The British General Election of 2015

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_2015

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	2015-05-07
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:BBC gptkb:Channel_4 gptkb:ITV gptkb:Sky_News
gptkbp:elects	gptkb:Members_of_Parliament
gptkbp:fifthLargestParty	gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:fourthLargestParty	gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The British General Election of 2015
gptkbp:leaderOfConservativeParty	gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkbp:leaderOfLabourParty	gptkb:Ed_Miliband
gptkbp:leaderOfLiberalDemocrats	Nick Clegg
gptkbp:leaderOfSNP	gptkb:Nicola_Sturgeon
gptkbp:leaderOfUKIP	gptkb:Nigel_Farage
gptkbp:majoritySeats	326
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_2017
gptkbp:notableAchievement	SNP landslide in Scotland Conservative majority government Ed Miliband resigned as Labour leader Nick Clegg resigned as Liberal Democrat leader Nigel Farage resigned as UKIP leader (temporarily) UKIP high vote share, few seats Liberal Democrat collapse
gptkbp:numberOfAlliancePartySeats	1
gptkbp:numberOfConservativeSeats	331
gptkbp:numberOfDUPSeats	8
gptkbp:numberOfGreenPartySeats	1
gptkbp:numberOfLabourSeats	232
gptkbp:numberOfLiberalDemocratSeats	8
gptkbp:numberOfPlaidCymruSeats	3
gptkbp:numberOfSDLPSeats	3
gptkbp:numberOfSinnFeinSeats	4
gptkbp:numberOfSNPSeats	56
gptkbp:numberOfUKIPSeats	1
gptkbp:numberOfUUPSeats	2
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:56th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_2010
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	650
gptkbp:thirdLargestParty	gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkbp:type	parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout	66.1%
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won	gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7