UK general election 2015 - majority builder

Make your own majority

2015 UK election: Interactive majority builder

TO FORM a government in Britain, it is not enough for a party to win the most seats in the House of Commons. It must also command a majority there. If it cannot do that alone, it must rely on other parties. 

The interactive "majority builder" above allows readers to experiment with optional seat distributions using a selection of latest poll results.

Certain small parties are much more likely to support one of the Conservatives and Labour, Britain's two main parties, than the other. They are listed next to the party to which they are closest. The Liberal Democrats, in the middle, have declared themselves willing to work with either. To form a government, one of the main parties needs at least the support of a majority of the 650 MPs; in practice, 323 of them.

NOTE: On May 7th, this interactive feature will display exit polls, followed by a live-feed of official results shortly thereafter. You'll find it on our election "data hub" here.