2017 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
326 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.7%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Conservative Theresa May 42.4% 317 −13
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 40.0% 262 +30
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 3.0% 35 −21
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 7.4% 12 +4
DUP Arlene Foster 0.9% 10 +2
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 0.8% 7 +3
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 0.5% 4 +1
Green Jonathan Bartley
Caroline Lucas 		1.6% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Theresa May
Conservative		 Theresa May
Conservative

This is the results breakdown of the 2017 general election.

Vote shares

Change in vote share, by default order of total seats won in 2017
Party % votes won
in 2015 		% votes won
in 2017 		∆%
(i.e. change)
Conservative Party 36.8 42.4 +5.5
Labour Party 30.5 40.0 +9.6
Scottish National Party 4.7 3.0 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 7.9 7.4 −0.5
Green Party 3.8 1.6 −2.2
UKIP 12.7 1.8 −10.9
Other 3.6 3.8 +0.2
Total % 100.0 100.0 –

A post-election analysis of Lord Ashcroft of inter-party swing (between specific parties):

Poll: Expressed voting choice in 2017 of electors who say they voted in 2015[1]
Party New choice of party of sample-polled previous voters
Conservative Labour LD SNP UKIP Green Other
Conservative 82% 10% 5% – 1% 1% 1%
Labour 9% 83% 5% 1% 1% 1% –
Liberal Democrats 16% 30% 50% 1% – 2% 1%
SNP 6% 12% 2% 80% – – –
UKIP 57% 18% 3% – 19% 2% 1%

Seats which changed hands

Main article: List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

England

Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in England
Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Conservative[n 2] 297 8 30 −22 12,376,530 45.6 +4.6
Labour 227 27 6 +21 11,386,624 41.9 +10.3
Liberal Democrats 8 5 3 +2 2,121,672 7.8 −0.4
Green 1 0 0 0 506,905 1.9 −2.3
UKIP 0 0 1 −1 557,174 2.1 −12.1
  Others 0 0 0 0 210,321 0.8 +0.6
Total 533 27,159,226 Turnout 69.1%

[2]

Northern Ireland

Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
DUP 10 2 0 +2 292,316 36.0 +10.3
Sinn Féin 7 3 0 +3 238,915 29.4 +4.9
SDLP 0 0 3 −3 95,419 11.7 −2.2
Ulster Unionist 0 0 2 −2 83,280 10.3 −5.8
Alliance 0 0 0 0 64,553 7.9 −0.6
Green (NI) 0 0 0 0 7,452 0.9 −0.0
TUV 0 0 0 0 3,282 0.4 −1.9
  Others 1 0 0 0 26,966 3.3 −1.8
Total 18 812,183 Turnout 65.4%

Scotland

Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
SNP 35 0 21 −21 977,569 36.9 −13.1
Conservative 13 12 0 +12 757,949 28.6 +13.7
Labour 7 6 0 +6 717,007 27.1 +2.8
Liberal Democrats 4 3 0 +3 179,061 6.8 −0.8
Scottish Green 0 0 0 0 5,886 0.2 −1.1
UKIP 0 0 0 0 5,302 0.2 −1.4
  Others 0 0 0 0 6,920 0.3 +0.2
Total 59 2,649,695 Turnout 66.4%

[3]

Wales

Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Labour 28 3 0 +3 771,354 48.9 +12.1
Conservative 8 0 3 −3 528,839 33.6 +6.3
Plaid Cymru 4 1 0 +1 164,466 10.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 −1 71,039 4.5 −2.0
UKIP 0 0 0 0 31,376 2.0 −11.6
Green 0 0 0 0 5,128 0.3 −2.2
  Others 0 0 0 0 3,612 0.2 −0.1
Total 40 1,575,814 Turnout 68.6%

Notes

  1. ^ The seat had already been gained at a by-election in February. Gains at a general election are normally contrasted to the previous general election, ignoring by-elections in between.
  2. ^ Seat figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow

References

  1. ^ Lord Ashcroft (9 June 2017). "How did this result happen? My post-vote survey". Lord Ashcroft Polls.
  2. ^ "England Results". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Scotland Results". BBC News.
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