Archive: General Election 2010

Bad body language: The secret cost of Labour's coalition negotiation

Mandelson: 'The Tories are going to win'

The disrespectful body language of Labour's negotiating team was one of the reasons that a Lib-Lab coalition became impossible in 2010, new memoirs have revealed.

Cameron 'fooled his own party' on coalition agreement

Coalition government: Day one

Unions and Thatcherites pile on coalition pressure

Call for general election supremo

2010 general election was marred by queues as polls closed

A single person needs to be placed in charge of supervising general elections, the Electoral Commission's head has said.

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General elections 'need more central control'

Some voters were turned away on polling day in 2010

More central coordination of general elections is the best way to avoid a repeat of the queues seen at polling stations in 2010, the chair of the Electoral Commission has said.

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Tories dominant in 2010 election spending

David Cameron's party spent over half of the total expenditure by political parties

The Tories outspent Labour and the Liberal Democrats' combined total expenditure at the general election.

Court strips Woolas of Saddleworth seat

Phil Woolas' election literature ended up being challenged in court

Former immigration minister Phil Woolas' re-election to his Oldham East and Saddleworth seat has been declared void, a special election court has ruled.

Analysis: Woolas' demise was hard, but not impossible, to spot

Saddleworth election result declared void

Even with the benefit of hindsight it was impossible to tell, as I travelled around Oldham East and Saddleworth with Phil Woolas and Elwyn Watkins, what lay ahead. But the clues were there.

Court hears of Woolas 's*** or bust' strategy

Oldham East and Saddleworth hearing continues

Labour MP Phil Woolas ran a "dirty tricks" campaign in a bid to "make the white folk angry", an unusual election court heard yesterday.

Court challenge to Saddleworth result begins

Shadow immigration minister Phil Woolas faces a five-day fight in court to save his Oldham East and Saddleworth seat from his Liberal Democrat challenger.

Coalition rewrites post-election history

Tory leaders leave the Cabinet Office during coalition negotiations

David Cameron has denied misleading Conservative MPs during coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats, insisting he did not tell them Labour was offering Nick Clegg's party electoral reform without a referendum.

Review: Campaign 2010 by Nicholas Jones

David Cameron is just as obsessed with the machinations of the British tabloids and broadcasters as New Labour ever was. He's just better at it.

Feature: Solving the 2010 election riddle

Why on earth did they vote the way they did?

The general election results baffled us all. Now, after the dust has settled, its winners are trying to work out exactly why the electorate proved so fickle.

General election 2010: Tories pick up Vale of Glamorgan

Tories gain Vale of Glamorgan, number two target in Wales

The Conservatives have won their number two target in Wales.

General election 2010

Britain has a hung parliament for the first time since 1974

The 2010 general election has seen voters return a hung parliament for the first time since 1974.

General election 2010: Last seat goes to the Tories

The Tories held the seat of Thirsk and Malton

The Tories easily retained the seat of Thirsk and Malton as the last result of the general election finally came in.

General election 2010: Final constituency votes

Voting in the 2010 election concludes in Thirsk and Malton today

The only constituency which did not elect an MP in the 2010 general election is doing so today.

Feature: Election Aftermath

New politics: The 2010 election was one of the most dramatic in recent history

politics.co.uk picks up the pieces after one of the most exciting and dramatic general elections in recent history.

Election aftermath: The media

In the first of a special week-long assessment of the general election, politics.co.uk looks at what the campaign taught us about the role of the media.

Lib-Con: The Cabinet in full

Here's the final list of who's got a seat at the Cabinet room table.

Coalition partners still fighting in by-election

Lib Dem and Conservative candidates are still fighting in a by-election despite being in coalition

Despite "cooperation, not confrontation" between the two governing parties, the Tory and Liberal Democrat candidates are still fighting in the delayed Thirsk and Malton election.

Coalition government: Day one

David Cameron and Nick Clegg enter Downing Street together this morning

Britain is having yet another historic political day, with the formation of the first coalition government since the Second World War.

Coalition government as-it-happens

David Cameron welcomes Nick Clegg into No 10

Catch up on all of the day's developments with politics.co.uk's live blog.

Tory activists: Campaign not good enough

Many Conservative activists feel the party's campaign was not good enough

Even as David Cameron is settling into Downing Street there are rumblings among his party rank and file.

Tory-Lib Dem agreement in full

Read the full text of the agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

Coalition PM Cameron enters No 10

David Cameron has entered No 10 as prime minister, after a day of negotiations in which the details of a full Conservative-Lib Dem coalition were finalised.