The UK General Elections were held May 7, 2015. General elections are held every 5 years in the United Kingdom and allow the people of the UK to elect their MP [member of Parliament], who will be the representative for their particular constituency in the House of Commons.

This year, 3,971, the second largest amount of candidates in history, ran for the 650 available MP positions.

The Conservative party, led by David Cameron, and the Labour Party, led by Ed Miliband, typically dominate the election. However the Scottish National Party and Liberal Democrats, are also significant and other parties are represented.

This year was a Conservative victory, as Conservatives won 331 seats, or 36.9% of the vote. The Labour Party won 232 votes, or 30.4% of the votes.This will be the first Conservative majority government since 1992. Many were surprised by the results, as a closer election was predicted.

If the House of Commons is composed primarily of one political party, the leader of that majority party is appointed Prime Minister. Which allowed for the reelection of Prime Minister, David Cameron, who is also the leader of the Conservative Party.