BREAKING: Support Swings to Conservatives in U.K. Vote, Exit Polls Show
Posted: May 7, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Global, Politics | Tags: Conservative Party (UK), David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Labour Party (UK), Liberal Democrats, List of United Kingdom general elections, Member of Parliament, Scotland, Scottish National Party, UK Independence Party Leave a comment
Prime Minister David Cameron’s party projected to win 316 seats; 239 for Labour
LONDON— Jenny Gross reports: Exit polls showed a surprising swing of support to Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party in the U.K.’s tightly-contested 
election Thursday, suggesting that the Tories could continue to lead the government.
The exit polls forecast that the Conservatives would win 316 seats in the U.K. Parliament, suggesting a far stronger showing than months of pre-election surveys that showed them in a dead heat with the main opposition Labour Party. However, the exit polls indicated the Conservatives would be short of an effective majority of the 650-seat House of Commons.
The #GE2015 exit poll, in its full Lego glory… pic.twitter.com/1kz54lDsPA
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Labour, according to the polls, secured 239 seats. The Conservatives’ current junior coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats, were projected to win 10 seats, which would indicate heavy losses.
The Scottish National Party, as some had predicted, made major gains with exit-poll projections of 58 seats….(read more)
Write to Jenny Gross at jenny.gross@wsj.com
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