 The Labour Party, which was in its twelfth year as government of the United Kingdom, suffered a significant drop in support polling third, and UKIP finishing second in a major election for the first time in its history, coming level with Labour in terms of seats but ahead of them in terms of votes.This was the first time in British electoral history that a party in government had been out polled in a national election by a party with no representation in the House of Commons.The Conservatives won in every region in Great Britain except the North East, where Labour won, and Scotland, where the SNP won.