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UK general election results in hung parliament
7 May 2010
As predicted by many commentators the UK general election has resulted in a hung parliament. Although some constituencies are still to declare their results no one party will have more than the 326 seats required to form a majority government.
Following last night’s election there will now be a period of uncertainty as all the parties in Westminster attempt to broker a deal to form a coalition government. If no deal can be made then another general election may be called.
Following the election Labour leader Gordon Brown said:
My duty to the country, coming out of this election, is to play my part in Britain having a strong, stable and principled government, able to lead Britain into sustained economic recovery and able to implement our commitments to far-reaching reform to our political system - upon which there is a growing consensus in our country.
Conservative leader David Cameron said:
Nationally we have to wait for the full results to come out, but I believe it is already clear that the Labour Government has lost its mandate to govern our country.
The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg said:
This has obviously been disappointing for the Liberal Democrats. We simply haven't achieved what we had hoped. I'm nonetheless proud of the way we conducted the campaign. I think we conducted a positive campaign, full of hope, full of optimism, which I think did engage a lot of people in the election campaign, even if they didn't then go on to vote for the Liberal Democrats.
