306 seats were won by the Conservative party in the election of May 2010
There was not an over-all majority so the Conservative Party joined Coalition with the Liberal Democrats. But the Conservative Party did receive more seats than any other Party in the Election.
The two parties that receive the most votes are the Conservative party and the Labour party. Britain is a two-party system because these two parties receive the majority of the votes in the elections.
The Conservative Party of Canada got the most votes nationally, and also won a majority of seats. The NDP was second place, with the Liberal Party a distant third.
In the UK, the Conservative party is the main party at the moment, although Conservative is an ideology which many parties share. So it is both.
David Cameron is the leader of the Conservative Party. In May 2010 the UK General Election resulted in a "hung parliament" where no one party had an overall majority. This led to the Conservative Party negotiating with the Liberal Democrats (a rival Party) to form a Coalition and create a majority. Although the Conservative Party did not receive enough votes to provide them with a majority by themselves, they did receive the largest percentage of votes out of all the Parties. Thus, David Cameron is the Prime Minister.
He ran in Calgary in 1988 as Steve Harper and lost the election by a landslide. He was elected in the Reform Party's right-wing splitting upset over the PC's in 1993. In 2004 in his first election as leader of the Conservative party he lost with his party only receiving 4 million out of 13.5 million votes.
at least 5% of the votes
A majority of the votes cast. A safe seat is one that consistently votes for a particular party.
Labour Party Conservative Party Scottish National Party - (SNP)
The Republican Party is the Conservative Party in the US. (Techinally there is no Conservative "Party", but Republicans are considered Conservatives)
The Conservative Party of CanadaStephen Harper is part of the Conservative party and has been from 2003 to present
When a person votes for candidates from only one party, it is called voting a straight ticket. Many people prefer to vote for their party only.