Photos: General election in Britain

British Prime Minister and Conservative party leader David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street to attend a service to mark Victory Day day at the Cenotaph in London. Cameron hailed the ‘sweetest victory’ of his political career in the general elections.

People peer through a security fence at the end of Downing Street in London hoping to catch a glimpse of the prime minister.

A newspaper vendor gives out free newspapers showing election victory for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party in central London.

Nigel Farage heads to his car after resigning as the leader of the U.K Independence Party in Broadstairs, south east England. The Conservative Party swept to power Friday in Britain’s Parliamentary elections.

A pile of newspapers shows election victory for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party at a news stand in central London.

Opposition Labor party leader Ed Miliband and his wife arrive at party headquarters in London.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez leave after winning his Sheffield Hallam seat.

Voters wait to cast their votes at a polling station in southern England, as Britain holds a general election.

Prime Minister David Cameron with his wife Samantha arrive at a polling station to cast their votes in the general election in Spelsbury, England.

Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and his wife Justine walk to the polling station before voting at Sutton Village Hall, Doncaster, England.

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage leaves after casting his vote for the South Thanet constituency in Ramsgate, England. The United Kingdom has gone to the polls to vote for a new government in one of the most closely fought general elections in recent history.

A man walks past a polling station set up in London.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez arrive to vote in Sheffield, England.

Voters enter a polling station located in a public house in Wiltshire, England. With the result too close to call it is anticipated that there will be no overall clear majority winner and a coalition government will have to be formed once again.

Voters exit a polling station in central England.

Debbie Carpenter, an equestrian groom, rides back to Three Oaks, a residential house in southern England where a polling station was set up.

Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, leave a polling station in Spelsbury, England.

Voters arrive at a portacabin set up as a polling station near the Pantmawr Inn pub in Cardiff, South Wales.

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at an election rally in St Ives, England. Campaigning is intensifying as the election enters its last few days before voting begins May 7.

Alex Donohue from Ladbrokes displays election betting odds on a blackboard near Parliament in London. Britain’s political leaders are campaigning on the last day of what is predicted to be the closest general election for a generation.

Labor leader Ed Miliband leaves after speaking during a campaign rally at the Muni Theatre in Colne, England.

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, center right, is watched by the media while he meets supporters including first elected UKIP MP Douglas Carswell, second from left, canvassing for support in Sandwich, England.

Polly Billington, Labor Party candidate for Thurrock, chats with a resident during campaigning in Tilbury. The south Essex constituency of Thurrock is a three-way battle, with Billington and UK Independence Party candidate Tim Aker challenging Jackie Doyle-Price.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, center, and deputy party leader Amelia Womack, second from left, walk down Firth Street in the center of London’s gay community while campaigning.

An audience member takes a smartphone photo as Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to party supporters gathered in Cornwall, England.

Labor leader Ed Miliband has pictures taken with party supporters after speaking at a rally at the Addison Centre in Bedford, England.

Labor Party supporters wait for party leader Ed Miliband to speak at the Muni Theatre in Colne, England.

British Prime Minister David Cameron goes to hug a member of the public as he arrives to watch the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race pass through Addingham during general election campaigning.