Global InformationList of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election information
| 2015–2017 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
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 Palace of Westminster in 2016 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||
| Term | 27 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | ||||
| Election | 2015 United Kingdom general election | ||||
| Government | Second Cameron ministry (until 13 July 2016) First May ministry (from 13 July 2016) | ||||
| House of Commons | |||||
| Members | 650 | ||||
| Speaker | John Bercow | ||||
| Leader | David Lidington — Chris Grayling – until 14 July 2016 | ||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May — David Cameron – until 13 July 2016 | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Jeremy Corbyn — Harriet Harman – acting until 12 September 2015 | ||||
| Third-party leader | Angus Robertson | ||||
| House of Lords | |||||
| Members | 780 | ||||
| Lord Speaker | The Lord Fowler — The Baroness D'Souza – until 31 August 2016 | ||||
| Leader | The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park — The Baroness Stowell of Beeston – until 14 July 2016 | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | The Baroness Smith of Basildon | ||||
| Third-party leader | The Lord Wallace of Tankerness | ||||
| Crown-in-Parliament | Queen Elizabeth II | ||||
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The 2015 general election took place on 7 May 2015 and saw each of Parliament's 650 constituencies return one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. Parliament, which consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons, was convened on 27 May at the Palace of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II. It was dissolved just after midnight on 3 May 2017, being 25 working days ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017. The dissolution was originally scheduled for 2020, but took place almost three years early following a call for a snap election by Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May which received the necessary two-thirds majority in a 522 to 13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017. It was the shortest Parliament since 1974.[1]
The 2015 general election resulted in a Conservative majority, a massive loss of seats for the Liberal Democrats, and all but three Scottish seats going to the SNP.
The UK Independence Party elected their first MP at a general election. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and the Respect Party lost their singular seats that they had in the previous Parliament. The Ulster Unionist Party won back representation electing two MPs, having had none in the previous Parliament.
Notable newcomers to enter the House of Commons in this General Election included future Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Leader of the Labour Party; Keir Starmer, as well as the future parliamentary leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru; Ian Blackford and Liz Saville Roberts.
Other new MPs included; Chris Philp, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Angela Rayner, Antoinette Sandbach, Mhairi Black, Richard Burgon, Sue Hayman, Joanna Cherry, Oliver Dowden, Andrea Jenkyns, Suella Braverman, Chris Matheson, Amanda Milling, Heidi Allen, Stephen Kinnock, Jess Phillips, Ruth Smeeth, Kelly Tolhurst, Tulip Siddiq, Amanda Solloway, Craig Mackinlay, Alison Thewliss and Clive Lewis.
During the 2015–17 Parliament, John Bercow was the Speaker of the House of Commons, David Cameron and Theresa May served as Prime Minister, and Harriet Harman and Jeremy Corbyn served as Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition.
- ^ "General election 2017 officially under way as May meets Queen". BBC News. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.