2010 United Kingdom general election result in Lancashire

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United Kingdom general election, 2010^[1]

2005 ← members 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06) Members elected → Next

All 15 Lancashire seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Leader since 5 December 2005 27 June 2007 18 December 2007 Last election 2 Seats 13 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 2 13 0 Seats won 8 6 1 Seat change +6 -7 +1 Popular vote 249,531 239,905 117,968 Percentage 37.69% 36.25% 17.82%

Prime Minister before election Gordon Brown Labour Subsequent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

This is a summary of the votes cast in Lancashire, England, at the United Kingdom general election, 2010

Lancaster and Fleetwood, South Ribble, Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Burnley, Rossendale and Darwen, Pendle, and Morecambe and Lunesdale all changed hands.

Overall results

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%
	Conservative	8	+6	249,531	37.69	+2.66
	Labour	6	-7	239,905	36.24	-5.20
	Liberal Democrats	1	+1	117,968	17.82	+0.82
	UKIP	0		24,913	3.76	+2.00
	BNP	0		15,966	2.41	+0.24
	Independents	0		5,401	0.82	N/A
	Green	0		4,088	0.62	+0.02
	English Democrats	0		1,076	0.16	N/A
	Others	0		3,158	0.48

See also

• 2005 results in Lancashire
• Constituencies in Lancashire

References

1. ^ Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News

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