British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives won a surprise victory in Britain’s general election on Friday, which dramatically redrew the political map and could redefine the country’s future in Europe.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives won a surprise victory in Britain's general election on Friday, which dramatically redrew the political map and could redefine the country's future in Europe.
  
Widespread predictions of a close contest with the opposition Labour party turned out to be wide of the mark, as Cameron won a majority in the House of Commons and five more years in Downing Street.
  
Nationalists won a historic landslide in Scotland and the leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) all stepped down after suffering major losses after Thursday's voting.
  
Following his own re-election in Witney, near Oxford, Cameron travelled to London to pay a visit to Buckingham Palace, where he was reconfirmed as prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II.
  
Bringing an end to five years of coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, he announced to reporters in Downing Street: "I will now form a Conservative majority government."