Recovering economy aids Conservative triumph in UK

The UK general election produced a surprise result, with the Conservative Party unexpectedly winning an overall majority. This was in marked contrast to opinion polls showing a hung parliament. 

We can only guess that the strong performance of the UK economy helped drive many undecided voters into the Conservative camp on polling day.

The pace of GDP growth did slow to 0.3% in the first quarter from 0.6% in the final quarter of 2014. However, the fact that this was the slowest rate of growth since the last quarter of 2012 shows how well the economy performed in 2013/14.