United Kingdom general election, 2015 (England)

United Kingdom general election, 2015

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)

All 533 English seats to the House of Commons   Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 18 December 2007 Leader's seat Witney Doncaster North Sheffield Hallam Last election 298 seats, 39.6% 191 Seats, 28.1% 43 seats, 23.2% Current seats 294 190 42   Leader Nigel Farage Natalie Bennett George Galloway Party UKIP Green Respect Leader since 5 November 2010 3 September 2012 2012 Leader's seat Contesting Thanet South Contesting Holborn and St Pancras Bradford West Last election 0 seats, 3.5% 1 seat, 1% 0 seats, 0.1% Current seats 2 seats 1 seat 1 seat

Incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

The United Kingdom general election, 2015, will be held on 7 May 2015 across 533 constituencies within England.

Political context

The general election will be fought in the aftermath of the UKIP winning the 2014 European elections in England the first time neither Labour or Conservative were not the largest winning party to win an election and Scotland rejecting Scottish independence. Since 2010, a number of changes have occurred. Two Conservative MP's defected to UKIP whilst George Galloway of the Respect Party won the Bradford West by-election, 2012 from Labour.

Contesting parties

Since 2010, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have been in coalition with Labour being the main opposition and going into the election the Conservatives hold the majority of English seats.

Campaign events

• 31 March: First official day of the election campaign
• 13 April: Labour Party launched its manifesto ^[1]
• 14 April: Conservative Party and Green Party launched their manifestos
• 15 April: UKIP and the Liberal Democrats launched their manifestos

Target Seats

Green Party

Norwich South (Liberal Democrats), 7.20%

Respect Party

Birmingham Hall Green, Labour, 3.9%

Conservative Party

Rank [2]	Constituency [3]	Winning party 2010		Swing Required	Conservative's place 2010	Result
1	Hampstead and Kilburn		Labour	0.1%	2nd
2	Bolton West		Labour	0.10%	2nd
3	Solihull		Liberal Democrat	0.16%	2nd
4	Southampton Itchen		Labour	0.22%	2nd
5	Mid Dorset and North Poole		Labour	0.29%	2nd
6	Wirral South		Labour	0.66%	2nd
7	Derby North		Labour	0.68%	2nd
8	Wells		Liberal Democrat	0.72%	2nd
9	Dudley North		Labour	0.84%	2nd
10	Great Grimsby (LAB)		Labour	1.08%	2nd

Opinion polling

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	Others	Lead
27–28 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	872	36%	36%	8%	12%	6%	2%	Tied
25–27 Apr 2015	BMG/May2015.com	877	39%	31%	11%	15%	4%	<0.5%	8%
24–26 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	870	37%	32%	9%	12%	8%	1%	5%
24–26 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	863	39%	32%	7%	15%	6%	<0.5%	7%
24–25 Apr 2015	Survation/Mail on Sunday	879	36%	31%	9%	20%	4%	<0.5%	5%
21–24 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,668	36%	33%	9%	15%	7%	1%	3%
22–23 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	1,072	36%	29%	10%	20%	5%	<0.5%	7%
21–22 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	890	39%	34%	8%	11%	5%	3%	5%
17–19 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	863	36%	33%	9%	14%	5%	2%	3%
17–19 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	863	38%	35%	9%	12%	5%	1%	3%
16–17 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,655	38%	32%	9%	14%	6%	1%	6%
16–17 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	986	35%	34%	8%	18%	3%	1%	1%
16 Apr 2015	Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate held on BBC One
12–15 Apr 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	600	35%	37%	8%	11%	8%	1%	2%
10–12 Apr 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	870	34%	36%	9%	14%	6%	1%	2%
10–12 Apr 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	900	41%	35%	7%	8%	8%	1%	6%
8–9 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,626	39%	35%	8%	12%	6%	1%	4%
8–9 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	838	33%	36%	9%	16%	5%	1%	3%
7–8 Apr 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	718	36%	35%	11%	13%	4%	1%	1%
2–3 Apr 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	856	34%	33%	9%	21%	3%	<0.5%	1%
2–3 Apr 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,710	35%	34%	7%	15%	7%	1%	1%
2 Apr 2015	Seven-way Leaders' Debate on ITV
30 Mar 2015	Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign
28–29 Mar 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	864	38%	32%	9%	13%	6%	2%	6%
27–29 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	865	40%	34%	7%	11%	7%	1%	6%
26 Mar 2015	First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 4
24–25 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,690	35%	34%	9%	13%	7%	<0.5%	1%
24–25 Mar 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	851	34%	34%	8%	20%	4%	<0.5%	Tied
20–22 Mar 2015	ComRes/ITV News, Daily Mail	864	38%	35%	8%	11%	7%	1%	3%
20–22 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	860	36%	33%	8%	14%	6%	2%	3%
20–21 Mar 2015	Survation/Mail on Sunday	861	31%	35%	10%	19%	3%	1%	4%
18–19 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,702	37%	33%	7%	14%	7%	1%	4%
13–15 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	863	34%	29%	8%	18%	9%	3%	5%
13–15 Mar 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	910	38%	37%	6%	11%	5%	3%	1%
10–12 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,654	35%	35%	7%	15%	7%	<0.5%	Tied
8–11 Mar 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	863	34%	37%	8%	14%	6%	1%	3%
6–8 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	859	36%	31%	5%	18%	9%	1%	5%
3–6 Mar 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,626	36%	33%	7%	15%	7%	3%	3%
27 Feb–1 Mar 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	860	36%	32%	8%	14%	7%	2%	4%
24–26 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,679	35%	36%	7%	14%	6%	1%	1%
23 Feb 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	921	30%	34%	10%	21%	3%	2%	4%
20–23 Feb 2015	ComRes/Daily Mail	865	36%	32%	7%	14%	9%	2%	4%
20–22 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	867	32%	38%	6%	13%	8%	2%	6%
17–20 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,704	36%	33%	7%	16%	7%	1%	3%
13–15 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	863	31%	31%	9%	18%	9%	3%	Tied
13–15 Feb 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	860	38%	34%	7%	10%	8%	2%	4%
10–12 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,713	35%	35%	8%	15%	5%	1%	Tied
8–10 Feb 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	844	38%	37%	7%	10%	8%	0%	1%
6–8 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	860	36%	31%	9%	16%	7%	1%	5%
3–6 Feb 2015	Opinium/The Observer	1,947	33%	35%	7%	15%	8%	2%	2%
30 Jan–1 Feb 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	857	34%	30%	8%	17%	10%	1%	4%
25 Jan 2015	Survation/Daily Mirror	890	34%	30%	7%	25%	4%	<0.5%	4%
23–25 Jan 2015	ComRes/The Independent	852	33%	29%	9%	20%	8%	1%	4%
22–25 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	859	33%	34%	5%	17%	9%	2%	1%
16–19 Jan 2015	ICM/The Guardian[5]	863	32%	35%	8%	14%	10%	1%	3%
16–18 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	871	31%	27%	9%	17%	12%	4%	4%
11–13 Jan 2015	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	854	35%	35%	8%	12%	8%	2%	Tied
9–11 Jan 2015	Lord Ashcroft[4]	858	37%	29%	7%	17%	8%	2%	8%
12–16 Dec 2014	ICM/The Guardian[5]	861	31%	33%	11%	17%	5%	3%	2%
13–15 Dec 2014	Ipsos MORI/Evening Standard	840	36%	31%	9%	14%	10%	0%	5%
12–14 Dec 2014	ComRes/The Independent	897	29%	34%	12%	17%	6%	2%	5%
5–7 Dec 2014	Lord Ashcroft[4]	860	31%	31%	7%	23%	6%	2%	Tied
6 May 2010	General Election Results	25,085,097	39.6%	28.1%	24.2%	3.5%	1.0%	3.6%	11.5%

Endorsements

=Caroline Lucas, Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion

• Julia Chanteray, President of the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce ^[6]
• Tom Burke, environmentalist, former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth^[7]
• Tony Juniper, activist, writer, environmentalist^[8]
• Charles Secrett, author, environmentalist broadcaster^[9]
• Russell Brand, comedian, activist ^[10]

Derek Wall, Green candidate for Windsor

• Democratic Union Party, Syrian Kurdish political party^[11]

Newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed		Notes	Link
Daily Mail		Conservative Party or UKIP	Urges conservatively inclined voters to support UKIP in Heywood and Middleton, Dudley North and Great Grimsby
Sun		Conservative Party

Parties

• Plaid Cymru (Wales) endorsed the Green Party in England^[12] and the Scottish National Party in Scotland
• The SNP (Scotland) endorsed the Green Party in England, and Plaid Cymru in Wales

References

United Kingdom general election, 2015 ← 2010 election Constituencies Debates MPs who stood down Endorsements Opinion polling Parties Target seats Incumbent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative) Subsequent Prime Minister: TBD Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) Subsequent Deputy Prime Minister: TBD Parties elected to the House of Commons Conservative (David Cameron) Labour (Ed Miliband) Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg) Democratic Unionist Party (Peter Robinson) Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Leanne Wood) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Alasdair McDonnell) UK Independence Party (Nigel Farage) Green Party of England and Wales (Natalie Bennett) Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (David Ford) Respect (George Galloway) Parties represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or the European Parliament Green Party in Northern Ireland (Steven Agnew) Scottish Green Party (Patrick Harvie/Maggie Chapman) Ulster Unionist Party (Mike Nesbitt) Traditional Unionist Voice (Jim Allister) Other Full list of parties standing candidates Results by area Northern Ireland Scotland Wales England London Cornwall West Yorkshire United Kingdom local elections, 2015