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2015 United Kingdom general election

election of members to the House of Commons in 2015
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Summary

2015 United Kingdom general election is an United Kingdom general election[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of united kingdom general election entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Follows: 2010 United Kingdom general election[4]
  • Followed by: 2017 United Kingdom general election[5]
  • Commons category: 2015 United Kingdom general election[6]
  • Office contested: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[7], member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom[8]
  • Point in time: May 7, 2015[9]
  • Candidate: Conservative Party[10], Labour Party[11], Liberal Democrats[12], UK Independence Party[13], Green Party of England and Wales[14], Scottish National Party[15], Plaid Cymru[16], Sinn Féin[17], Social Democratic and Labour Party[18], Alliance Party of Northern Ireland[19], Respect Party[20], Democratic Unionist Party[21], Ulster Unionist Party[22], independent politician[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2015 United Kingdom general election[24]
  • Successful candidate: Conservative Party[25], Labour Party[26], UK Independence Party[27], Liberal Democrats[28], Scottish National Party[29], Green Party of England and Wales[30], Democratic Unionist Party[31], Plaid Cymru[32], Sinn Féin[33], Ulster Unionist Party[34], independent politician[35], Social Democratic and Labour Party[36], Alliance Party of Northern Ireland[37], Scottish Green Party[38]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United Kingdom[39]
  • Number of seats: 650[40]
  • Eligible voters: 46,420,413[41]
  • Ballots cast: 30,697,525[42]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of the 2015 UK general election[43]
  • Voting system: first-past-the-post voting[44]

Why It Matters

2015 United Kingdom general election has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Alex Salmond Amber Rudd Andrea Leadsom Angela Rayner Ben Wallace Boris Johnson Caroline Lucas David Amess David Cameron David Davis David Lammy Dominic Raab Ed Miliband George Osborne Harriet Harman Iain Duncan Smith Jacob Rees-Mogg James Cleverly Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Hunt John Bercow Justine Greening Keir Starmer Liam Fox Liz Truss Margaret Beckett Mhairi Black Michael Gove Nick Clegg Penny Mordaunt

References

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  42. [44] ↑ . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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