2019 United Kingdom General Election: Election to the 58th United Kingdom House of Commons
A general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
The Conservative Party won with a landslide majority and Boris Johnson stayed as Prime Minister. The Labour Party lost 60 seats, giving them their lowest number of seats (202) since 1935.
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 67.3% ( 1.5 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn quit after the loss saying he "would not lead Labour at the next election". This led to a leadership election in the party where Keir Starmer became the new leader.
34 MPs out of the 650 elected had quit or been disciplined by their party or by parliamentary colleagues over claims of bad behaviour by the end of 2023. This was more than any previous parliament.
Summary
A summarised results of the parties that won seats at the election is as follows:
| Party | Leader | MPs | Votes | ||||
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| Conservative Party | Boris Johnson | 365 | 56.2% | 365 / 650 | 13,966,565 | 43.6% | |
| Labour Party | Jeremy Corbyn | 202 | 31.1% | 202 / 650 | 10,269,076 | 32.2% | |
| Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | 48 | 7.4% | 48 / 650 | 1,242,380 | 3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Swinson | 11 | 1.7% | 11 / 650 | 3,696,423 | 11.6% | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Arlene Foster | 8 | 1.2% | 8 / 650 | 244,128 | 0.8% | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 7 | 1.1% | 7 / 650 | 181,853 | 0.6% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 4 | 0.6% | 4 / 650 | 153,265 | 0.5% | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Colum Eastwood | 2 | 0.3% | 2 / 650 | 118,737 | 0.4% | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Jonathan Bartley Siân Berry | 1 | 0.2% | 1 / 650 | 835,579 | 2.7% | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | 1 | 0.2% | 1 / 650 | 134,115 | 0.4% | |
| Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | 1 | 0.2% | 1 / 650 | 26,831 | 0.1% | |
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References
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