Highs and lows of extraordinary decade captured in pictures as Brexit and four elections rocked Downing Street

THE political earthquakes of an extraordinary decade have been captured in a series of momentous snaps – from Brexit to FOUR general elections.

Dramatic changes to the UK’s political landscape began in 2010, when the Conservative Party gained power for the first time since 1997 in coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

Boris Johnson completed a turbulent decade as PM after winning a landslide electionCredit: PA:Press Association

A dejected vote 'Yes' campaigner makes his way through Edinburgh's streets after Scotland voted to reject independance — A dejected vote ‘Yes’ campaigner makes his way through Edinburgh’s streets after Scotland voted to reject independanceCredit: PA:Press Association

David Cameron pictured as he delivered his resignation speech outside Number 10 in 2016 with wife, Samantha, daughters Nancy and Florence and son, ElwenCredit: PA:Press Association

Earlier in the campaign Gordon Brown suffered a now infamous campaign gaffe after a microphone picked up the PM calling Rochdale voter Gillian Duffy a “bigoted woman” after she spoke to him about immigration in her community.

In 2014, we saw Scotland vote to remain in the UK after following an independence referendum which saw the future of the Union thrown into doubt.

David Cameron returned to Number 10 as the head of a majority government the following year.

His election delivered crushing blows to Labour’s Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, who both went on to quit as party leaders.

But a decade of political drama was just getting start as Cameron called an in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union.

Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in her Batley and Spen constituency during the referendum campaign in a tragedy which shocked the country.

Britain elected to leave on June 23, 2016 with 52 per cent of voters backing the Out campaign.

David Cameron quit as Prime Minister and Theresa May was elected as his successor following a Conservative leadership campaign.

But her reign was thrown into chaos after she lost her majority in 2017 following the decision to call a snap general election.

She was unable to pass Brexit legislation through the House of Commons and eventually stepped down earlier this year.

Boris Johnson won the battle to replace her as party leader and called another general election – campaigning to finally ‘Get Brexit Done’.

He took the public to the polls for the first December general election in nearly a century and crushed Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour with a landslide majority.

The election was a number of Labour heartland seats in the North, the Midlands and Wales turn Conservative for the first time.

As we move into the 2020s, Boris will be looking to secure Brexit within its first month and potentially move the Tories towards a fifth successive term in government.