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1987 United Kingdom general election

← 1983 11 June 1987 1992 →
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	75.3%, 2.6%
First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Alliance Progressive Alliance n/a Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Leader's seat Islwyn Finchley Last election 209 seats, 27.6% SDP-Liberal Alliance: 23 seats, 25.4% Green : 0 seats, 0.2% 397 seats, 42.4% Seats won 387 Labour: 323 Liberal: 41 SDP: 23 Green: 0 240 [a] Seat change Labour: 114 Liberal: 24 SDP: 17 157 Popular vote 17,371,440 13,760,583 Percentage 53.4% 42.2% Swing n/a 0.2%
Prime Minister before election Margaret Thatcher Conservative Prime Minister after election Neil Kinnock Progressive Alliance

2010 United Kingdom general election

← 2005 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06) 2015 →
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	65.1% (3.7%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Nick Clegg Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 18 December 2007 Leader's seat Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Witney Sheffield Hallam Last election 355 seats, 35.2% 198 seats, 32.4% 62 seats, 22.0% Seats before 349 193 62 Seats won 272 268 82 Seat change 77 ‡ 75‡ 20‡ Popular vote 8,906,281 10,004,722 8,193,778 Percentage 30.0% 33.7% 27.6% Swing 5.2 pp 1.3 pp 5.6 pp
Prime Minister before election Gordon Brown Labour Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister after negotiations Gordon Brown (Labour) Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office 2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Shadowing	Nicholas Ridley Peter Lilley Michael Heseltine
Preceded by	Bryan Gould
Succeeded by	Robin Cook
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Shadowing	John Major Norman Lamont
Preceded by	Bryan Gould
Succeeded by	Margaret Beckett
Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Dunfermline East (1983–2005)
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Dick Douglas (Dunfermline)
Personal details
Born	James Gordon Brown (1951-02-20) 20 February 1951 (age 73) Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Sarah Macaulay ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (BA 1971, MA 1972, PhD 1982)
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Danish Folketing election, 1945

←  1943 30 October 1945 1947  →
All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Aksel Larsen Hans Hedtoft Knud Kristensen Party Communists Social Democrats Venstre Last election banned 66 seats, 44.5% 28 seats, 18.7% Seats won 52 37 19 Seat change 52 29 9 Popular vote 719,360 513,828 256,914 Percentage 35.0% 25.0% 12.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jørgen Jørgensen Oluf Pedersen Christmas Møller Party Social Liberals Justice Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 8.7% 2 seats, 1.6% 31 seats, 12.0% Seats won 15 15 11 Seat change 2 13 20 Popular vote 205,531 205,325 154,148 Percentage 10.0% 10.0% 7.5%
Prime Minister before election Vilhelm Buhl Social Democratic Party Prime Minister-elect Aksel Larsen Communists

Austrian legislative election, 1945

←  1930 25 November 1945 1949  →
165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Karl Renner Johann Koplenig Leopold Figl Party SPÖ KPÖ ÖVP Leader since 1918 1945 1945 Seats won 71 51 41 Popular vote 1,394,376 1,006,905 852,046 Percentage 42.9% 31.0% 26.2%
Chancellor before election Karl Renner SPÖ Elected Chancellor Karl Renner SPÖ

French legislative election, 1945

←  1936 21 October 1945 1946 (Jun)  →
All 522 seats to the French National Assembly 262 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   SFIO Leader Maurice Schumann Maurice Thorez Daniel Mayer Party MRP PCF SFIO Leader's seat Nord Seine Seine Seats won 210 149 119 Popular vote 7,646,807 5,464,813 4,363,987 Percentage 38.9% 27.8% 22.2%
PM before election Charles de Gaulle Independent Elected PM Maurice Thorez PCF

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