The 2015 General Election: How It Unfolded

In ten minutes, here's what happened on a night of seismic results that changed the face of British party politics. Read more about the 2015 General Election results here: news.sky.com/story/1480848/uk-...
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[@theuglykwan]

Theresa May was so much more confident and natural at the beginning of the video before she was PM.

[@ScxR3LOADZz]

It's a shame as well, because she's so much more confident even now back as a backbencher, wish we saw her more self sure as PM

[@joelt3944]

Jack agreed

[@dvidclapperton]

@@ScxR3LOADZz She didn't deserve a majority let alone a big majority.

[@mazibukomail]

As a PM I found her to be unnecessarily mean to Jeremy Corbyn.

[@CG-or1re]

i'm sure cameron will have a smooth 5 year term that will grow the economy and enhance britain's national prestige......

[@patchsprospective8689]

Foresight is a great thing.

[@boomboy5546]

He did

[@absoluteentertainment3140]

The UK seems a little different back in these days

[@starguy321]

Ed Milliband looking like a modern Neil Kinnock

[@cbsmmv05]

resqwec no Jeremy Corbyn is the real Neil Kinnock

[@samuelcarver4956]

Cole Stirling no more like Micheal foot

[@dvidclapperton]

@Cole Stirling Corbyn won more MP's than Milliband in 2017 and also got higher share of the vote than Milliband in 2019. So in all respects Milliband did worse than Corbyn. Corbyn has not won the fewest seats of one of the big 2 parties in an individual general election of all time. Major did. Because Corbyn won 203 MP's in 2019 and Major of the tories could only win 179 MP's in 1997. So yes, Major did worse than Corbyn in terms of seat share in an individual general election.

[@starguy321]

David Clapperton the worst major party performance of all time was Labour in 1931, winning 52 seats. Major’s defeat was also less than the Conservative defeat in 1906. Also, Corbyn did win more votes than Miliband in 2019, but he won fewer than Kinnock in 1992, and Kinnock didn’t win the election either. Corbyn was not good for Labour’s chances in many places. His ‘win’ in 2017 was despite running against a visibly incompetent government and leader on bread and butter issues for Labour, and he won around the same number of seats as Brown in 2010, who’ was coming off the back of 13 years in office and the great recession

[@nathansmallwood1809]

@@starguy321 ​ @David Clapperton it's worth noting that Jeremy Corbyn won a greater share of the vote in 2017 than Tony Blair won in 2005. It was an election-winning vote share, but the distribution of seats didn't match up as it did for Blair. In actuality, Theresa May, despite often being lambasted as an electoral liability, was quite a successful Tory leader in terms of vote share and retaining key Conservative seats. She was particularly successful in Scotland, and it was this that saved the Conservative Party in 2017, for Corbyn seized several crucial marginal seats in England, such as Bedford (which he also retained in 2019, thus reinforcing the idea that Brexit was the dominant issue in that election, rather than the Labour manifesto). Although often dismissed as a conflict between weak links, the 2017 election was actually a battle of the electoral giants - why else would the SNP dip so much in 2017 despite superb performances in the elections on either side?

[@georgebuckley284]

oh no the monster raving looney party leader was running against boris johnsan i hoped they would win a seat they're my type of party

[@marcusarchermcpegaming9052]

George Buckley lol

[@leikfroakies]

George Buckley They have to resign if they retain their deposit tho

[@robertm4063]

And 8 years later (in 2023) it is looking very different ...

[@GarryWilliams555]

Well Cameron didn't last long did he.

[@donbarzinitut]

***** Yeah tripling our debt forcing the harshest austerity measures ever imposed on this country along with privatising our NHS. Yeah great PM, not to mention one million people on food banks and homelessness soaring.

[@donbarzinitut]

***** The National Audit office doesn't recognize real life problems.

[@Trisky]

And neither will Theresa May...

[@mhem.1895]

Jack Williams

[@SuperMarley0]

They reduced debt as a proportion of the gdp, which is what is important. Its what the UK credit rating is based on.

[@JuicyBlueWill]

Nigel Farage failed in his seat and his attempt to resign

[@adama-k2710]

and again, and again, and so on...

[@chriswatson3464]

And not so bad now.

[@silverdarlin]

Al Murray was hilarious during the Farage bit

[@SeanPrevil]

To this day I still find it interesting how the UK does that whole race to get the ballot boxes to the counters.

[@Damo2690]

Race to be the first constituency to count it all. All paper ballots too

[@SeanPrevil]

@@Damo2690 Yep, I find it an interesting process for sure, but also that it gets coverage from all news networks (for the most part I think)

[@James-lm6wt]

It’s mainly between Newcastle and Sunderland who like to declare the first result

[@SeanPrevil]

@@James-lm6wt Just so unique. Nothing like that in Canada despite us having the same FPTP system (though I know we're not the only ones with that system either haha)

[@elladunham6518]

‘Liberal democrats have lost their deposit’ Ahahaha

[@pewdiepie59]

ella dunham That means they can’t get a refund.

[@elladunham6518]

PewDiePie I know what it means it's hilarious

[@bigships]

@@elladunham6518 it isn’t though

[@billsmith5985]

Millaband looked shell-shocked

[@GTA5Player1]

Nah, that's just his face

[@freddyiteboatie]

Any chance of a 2017 edition?

[@baders087]

or a 2019 one?

[@thegooner-49]

Instead of the coalition of chaos we get the 2nd winter of discontent after 12 tory years.

[@jaexiusnem1267]

What an absolute fvcking disaster this was looking back.

[@ironmonger100]

It might be nice to rewind to 2015, they were great days, politically, at least it seems that way now...

[@forza223bowe5]

2015, there was still plenty of talk of Brexit, I would say pre 2014

[@MrCrazytodd]

10 points to Gifindor! *Applause*

[@cameronbeattie3087]

Todd Gobbett *Gryffindor

[@josephg12345]

And then May blew it

[@palpadanktv9006]

And Boris fixed it, big time.

[@militantman]

@@palpadanktv9006 yup

[@LuminalSpoon]

@@palpadanktv9006 Yeah, about that.

[@adama-k2710]

@@palpadanktv9006 not for long hopefully

[@ciaranmarsh255]

@@palpadanktv9006 Boris has blew it now.

[@TotalImpacteSportsNetwork]

anyone know the name of the soundtrack?

[@RedfilmMovies]

Rudimental Ft. John Newman - Feel The Love ??

[@lewisraymond2224]

Song is Nicola Sturgeon's - Don't Sit Down Because I've Taken Your Seat.

[@elliot7753]

@@lewisraymond2224 ahaha

[@johnecoapollo7]

I've noticed that poll carriers in the UK run as if their life depends on it. I've taken part in vote counting for two elections in my country and I've never seen such zeal. Is there are reason behind it?

[@albertseed9418]

They want to be the first to declare

[@allyi302]

Banter innit

[@richyt87]

Tradition.

[@goych]

Ah yes when we still voted Tory because we were dumb They’ll take us forward the party from the 19th century or whenever

[@elizabethbenson7795]

now we have to do this again

[@kevinlongman007]

Ed Miliband was a useless leader and that is why Labour did so badly along with the SNP routing them in Scotland.

[@GTA5Player1]

All Labour needed to do to prevent Brexit was stop a Conservative majority. They couldn't even do that!

[@callangray3427]

Election just announced for June 8, 2017

[@GTA5Player1]

I would not expect that this is an official channel like Sky News by the soundtrack.

[@byronevans7787]

GTA5Player1 it's been edited

[@GTA5Player1]

Doesn't change the fact that this is the actual Sky News KZbin channel.

[@byronevans7787]

GTA5Player1 fair enough didn't see that

[@simongleaden2864]

No need for the awful background music/noise. After 2 min 30 sec I'm out of here!

[@Osindileyo1]

Awful?

[@melgrant7404]

Well this aged well.

[@liamb8644]

A bit like the 1997 election result had aged like fine wine by 2010.

[@melgrant7404]

​​@@liamb8644 looks like we are having a new bottle of wine this election then . Bottoms up 😊.

[@jardon8636]

remix for 2017 election....

[@xenopanther]

Need to get ready for a 2019 one

[@alexrobinson4802]

wow on june 23 we do it again what a day

[@ironmonger100]

I watch this when I want cheering up

[@klemon]

I can't find election newsroom live anywhere :(

[@Puter4472]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGrWZ5epZd2LiJI

[@LachiBoii]

Why do the polls close so late in the UK?

[@Braddington1]

+lachlan duggan Because all voting stops at midnight.

[@LachiBoii]

Uhh, no it doesn't, they close at 10 PM

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

So as many people as possible can vote.

[@WalkerSoc]

@@LachiBoii it used to be 9pm

[@umair7280]

another torie victory

[@militantman]

I am a Conservative, but we would've been better without Cameron

[@elliot7753]

@@militantman really? I think he was probably the best candidate in this election

[@unagjac890]

Why are they running when transporting the votes?

[@TheMattHardyFan21]

Some constituencies compete on being the first to announce the results, they take pride on their speed, so is very common in those centers of counting to see people running with boxes

[@kuryanthomas1438]

and to think that ed miliband and labour were favored in polls to win before the actual electio.

[@expo6252]

This funny to watch now, what a joke

[@calvin9999999999]

8:35, but not, perhaps for at least another 10 years.

[@alexburt20]

OHHHHHHH JEREMY CORBYN

[@lucianraphael9527]

SmileFaceGamer DIDNT age well

[@blackjack8043]

@@alexburt20 Delivered a far worse result for labour

[@calvin9999999999]

8:15, clearly the UK didn't need or want a labour government. Ed saying the UK needed one shows he is out of touch.

[@theuglykwan]

If seats were awarded according % of the popular vote and the results were the same, Labour could have governed in coalition with Lib Dems.

[@abdioms1392]

I look at this comment but look where we are now 😂😂😂😂

[@dean1039]

@Abdi Oms The reason the Conservatives won a majority against all the predictions was because Cameron offered a referendum on the EU in his manifesto. Britain has wanted a say on the EU ever since the Maastricht treaty of 1992. The country gave Cameron a majority so we could get the referendum and vote to Leave the EU. It didn't all happen by accident. This country has been eurosceptic for decades, and resentment of the EU grew and grew as the years went by. Leaving the EU is where the nation wanted to be.

[@dvidclapperton]

They vast majority didn't vote No Deal.

[@georgearthur205]

​@@dean1039 it happened in 2016. And then it happened again in 2019. When this gullible country voted massively in favour of the Tories. All because of the promise of an oven-ready deal (that didn't exist), promised by arch Brexiteer, Boris Johnson (who only started to become Eurosceptic after Cameron picked the Remain side). This country loves a simple soundbite. It's easy, populist politics, that are in reality, very dangerous. "Get Brexit Done", they said 😂😂😂

[@Osindileyo1]

Only if after the coalition the uk realised the tories were at fault too.. could’ve fixed so many issues

[@pattontheapplegamer5437]

365 for the conservatives today 😀😀😀😀 that is like having 1 mp every day of the year!

[@rnelson299]

Patton The Intel Gamer The Conservative party should just have a new person as prime minister every day and they will have an insurmountable record of most prime ministers in 1 year and the only party that made every one of its MPs pm.

[@VFChannelArchive]

Just a problem. This year is a leap

[@militantman]

@@VFChannelArchive the election was in 2019, so not a a leap

[@VFChannelArchive]

@@militantman oh yeah youre right. Im an idiot

[@militantman]

@@VFChannelArchive and they have 364 seats now due to a defection 😂

[@aarondrake-worth]

Time for the local elections tonight!

[@jackpaulpennington7168]

🤦‍♂️

[@jordanlmcgrath8815]

yes, it’s an awful painting, but it is never right to destroy art.

[@colinmayfordcolin884]

It's all about Scotland. 'Even in England'. indeed,-.. by far the biggest part of the electorate

[@Osindileyo1]

It’s more a case of Scotland being a regular deciding factor on who’s in power. Labour has basically never won a general election where they also didn’t do well in Scotland. I hate that the tories do so well in England, but that’s how it goes, I guess

[@KellyRockefellerisdead]

zebediah abu obediah on the far right 6:35

[@jacobtodd1622]

2015 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland General Election 650 Seats Total - 326 Seats needed for Majority PARTY: # of Seats Won (Popular Vote Share %): ☑CON: 330 (36.9%) LAB: 232 (30.4%) LD: 8 (7.9%) SNP: 56 (4.7%) DUP: 8 (0.6%) PC: 3 (0.6%) OTHERS: 13 (18.9%) Swing (CON to LAB): 0.5% Swing (LD to LAB): 8.4% Swing (LD to CON): 7.9% Swing (LD to SNP): 9.2% Majority (CON): 10 Seats Turnout: 66.4% (+1.3% from 2010) Projection: Conservative Majority Government. -David Cameron to remain Prime Minister. -2nd Conservative Majority since 1992. From poor polling to a poor exit poll to a surprise result: The most inaccurate poll of 2015: "Hung Parliament with Labour as the Largest Party and short by 42 seats." TO The exit poll: "Hung Parliament with Conservatives as the Largest Party and short by 10." TO Final Result: "Conservative Majority of 10 seats." =A 90 seat swing (polls to final result) WOW! Almost like 1992.

[@kamikazilucas]

labour really fucked up in 2015, they coulda had it

[@jonathanbrown9249]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@charlie0131]

Load of rubbish

[@Isleofskye]

What is Chas ? Always wondered...

[@charlie0131]

+Isleofskye What Is?

[@Isleofskye]

Sorry cgarlie but what is what ?

[@ajb229]

The Maybot

[@kr9297]

Lib Dems😂

[@lixerman99]

Sad, sad night

[@sambaxter8218]

The greatest night of my life! I screamed in joy at that exit poll.

[@Gooseplan]

Why?? It's so dull.

[@andrewmyers9982]

Same here!

[@ciaranmarsh255]

@@andrewmyers9982 never trust a Tory.

[@georgearthur205]

This aged well 😂

[@TheCheshireCat.]

2024

[@muhdhanif1048]

Thanks cameron for making UK stay in EU :)

[@glenroberts8699]

Even if we all voted out in June there go tell us we voted to stay in and be slaves lol

[@neiltritschler608]

Can't wait for BoJo to do the same on Friday 13th December 2019! But with a bigger majority

[@neiltritschler608]

Yes it was

[@holidaylocationsuk4555]

cameron rig it

[@ld3877]

SNP!

[@sicgc7658]

Problem Number One: Jeremy is a terrible leader for Labour, and is the sole reason they are going to lose. If he doesn't even give a notion of standing down, same for Kezia, there is no hope for a Labour recovery. Problem Number Two: Conservatives keep making promises about Brexit, and keep going against it - which is hurting both the pro-Brexit voters and anti-Brexit voters ~ with the illusion of nationalistic jingoism to hide it. Problem Number Three: Scotland does actually have a mandate to hold a referendum after this election, and with the crash of labour and Lib Dems, Ruth Davidson and her party have turned it into a Gambit between Unionists to back Tories and Separatists to back SNP. As shown in the council elections to which she was critiqued, because many letters issued stated, in summary: "local issued do matter, but what's more important is voting against SNP by voting Conservative"; essentially, they're putting local issues aside so they can secure more Unionist votes through jingoism and scaremongering. Problem Number Four: Sinn Féin are polling much higher than DUP, and they're likely to take all seats, except one, in the South and East Seats, and Belfast, with SDLP taking gains on DUP seats, and UUP scoring much lower in the polls. Thus giving a mandate for an Irish Border Poll for Unification. So this snap-election, which is merely a power grab for Theresa, could potentially break up the UK, highlight the corruption and anti-people ideologies of the Conservatives AND potentially ruin labour like the Lib Dems.

[@IsaacStark6]

Great hindsight

[@billsmith5985]

We always expect a common sense result from UK elections, and got another one.

[@SuperDoulash]

We come back before and we will come back again!!! #VOTEFORLABOUR