2015 general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2015_general_election

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	7 May 2015
gptkbp:elects	gptkb:Members_of_Parliament
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2015 general election
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:2017_general_election
gptkbp:notableAchievement	Liberal Democrats lost most seats SNP landslide in Scotland Conservatives formed a majority government Ed Miliband resigned as Labour leader Green Party won one seat Labour lost seats Nick Clegg resigned as Liberal Democrat leader Nigel Farage resigned as UKIP leader (temporarily) UKIP won one seat
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:56th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Conservative_Party gptkb:Labour_Party gptkb:Liberal_Democrats gptkb:Green_Party gptkb:Scottish_National_Party gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:2010_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkbp:result	Conservative majority
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	650
gptkbp:type	parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout	66.1%
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won	gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Westminster_North
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5