David Cameron Wins Election And Forms Majority Government
by Andre Walker 8 May 2015
David Cameron has won
the 2015 general election and HM The Queen has invited him to form a majority
administration. At 10pm on Thursday night the exit poll was the first
indication the Conservatives had done a lot better than expected, although at
that stage not even the pollsters predicted an outright win.
By the end of the night the Tories had a majority of six
seats, with a total of 331 MPs. Cameron had won 306 in 2010 which fell short of
the 325 needed to form a majority government. The shortfall was the reason
he brought in Nick Clegg as a coalition partner.
Labour scored just 232, which is its worst result since 1987
and much lower than the 258 Gordon Brown won in 2010. The party were wiped out
in Scotland by the SNP, who shocked the British political
establishment by grabbing 56 out of the 59 seats north of the border.
Labour’s losses included the Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander
and the Scottish Leader Jim Murphy.
Ed Miliband tendered
his resignation as Labour leader, to come into effect after the VE day
celebrations on Friday afternoon. Phillip Collins, former Tony Blair speechwriter, was scathing of Miliband’s
performance. He told the BBC: “If you put a load of sixth form seminar left
wing nonsense before the electorate in Britain you will lose.”
At 12:30pm Friday the Prime Minister visited the Queen to
officially inform her of the election result. On his return he addressed the
world’s media saying: “We must ensure we bring our country together. As I said
in the small hours of this morning, we will govern as a party of one nation,
one United
Kingdom.
“That means ensuring this recovery reaches all parts of our
country from north to south, from east to west. And indeed it means
re-balancing our economy, building that northern powerhouse. It means giving
everyone in our country a chance so no matter where you are from.”
He vowed to deliver his entire manifesto, including an
in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU, now he has a majority
government.
It was a mixed night for UKIP, who put in an appalling
performance in terms of seats, with all but one candidate failing to take their
seats. Even Nigel Farage lost in South Thanet, but the party did score 3.8m
votes and will now receive nearly £600k a year in state funding.
Farage resigned as leader and said that he was taking the
summer off. He did not, however, rule out running in that election and Patrick
O’Flynn MEP called for him to stand. No date has been set for the leadership
election but the UKIP National Executive will meet on Monday to work out were
the party goes from here.
Another party leader who fell on his sword was Nick Clegg.
The Liberal Democrats fell from 57 seats in 2010 to just eight. It lost a
number of big hitters including Charles Kennedy and Vince Cable.
Mr Clegg described the result as a “catastrophe” and a “dark
hour”. He said: “Clearly the results have been immeasurably more crushing and
unkind than I could ever have feared. For that, of course, I must take
responsibility… We will never know how many lives we changed for the better.”
Despite his resignation Clegg will continue as Deputy Prime
Minister as all ministers stay in place until the reshuffle brings in new Conservative
ministers. That is now expected to happen over the weekend, with a new
government having been fully appointed by early next week.
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