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UK general election 2019 results

UK general election held on 12 December 2019: Conservative was the largest party by seats with 365. Turnout was 67.3%.

365Conservative seats
43.6%Largest party’s vote share
67.3%Turnout

Election result

DATEPolling day12 December 2019
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won365
03Vote share43.6%
04Turnout67.3%

Government outcome

Conservative government · majority 81.

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.

Seats won by party

PartySeats
Conservative365
Labour202
Liberal Democrats11
SNP / Plaid Cymru52
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”.

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