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Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
2016-02-27

A specially convened Election court in the United Kingdom orders a re-run of the 2010 general election campaign in Oldham East and Saddleworth, the constituency of ex-immigration minster Phil Woolas, after he is found guilty of making false statements against an opponent during the original campaign.
2010-11-5

The value of the pound sterling drops to a 13-month low as a result of the election.
2010-05-8

Eligible voters in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 who are living in New Zealand are the latest to be disenfranchised as anger grows over the disfranchisement of citizens living in the UK who were queuing to vote as polls closed.
2010-05-8

Two former Labour Home Secretaries, Charles Clarke (2004–2006) and Jacqui Smith (2007–2009, first woman in the post), lose their seats.
2010-05-7

Gloria De Piero, the former GMTV newsreader, wins the Ashfield constituency for the Labour party with a majority of just 192.
2010-05-7

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is described as "mortified" after an open-mic incident during general election campaigning recorded him describing a Rochdale voter as a "bigoted woman".
2010-04-28

The leaders of the United Kingdom's three main political parties take part in the first of three televised debates ahead of the 2010 General Election.
2010-04-15

Conservative leader David Cameron launches his party's election manifesto, which he says is a "plan to change Britain for the better". He said the "optimistic" plan would bring a "new kind of government" with less state and more "people power".
2010-04-13

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls a general election for 6 May.
2010-04-6