	Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedFeature	UK-wide televised leaders' debates ⓘ
juniorCoalitionPartner	Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ
labourLeader	Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare	29.0% ⓘ
labourSeatsWon	258 ⓘ
largestPartyAfterElection	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadingPartyInGovernment	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Representation of the People Act 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ
libDemLeader	Nick Clegg NERFINISHED ⓘ
libDemPopularVoteShare	23.0% ⓘ
libDemSeatsWon	57 ⓘ
mainElectoralContenders	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAfterElection	Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchAtTime	Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
nextElection	UK general election 2015 ⓘ
notableOutcome	end of 13 years of Labour government ⓘ formation of first UK coalition government since 1945 at Westminster ⓘ
oversightBody	Electoral Commission (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentNumber	55th Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousElection	UK general election 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection	David Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection	Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionExcluded	Speaker's constituency (non-contested by major parties by convention) ⓘ
result	hung parliament ⓘ
scope	nationwide ⓘ
seatsForElection	650 ⓘ
secondLargestPartyAfterElection	Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	2010-05-06 ⓘ
televisedDebateParticipant	David Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Clegg NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyAfterElection	Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfElection	general election ⓘ
voterTurnout	65.1% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPrevious	+4.0 percentage points ⓘ