Elections in the UK: there are already official results. Great success … – Gazeta.pl

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After counting the votes from all 650 constituencies UK Conservative Party won the elections, 331 seats in parliament, and Labour – 232. This means that the Tories won the majority needed for self-governance.

When it comes to the number of votes, the Conservatives improved their score by only 0.8 percent . to the results of the previous vote, winning 36.9 percent. votes, or approx. 11.3 million. However, grouping gained 24 deputies, which allowed crossing barriers absolute majority of 326 seats in the House of Commons. The Labour Party lost 26 seats compared to the existing balance of power in parliament, mainly due to defeat in Scotland, where he triumphed Scottish National Party (SNP), won 56 seats.

The big loser of elections turned out to be the Liberal Democrats, the previous Tory coalition partner, who will have only eight seats in the House of Commons against 56 in the previous term. Voter turnout was 66.1 percent. and turned out to be slightly higher than in 2010.

Results different from the polls

Very good result Prime Minister David Cameron’s party is a surprise. Pre-election polls gave Labour to the Tories equal opportunities who have obtained an absolute majority for the first time since 1992. Early in the afternoon, Cameron and his wife Samantha went to the residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who entrusted him with the formation of a government.

In a short speech after the meeting with the Queen, Prime Minister Cameron said that, as already promised a referendum on further Britain’s membership of the EU. – Yes, holding a referendum on our

The future of Europe – he said, but did not give any date. Earlier he argued that if his party wins the parliamentary elections, the referendum will be held in 2017. He gave it to understand that it would be ready to accelerate the vote.

The head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in a statement of congratulations to Cameron stressed that hopes that the new government in London will ensure that Britain remains a member of the EU. “Better EU is in the interest of not only the UK but also each member state” – said Tusk.

Following the announcement of the election results to the resignation of the leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, head of the Labour Party Ed Miliband and the head of UKIP Nigel Farage.

The growing importance of the Scots

The British media writing about the parliamentary elections, highlight SNP importance of strong growth. “Guardian” writes that in Scotland, “SNP swept Labour”. The newspaper points out that the size of the defeat of the Labour Party losing illustrates the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the shadow cabinet Douglas Alexander with 20-year-old student Mhairi Black. The newspaper predicts that the formation of a government by the Conservative Party will strengthen the position of the SNP.

“The Daily Telegraph” the editorial notes that the increase in support for the SNP is “unheard of”, especially since until recently the Scottish Nationalists lost the referendum in the output from the United Kingdom. Thursday’s election success allows grouping “send representatives to Westminster, where they will act as a bloc nation, which will begin efforts to squeeze the United Kingdom more money and competence” – it reads.

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