These are graphical representations of the House of Commons showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2010 general election and before the 2015 general election:
The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sat together as a party group.
Sinn Féin did not take its seats.
This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected, ordered by constituency. As the
constituency boundaries changed for this election, the "notional incumbent" column lists the party estimated to have won the seat at the 2005 election
, had that election been conducted under the new boundaries.
Names of incumbents are listed where they stood for re-election; for details of defeated new candidates and the incumbent who stood down in those cases see individual constituency articles.
New constituency; previously MP for Harwich (partial forerunner), Douglas Carswell defected to UKIP in 2014, resigned his seat and was then elected as UKIP's first ever MP at the by-election held after he defected
New constituency. Notional hold. Bob Marshall-Andrews declined to contest the new seat. Mark Reckless defected to UKIP, resigned his seat and was then elected as the second UKIP Member at the by-election triggered by his resignation
New constituency; previously MP for Vale of York. The poll was the only one postponed Not a by-election as without a new campaign round. This was due to the death of the UKIP candidate.
New constituency; incumbent for main predecessor did not stand here
Changes and by-elections
After a general election, changes can occur in the composition of the House of Commons. This happens as a result of the election of Deputy Speakers, by-elections, defections, suspensions or removal of whip.
Technically,
Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham
, which vacates their seat.
The net outcome of all changes at the dissolution of Parliament resulted in four fewer Conservative MPs, two fewer Labour MPs, one fewer Liberal Democrat MP, four more independent MPs, the addition of one Respect MP and the addition of two UKIP MPs. This resulted in a reduction of the actual government majority from eighty-three to seventy-three. Both Respect and UKIP were previously unrepresented in the fifty-fifth Parliament. This was the first time that candidates standing for UKIP had been elected to the House of Commons.
Deputy Speakers
Although Deputy Speakers do not resign from their parties, they cease to vote (except to break ties) and they do not participate in party-political activity until the next election.
Nigel Evans (Con, Ribble Valley) was elected First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and held the position until his resignation on 10 September 2013.[4]
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–present) § 2010-2015 Parliament
By-elections are held for seats that become vacant, although if a vacancy occurs close to a general election, the seat may remain vacant for the remainder of the Parliament.[6]
Resigned from Conservatives after being the subject of a journalistic sting exploring his conduct regarding lobbying companies.[18] Resigned seat on 29 April 2014.[19]
Resigned whip ahead of court case involving sexual offence allegations.[19] Suspended from party on 22 January 2014[20] and resigned from it completely on 17 September.[21]