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The United Kingdom general election of 2. May 2. 01. 5 to elect 6. House of Commons. It was the first general election at the end of a fixed term Parliament. Local elections took place in most areas on the same day. Polls and commentators had predicted the outcome would be too close to call and would result in a second hung parliament similar to the 2. Opinion polls were eventually proven to have underestimated the Conservative vote as they unexpectedly won an outright majority, which bore resemblance to their victory at the 1. Having governed in coalition with the Liberal Democrats since 2. Watch Plan Bee Online. Conservatives won 3. The British Polling Council began an inquiry into the substantial variance between opinion polls and the actual result. Forming the first Conservative majority government since 1. David Cameron became the first Prime Minister to continue in office immediately after a term of at least four years with a larger popular vote share since 1. Prime Minister other than Margaret Thatcher to continue in office immediately after a term of at least four years with a greater number of seats. The Labour Party, led by Ed Miliband, saw a small increase in its share of the vote to 3. MPs. This was their lowest seat tally since the 1. Senior Labour Shadow Cabinet members, notably Ed Balls, Douglas Alexander, and Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, were defeated. The Scottish National Party, enjoying a surge in support since the 2. Scottish independence referendum, recorded a number of huge swings of over 3. Glasgow North East from Labour, as it won 5. Scottish seats to become the third largest party in the Commons. The Liberal Democrats, led by outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, had their worst result since their formation in 1. Cabinet ministers Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Danny Alexander losing their seats. UKIP came third in terms of votes with 1. Nigel Farage failing to win the seat of South Thanet. The Green Party won its highest ever share of the vote with 3. Brighton Pavilion seat with an increased majority, though did not win any additional seats. Labours Miliband as national leader and Murphy as Scottish leader both resigned, as did Clegg. Farage claimed that his resignation was rejected by his party, and he remained in post. In Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party returned to the Commons with two MPs after a five year absence, while the Alliance Party lost its only seat despite an increase in total vote share. The Conservative Party majority meant that Cameron was able to fulfil a manifesto commitment to renegotiate British membership of the European Union. That renegotiation was followed by a referendum in June 2. British electorate voting to withdraw from the European Union by 5. Cameron as Prime Minister. The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, called in April 2. Brexit negotiations 5 it received parliamentary approval the following day, and was arranged for Thursday 8 June 2. Election processeditThe Fixed term Parliaments Act 2. Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2. Parliament on 3. 0 March 2. May, the House of Commons not having voted for an earlier date. There were local elections on the same day in most of England, with the exception of Greater London. No other elections were scheduled to take place in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, apart from any local by elections. All British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens over the age of 1. In general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament MPs to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant historically termed the lower house of Parliament. Each parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom elects one MP to the House of Commons using the first past the post system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the Government. If the election results in no single party having a majority, then there is a hung parliament. In this case, the options for forming the Government are either a minority government or a coalition government. Although the Conservative Party planned the number of parliamentary seats to be reduced from 6. Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2. Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2. Act. 891. 01. The next boundary review is now set to take place in 2. Of the 6. 50 constituencies, 5. England, 5. 9 in Scotland, 4. Wales and 1. 8 in Northern Ireland. In addition, the 2. Act mandated a referendum in 2. Commons. The ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition agreement committed the coalition government to such a referendum. The referendum was held in May 2. Before the previous general election the Liberal Democrats had pledged to change the voting system, and the Labour Party pledged to have a referendum about any such change. The Conservatives, however, promised to keep the first past the post system, but to reduce the number of constituencies by 1. Liberal Democrat plans were to reduce the number of MPs to 5. Ministers increased the amount of money that parties and candidates were allowed to spend on the election by 2. Electoral Commission advice. The election saw the first cap on spending by parties in individual constituencies during the 1. Parliaments dissolution on 3. March 3. 0,7. 00, plus a per voter allowance of 9p in county constituencies and 6p in borough seats. An additional voter allowance of more than 8,7. Parliament. UK political parties spent 3. Conservative Party spent 5. Labour Party spent 2. Liberal Democrats 1. This was the first UK general election to use individual rather than household voter registration. Date of the electionedit. A church used as a polling station in Bath on 7 May 2. An election is called following the dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 2. 01. 5 general election was the first to be held under the provisions of the Fixed term Parliaments Act 2. Prior to this, the power to dissolve Parliament was a royal prerogative, exercised by the sovereign on the advice of the prime minister. Under the provisions of the Septennial Act 1. Parliament Act 1. No sovereign had refused a request for dissolution since the beginning of the 2. Parliaments lifespan, to maximise the chance of an electoral victory for his or her party. Prior to the 2. 01. Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats pledged to introduce fixed term elections. As part of the ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition agreement, the Cameron ministry agreed to support legislation for fixed term Parliaments, with the date of the next general election being 7 May 2. This resulted in the Fixed term Parliaments Act 2. The Act only permits an early dissolution if Parliament votes for one by a two thirds supermajority, or if a vote of no confidence is passed by a majority and no new government is subsequently formed within 1. However, the prime minister had the power, by order made by Statutory Instrument under section 15 of the Fixed term Parliaments Act 2.