Results for the UK general election on 6 May 2010 By party

Parties Constituencies Map Majorities Vote shares of winning candidates Turnouts Declaration times Non-party candidates Boundary sets

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Registered political parties nominating candidates standing in the general election on 6 May 2010. This list does not include candidates standing as independents or the candidate standing as House of Commons Speaker.

Party Constituencies contested Votes Vote share Constituencies won
Conservative 631 10,703,654 36.1% 306
Labour 631 8,606,517 29.0% 258
Liberal Democrat 631 6,836,248 23.0% 57
Democratic Unionist Party 16 168,216 0.6% 8
Scottish National Party 59 491,386 1.7% 6
Sinn Féin 17 171,942 0.6% 5
Plaid Cymru 40 165,394 0.6% 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party 18 110,970 0.4% 3
Green Party 311 265,243 0.9% 1
Alliance 18 42,762 0.1% 1
UK Independence Party 558 919,471 3.1% 0
British National Party 338 564,321 1.9% 0
English Democrats 107 64,826 0.2% 0
Respect Party 11 33,251 0.1% 0
Traditional Unionist Voice 10 26,300 0.1% 0
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 71 18,622 0.1% 0
Scottish Green Party 20 16,827 0.1% 0
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 1 16,150 0.1% 0
Independent Save Our Green Belt 1 12,174 0.0% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 37 11,913 0.0% 0
National Front 17 10,784 0.0% 0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 27 7,510 0.0% 0
Socialist Labour Party 23 7,196 0.0% 0
Liberal 5 6,781 0.0% 0
Blaenau Gwent People's Voice 1 6,458 0.0% 0
Christian Peoples Alliance 17 6,276 0.0% 0
Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall 6 5,379 0.0% 0
Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 3 5,311 0.0% 0
Mansfield Independents 1 4,339 0.0% 0
Green Party Northern Ireland 4 3,542 0.0% 0
Socialist Alternative 4 3,298 0.0% 0
Trust 2 3,233 0.0% 0
Scottish Socialist Party 10 3,157 0.0% 0
People Before Profit Alliance 1 2,936 0.0% 0
The Macclesfield Independent 1 2,590 0.0% 0
Bromsgrove Independent Conservative 1 2,182 0.0% 0
Local Liberals People Before Politics Party 1 1,964 0.0% 0
Alliance for Green Socialism 6 1,581 0.0% 0
Social Democratic Party 2 1,551 0.0% 0
Bushra Irfan of Blackburn 1 1,424 0.0% 0
Pirate Party UK 9 1,348 0.0% 0
Staffordshire Independent Group 1 1,208 0.0% 0
Common Sense Party 2 1,173 0.0% 0
Tendring First 1 1,078 0.0% 0
Solihull and Meriden Residents Association 2 977 0.0% 0
Communist Party of Britain 6 947 0.0% 0
Democratic Labour Party 1 842 0.0% 0
English Independence Party 1 803 0.0% 0
Democratic Nationalists 2 753 0.0% 0
Save King George Hospital 1 746 0.0% 0
Workers Revolutionary Party 7 738 0.0% 0
The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 3 737 0.0% 0
Independent Voice for Halifax 1 722 0.0% 0
Animal Protection Party 4 675 0.0% 0
Middle England Party 1 616 0.0% 0
Christian Movement for Great Britain 2 598 0.0% 0
New Millennium Bean Party 1 558 0.0% 0
Islam Zinda Baad Platform 1 545 0.0% 0
Unity for Peace and Socialism 1 494 0.0% 0
Impact Party 3 477 0.0% 0
A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse 1 475 0.0% 0
Best of a Bad Bunch 2 474 0.0% 0
The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party 2 427 0.0% 0
The Cornish Democrats 1 396 0.0% 0
Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital 1 393 0.0% 0
Reform 2000 Party 1 379 0.0% 0
Cambridge Socialists 1 362 0.0% 0
People Before Profit 1 332 0.0% 0
The P.N.D.P. 1 331 0.0% 0
Independents Federation UK 4 327 0.0% 0
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! 1 327 0.0% 0
Northampton - Save Our Public Services 1 325 0.0% 0
You Party 2 319 0.0% 0
Equal Parenting Alliance 2 319 0.0% 0
Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality 4 317 0.0% 0
Common Good 1 305 0.0% 0
City Independents 1 303 0.0% 0
The True English (Poetry) Party 1 298 0.0% 0
The Scottish Jacobite Party 2 290 0.0% 0
Freedom and Responsibility 1 270 0.0% 0
Justice Party 1 265 0.0% 0
Independent People Together 1 265 0.0% 0
Your Right To Democracy Party Limited 3 264 0.0% 0
Get Snouts Out The Trough 1 259 0.0% 0
INDEPENDENT Leave-the-EU Alliance 1 236 0.0% 0
Movement for Active Democracy (M.A.D.) 1 233 0.0% 0
Integrity UK 1 230 0.0% 0
Clause 28, Children's Protection Christian Democrats 1 217 0.0% 0
United Voice 1 209 0.0% 0
Fancy Dress Party 1 207 0.0% 0
Direct Democracy (Communist) Party 1 202 0.0% 0
The Science Party 1 197 0.0% 0
New Independent Centralists 1 196 0.0% 0
Independent Ealing Acton Communities Public Services 1 190 0.0% 0
Libertarian Party 2 182 0.0% 0
Money Reform Party 1 173 0.0% 0
Socialist Equality Party 2 170 0.0% 0
Hugh Salmon for Battersea Party 1 168 0.0% 0
Campaign for Independent Politicians 1 167 0.0% 0
Communist League Election Campaign 2 158 0.0% 0
Reduce Tax On Beer 1 153 0.0% 0
Animal Welfare Party 1 149 0.0% 0
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 1 143 0.0% 0
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers 1 138 0.0% 0
Tamsin Omond to the Commons 1 123 0.0% 0
Scrap Members Allowances 2 119 0.0% 0
The New Party 1 118 0.0% 0
Church of the Militant Elvis Party 1 112 0.0% 0
Anticapitalists - Workers Power 1 109 0.0% 0
Medway Independent Party 1 109 0.0% 0
Cut The Deficit 1 107 0.0% 0
Matriarchal Party United Kingdom Great Britain 1 100 0.0% 0
Apolitical Democrats 1 95 0.0% 0
The Youth Party 1 95 0.0% 0
The Joy of Talk 1 93 0.0% 0
National Liberal Party - True Liberalism 1 93 0.0% 0
Fight For an Anti-War Government 1 91 0.0% 0
Nationwide Reform Party 1 84 0.0% 0
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party 1 84 0.0% 0
Alliance for Workers' Liberty 1 75 0.0% 0
Nobody Party 1 73 0.0% 0
The Magna Carta Party 2 68 0.0% 0
Wessex Regionalists 1 62 0.0% 0
Land Party 1 57 0.0% 0
Humanity 1 50 0.0% 0
Restoration Party 1 45 0.0% 0
Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain 1 44 0.0% 0
Peoples Party Essex 1 35 0.0% 0
The Better Britain Party 1 35 0.0% 0
All The South Party 1 31 0.0% 0
Blue Environment Party 1 17 0.0% 0