Friday, May 08, 2015
The Scottish National Party (SNP) obliterated its opponents, taking 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in the Westminster parliament. The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats could muster only one seat each.
This marked a spectacular gain from the six seats the SNP won in the last UK election in 2010.
David Cameron had a lot to be happy about as he stood in front of 10 Downing Street on 8 May.
He had earlier become re-elected as prime minister and his party swept to power with a majority as the Tories ended up with 331 seats, five more than the majority threshold, while a number of his close rivals – Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage – stepped down from their roles as leaders.
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