Results breakdown of the 2005 United Kingdom general election Party came third in Brighton Pavilion (with Keith Taylor as candidate) behind Labour and the Conservatives, taking 21.9% of the votes cast. Despite this unprecedented high share of the vote Taylor was not selected to contest the seat in the 2010 general election, losing his prospective position to Caroline Lucas. The English Democrats gained their highest percentage of the vote, when former "Sun" newspaper columnist, Gary Bushell stood in Greenwich and Woolwich and gained 3.4% of votes cast. The Independent Working Class Association stood for the first time in a general election, having previously only stood in local council elections.
Next United Kingdom general election Cable. Facing a no confidence vote by her party in December 2018, Theresa May told MPs she would not contest the next scheduled general election ("i.e." in 2022) as leader. Northern Ireland While a number of UK parties organise in Northern Ireland ("e.g." Labour Party in Northern Ireland, but they do not field candidates) and field candidates for election ("e.g.", Conservative, UKIP), the main Northern Ireland parties are different from those in the rest of the UK. ! scope="col" | MP ! scope="col" | Seat ! scope="col" | First elected ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party ! scope="col" | Date announced