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2023 United Kingdom general election

 2019
February 16th 2023
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered47,568,611
Turnout65% (Decrease 2.3 pp)[2]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keir Starmer Boris Johnson
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 4 April 2020 24 July 2019
Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6%
Seats won 295 258
Seat change Increase 93 Decrease 107
Percentage 38.3% 34.1%
Swing Increase 6.2 pp Decrease 9.5 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Ed Davey
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 14 November 2014 27 August 2020
Last election 48 seats, 45% 11 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 42 31
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 20
Percentage 37.3% (Scotland) 17.6%
Swing Decrease 7.7 pp Increase 7 pp

Prime Minister before election

Boris Johnson
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour

  1. Given that Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.[1] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.
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  1. "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
  2. "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.