317Conservative seats
42.3%Largest party’s vote share
68.8%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day8 June 2017
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won317
03Vote share42.3%
04Turnout68.8%
Government outcome
Hung Parliament · Conservative minority government.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
House of Commons Library: 2017 election data ↗ · Parliament: detailed 2017 results ↗
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative317
Labour262
Liberal Democrats12
SNP / Plaid Cymru39
Other parties20
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.