Sandbox/UK/LA

2007 United Kingdom general election

10 May 2007
All 646 seats to the House of Commons 324 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	44,245,939
Turnout	27,148,510 63.0% (1.6 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Grant Gordon Brown Chris Huhne Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 13 September 2001 12 May 2004 9 September 2006 Leader's seat Canterbury Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Eastleigh Last election 338 seats, 39.4% 225 seats, 30.1% 51 seats, 20.0 Seats before 338 225 51 Seats won 365 207‡ 45 Seat change 27* 18* 7* Popular vote 10,696,512 8,198,850 5,429,702 Percentage 41.6% 29.1% 19.2% Swing 2.2 pp 1.1 pp 0.8 pp
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Indicates boundary change – so this is a notional figure ‡ Figure does not include the Speaker, Michael Martin
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Prime Minister after election David Grant Conservative

2003 United Kingdom general election

20 November 2003
All 646 seats to the House of Commons 324 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	44,245,939
Turnout	27,148,510 61.4% (2.0 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Grant Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 13 September 2001 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 Leader's seat Canterbury Sedgefield Ross, Skye and Lochaber Last election 166 seats, 31.7% 412 seats, 40.7% 52 seats, 18.3% Seats before 165 403 51 Seats won 338 225‡ 52 Seat change 173* 178* 1* Popular vote 10,696,512 8,198,850 5,429,702 Percentage 39.4% 30.2% 20.0% Swing 7.7 pp 10.5 pp 1.7 pp
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Indicates boundary change – so this is a notional figure ‡ Figure does not include the Speaker, Michael Martin
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Prime Minister after election David Grant Conservative

2001 Conservative Party leadership election

08 June - 13 September 2001

Candidate David Grant Iain Duncan Smith Kenneth Clarke First ballot 39 (23.5%) 36 (21.6%) 49 (29.5%) Second ballot 42 (25.3%) 39 (23.6%) 50 (30.1%) Third ballot 54 (32.5%) 59 (35.5%) 53 (32.0%) Members' vote 155,993 (60.7%) 100,864 (39.3%) Eliminated   Candidate David Davis Michael Ancram First ballot 21 (12.7%) 21 (12.7%) Second ballot 18 (10.8%) 17 (10.2%) Third ballot Withdrew Eliminated Members' vote Withdrew Eliminated

Leader before election William Hague Elected Leader David Grant