UK Election 2010 final results: Conservatives win, hung Parliament

Final results of the UK 2010 Election have been won by David Cameron’s Conservatives, but it’s a hung Parliament. That is why Conservative leader and future Prime Minister David Cameron has already approached the Liberal Democrats to help his party form the Government.

After the  count of the votes has been finished (649 of 650), the Conservatives have 306 seats, and Labour have 258 seats, while the Liberal Democrats have 57 seats. This means that we have a hung Parliament and only a political alliance would allow David Cameron’s party to form a government.

The results will be made out of 649 seats instead of 650. John Boakes, the UKIP candidate in Thirsk and Malton has passed away, therefore there will be no voting there today. The voters in Thirsk and Malton will vote on May 27th instead.

He has already talked to the Lib Dems and made them an offer to be a part of a future government with the Tories. It seems very likely for this offer to be accepted and for members of the Lib Dem to be part of the new government. Tories could try forming a political minority government, but that seems unlikely.

In order to form a government on its own, a party needs 326 seats, and the Tories are short this time. It is customary for the prime minister designated by the party that has the most seats in the new Parliament to try to form a government first.

Most likely, we’ll have a Conservative cabinet, led by David Cameron, with a few Liberal Democrats in it. David Cameron has said that the country needs a strong and stable government.