2019 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
Turnout64.1% (Decrease 3.2 pp)[2]
  First party Second party
  Keir Starmer Boris Johnson
Leader Keir Starmer Boris Johnson
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 4 April 2020 23 July 2019
Leader's seat Holborn and St Pancras Uxbridge and South Ruislip
(defeated)
Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6%
Seats won 386[n 2] 190
Seat change Increase 184 Decrease 175
Popular vote 14,872,503 11,028,339
Percentage 47.2% 35.0%
Swing Increase 15.1 pp Decrease 8.6 pp

  Third party Fourth party
  Nicola Sturgeon Ed Davey
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Ed Davey
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 14 November 2014 26 August 2020
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 3] Kingston and Surbiton
Last election 48 seats, 3.9% 11 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 35 16
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 7
Popular vote 1,228,872 1,953,591
Percentage 3.9% 6.2%
Swing Decrease 0.0 pp Decrease 5.4 pp

Prime Minister before election

Boris Johnson
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour

  1. ^ "StackPath". www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk. 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.


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