British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party have won ultimate majority in the recently held UK Election and have won 331 seats out of 650  seats. Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would stand down and his party must “rebuild” with a new leader. The seats won by the Conservative Party is well enough to form a government without a coalition partner.

After winning the election, David Cameron said, “I truly believe we’re on the brink of something special in our country. Together, we can make Great Britain greater still.”

Labour Party has won 232 seats with 30.4%  vote share, emerging as largest opposition party. Scottish National Party (SNP) has emerged third largest party in this election by winning 56 seats with 9% of vote share. SNP has won 56 seats of the 59 seats from Scotland.

Following protocol, Cameron met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to agree to the formation of his Conservative government.

Tidbits

• The 2015 UK election has elected the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom.
• The voter turnout was around 66.1% in 2015 UK Election.
• The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
• The United Kingdom has the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and tenth-largest economy by purchasing power parity.

GK Questions

• The first country to allow creation of babies from the DNA of three people in the world is ______? United Kingdom.
• What is the full name of United Kingdom? United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Who was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth? George VI