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[[File:2015UKElectionMap.svg|thumb|Distribution of seats after the election]]The '''2015 General Election''' was held on 7 May 2015, in accordance with the | [[File:2015UKElectionMap.svg|thumb|Distribution of seats after the election]]The '''2015 General Election''' was held on 7 May 2015, in accordance with the | ||
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. The result was a narrow [[Conservative]] majority over all other parties combined. In [[Scotland]], the [[SNP]] (Scottish National Party) won all but three seats. The [[Labour]] and [[Liberal Democrat]] parties lost significant numbers of seats, and [[UKIP | Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. The result was a narrow [[Conservative]] majority over all other parties combined. In [[Scotland]], the [[SNP]] (Scottish National Party) won all but three seats. The [[Labour]] and [[Liberal Democrat]] parties lost significant numbers of seats, and [[UKIP]] won only one seat despite receiving four million votes. | ||
==LGBT history== | ==LGBT history== | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 14 May 2015
The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015, in accordance with the
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. The result was a narrow Conservative majority over all other parties combined. In Scotland, the SNP (Scottish National Party) won all but three seats. The Labour and Liberal Democrat parties lost significant numbers of seats, and UKIP won only one seat despite receiving four million votes.
LGBT history
Following the election, there are 27 LGBT MPs, making it "the most ever reorded in the world", according to Professor Andrew Reynolds of the University of North Carolina.[1]
The new LGBT MPs are:
- Peter Kyle (Hove; Labour)
- Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood; Labour)
- Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil; Labour)
- Wes Streeting (Ilford North; Labou).
- Ben Howlett (Bath; Conservative)
- Stewart McDonald (Glasgow South; SNP)
- John Nicolson (East Dumbartonshire; SNP).
Existing LGBT MPs re-elected were:
- Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South; Labour)
- Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth; Labour)
- Steve Reed (Croydon North; Labour)
- Ben Bradshaw (Exeter; Labour)
- Stephen Twigg (Liverpool West Derby; Labour)
- Nick Brown (Newcastle East; Labour)
- Chris Bryant (Rhondda; Labour)
- Clive Betts (Sheffield South East; Labour)
- Angela Eagle (Wallasey; Labour)
- Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Down; Conservative)
- Conor Burns (Bournemouth West; Conservative)
- Mike Freer (Finchley /Golders Green; Conservative)
- Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford; Conservative)
- Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South; Conservative)
- Stuart Andrew (Pudsey; Conservative)
- Crispin Blunt (Reigate; Conservative)
- Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley; Conservative)
- Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melto; Conservative)
- Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham; Conservative)
- Margot James (Stourbridge; Conservative)
The following lost their seats:
- Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark; Liberal Democrat)
- David Laws (Yeovil; Liberal Democrat)
- Steve Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay; Liberal Democrat)
- Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey and Wood Green; Liberal Democrat)
- Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood; Conservative)
References
<references>
- ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/08/does-the-uk-now-have-the-most-lgbt-elected-mps-in-the-world/. Pink News 8 May 2015. Accessed: 2015-05-14. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6YW8a1nuB)