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1987 United Kingdom general election

← 1983 11 June 1987 1992 →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout75.3%, Increase2.6%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Alliance Progressive Alliance n/a
Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975
Leader's seat Islwyn Finchley
Last election 209 seats, 27.6%
SDP-Liberal Alliance: 23 seats, 25.4%
Green: 0 seats, 0.2%
397 seats, 42.4%
Seats won 387
Labour: 323
Liberal: 41
SDP: 23
Green: 0
240 [a]
Seat change Labour: Increase114
Liberal: Increase24
SDP: Increase17
Decrease157
Popular vote 17,371,440 13,760,583
Percentage 53.4% 42.2%
Swing n/a Decrease0.2%

Prime Minister before election

Margaret Thatcher
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Neil Kinnock
Progressive Alliance


2010 United Kingdom general election

← 2005 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06) 2015 →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout65.1% (Increase3.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 18 December 2007
Leader's seat Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Witney Sheffield Hallam
Last election 355 seats, 35.2% 198 seats, 32.4% 62 seats, 22.0%
Seats before 349 193 62
Seats won 272 268 82
Seat change Decrease 77 Increase 75 Increase 20
Popular vote 8,906,281 10,004,722 8,193,778
Percentage 30.0% 33.7% 27.6%
Swing Decrease 5.2 pp Increase 1.3 pp Increase 5.6 pp

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister after negotiations

Gordon Brown (Labour)
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)


Gordon Brown
Brown as PM, c. 2009
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Assumed office
13 June 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byBoris Johnson
In office
27 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byTony Blair
Succeeded byDavid Cameron
Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
24 September 2016
DeputyTom Watson
Preceded byJohn McDonnell
In office
24 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
DeputyHarriet Harman
Preceded byTony Blair
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Leader of the Opposition
In office
24 September 2016 – 13 June 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJohn McDonnell
Succeeded byBoris Johnson
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byKenneth Clarke
Succeeded byAlistair Darling
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
5 November 2014 – 12 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byYvette Cooper
Succeeded byHillary Benn
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
In office
8 October 2010 – 5 November 2014
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byDouglas Alexander
Succeeded byMary Creagh
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
24 July 1992 – 2 May 1997
Leader
ShadowingNorman Lamont
Kenneth Clarke
Preceded byJohn Smith
Succeeded byKenneth Clarke
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office
2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992
LeaderNeil Kinnock
ShadowingNicholas Ridley
Peter Lilley
Michael Heseltine
Preceded byBryan Gould
Succeeded byRobin Cook
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989
LeaderNeil Kinnock
ShadowingJohn Major
Norman Lamont
Preceded byBryan Gould
Succeeded byMargaret Beckett
Member of Parliament
for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline East (1983–2005)
Assumed office
9 June 1983
Preceded byDick Douglas (Dunfermline)
Personal details
Born
James Gordon Brown

(1951-02-20) 20 February 1951 (age 73)
Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 2000)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (BA 1971, MA 1972, PhD 1982)
Signature
The Lord Owen
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
11 June 1985 – 9 October 1986
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byAlbert Booth
Leader of the Opposition
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime Minister
In office
10 October 1986 – 6 October 1993
Preceded byAlbert Booth
Succeeded byChristopher Brocklebank-Fowler
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
In office
23 September 1986 – 6 October 1993
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChristopher Brocklebank-Fowler
First Secretary of State
In office
7 May 1984 – 11 June 1985
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byBarbara Castle (1970)
Succeeded byStan Orme
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
21 February 1977 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byAnthony Crosland
Succeeded byThe Lord Carrington
In office
7 May 1984 – 11 June 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byFrancis Pym
Succeeded byJohn Cartwright
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office
October 1982 – 6 May 1984
LeaderRoy Jenkins
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
In office
14 July 1979 – 4 November 1980
LeaderJames Callaghan
Preceded byTom King
Succeeded byMerlyn Rees
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979
LeaderJames Callaghan
Preceded byFrancis Pym
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
10 September 1976 – 21 February 1977
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byRoy Hattersley
Succeeded byFrank Judd
Minister of State for Health and Social Security
In office
26 July 1974 – 10 September 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded by???
Succeeded byRoland Moyle
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Devonport
In office
28 February 1974 – 4 May 1994
Preceded byJoan Vickers
Succeeded byDavid Jamieson
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Sutton
In office
31 March 1966 – 28 February 1974
Preceded byIan Fraser
Succeeded byAlan Clark
Personal details
Born (1938-07-02) 2 July 1938 (age 85)
Plympton, England
Political partyLabour (Before 1981)
Social Democratic (1981–1983)
Independent (1983–1986)
Free Democrat (1986–Present)
Other political
affiliations
SDP–Liberal Alliance (1981–1983)
SpouseDeborah Schabert
Children3
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge
King's College London
Danish Folketing election, 1945

← 1943 30 October 1945 1947 →

All 149 seats to the Folketing
75 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Aksel Larsen Hans Hedtoft Knud Kristensen
Party Communists Social Democrats Venstre
Last election banned 66 seats, 44.5% 28 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 52 37 19
Seat change Increase52 Decrease29 Increase9
Popular vote 719,360 513,828 256,914
Percentage 35.0% 25.0% 12.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jørgen Jørgensen Oluf Pedersen Christmas Møller
Party Social Liberals Justice Conservatives
Last election 13 seats, 8.7% 2 seats, 1.6% 31 seats, 12.0%
Seats won 15 15 11
Seat change Increase2 Increase13 Decrease20
Popular vote 205,531 205,325 154,148
Percentage 10.0% 10.0% 7.5%

Prime Minister before election

Vilhelm Buhl
Social Democratic Party

Prime Minister-elect

Aksel Larsen
Communists

Austrian legislative election, 1945

← 1930 25 November 1945 1949 →

165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Karl Renner Johann Koplenig Leopold Figl
Party SPÖ KPÖ ÖVP
Leader since 1918 1945 1945
Seats won 71 51 41
Popular vote 1,394,376 1,006,905 852,046
Percentage 42.9% 31.0% 26.2%

Chancellor before election

Karl Renner
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Karl Renner
SPÖ

French legislative election, 1945

← 1936 21 October 1945 1946 (Jun) →

All 522 seats to the French National Assembly
262 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
SFIO
Leader Maurice Schumann Maurice Thorez Daniel Mayer
Party MRP PCF SFIO
Leader's seat Nord Seine Seine
Seats won 210 149 119
Popular vote 7,646,807 5,464,813 4,363,987
Percentage 38.9% 27.8% 22.2%

PM before election

Charles de Gaulle
Independent

Elected PM

Maurice Thorez
PCF


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