2017 United Kingdom general election

2017 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout68.8% (Increase2.5%)[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Maidenhead Islington North
Last election 330 seats, 36.9% 232 seats, 30.4%
Seats won 317* 262
Seat change Decrease13 Increase30
Popular vote 13,636,684 12,878,460
Percentage 42.4% 40.0%
Swing Increase5.5% Increase9.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Tim Farron
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 2] Westmorland and Lonsdale
Last election 56 seats, 4.7% 8 seats, 7.9%
Seats won 35 12
Seat change Decrease21 Increase4
Popular vote 977,569 2,371,910
Percentage 3.0% 7.4%
Swing Decrease1.7% Decrease0.5%

A map of UK parliamentary constituencies
* Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.

Prime Minister before election

Theresa May
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Theresa May
Conservative

A general election was held on the 8 June 2017 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It ended in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning the most seats. They made a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party so they could pass a vote of no confidence. Theresa May stayed as prime minister.[2]

Labour won a lot of seats from the Conservatives. This was the first time Labour had gained seats since 1997. The election happened because Parliament voted for a snap election after the 2016 Brexit referendum.[3]
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  1. "General Election 2017: full results and analysis". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. "Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative Party and the DUP" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.
  3. McAuley, James (9 June 2017). "After shocking British vote result, Europe ponders fate of Brexit negotiations". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

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