306Conservative seats
36.1%Largest party’s vote share
65.1%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day6 May 2010
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won306
03Vote share36.1%
04Turnout65.1%
Government outcome
Hung Parliament · Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
House of Commons Library: 2010 election data ↗ · Parliament: detailed 2010 results ↗
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative306
Labour258
Liberal Democrats57
SNP / Plaid Cymru9
Other parties20
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.