The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will hold a general election on 7 May 2015 to elect a new parliament.
Voting to elect Members of the Parliament to seats in the House of Common will take place across all 650 parliamentary constituencies–533 in England, 59 in Scotland, 40 in Wales and 18 in Northern Ireland.
Local elections will take place throughout England except Greater London.
There are a number of parties that will be contesting, but competition to become the majority party in the parliament is between the two largest parties, the Conservative Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron and the Labour Party led by Edward Miliband, incumbent leader of the opposition.
According to latest polls neither party is expected to win a majority in the parliament, with the conservatives predicted to win 34.3% and the Labour 32.6%.
In the previous election the Conservatives won 36%.1 of the seats, Labour won 29%.
A major issue of interest in this elections is the parties’ position on the EU. David Cameron has stated his plans on holding a referendum for UK’s membership in the European Union, while the labour party has opposed this.
The results of the elections will be announced on May 9, 2015.