David Cameron, the Leader of the Conservative Party, has moved into 10 Downing Street. The move followed nearly a week of talks with Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrat party.

No political party won the election outright so it wasn’t clear straight away who would be Prime Minister.

All week politicians were in huddles trying to put together a Government made up of more than one party. So, what was the confusion all about?

Normally, after an election,one party ends up with more than half of the MPs in the House of Commons, which is called a majority. Then this party forms the new Government with their leader becoming Prime Minister.

But it wasn’t that easy this time. This is because no single party got enough MPs (or seats) on their own to have a majority so we ended up with what is called a hung parliament. When this happens two or more parties are expected to work together to form a government.

The Conservatives won 306 seats, the Labour Party got 258 and the Liberal Democrats won 57. Another 28 seats were won by smaller parties or independent MPs who don’t belong to any political party.

Some people thought that because David Cameron’s Conservative party ended up with the most MPs, they should form the next Government automatically. But it’s important for the Government to have the support of more than half of the MPs in the House of Commons. This is because every time the Government wants to make new laws and pass bills, all the MPs have to vote. If the Government hasn’t got more than half of the MPs voting with them, they don’t have the power to make anything happen.

So, the situation gave a lot of power to Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrat party, who only came third because by joining up with one of the other two main parties, he could help them form a majority Government.

Gordon Brown said he was quitting as leader of the Labour Party because the election result had shown he wasn’t popular with voters. He thought this might help Nick Clegg in his talks with the Labour party. But, talks between the two parties broke down after all.

In the end Nick Clegg agreed to help David Cameron form the new Government, even though some of their ideas are very different. There will be interesting times ahead as the parties work together to try to form a strong Government for Britain.