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2017 United Kingdom general election

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List of MPs elected in the 2017 United Kingdom general election →

All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered46,836,533
Turnout32,204,184
68.8% (Increase 2.4 pp)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Theresa May election infobox.jpg
Jeremy Corbyn election infobox 2.jpg
Nicola Sturgeon election infobox 3.jpg
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Nicola Sturgeon
Party Conservative Labour SNP
Leader since 11 July 2016 12 September 2015 14 November 2014
Leader's seat Maidenhead Islington North Did not stand[n 2]
Last election 330 seats, 36.9% 232 seats, 30.4% 56 seats, 4.7%
Seats won 317 262 35
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 30 Decrease 21
Popular vote 13,636,684 12,877,918 977,568
Percentage 42.3% 40.0% 3.0%
Swing Increase 5.5 pp Increase 9.6 pp Decrease 1.7 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Official portrait of Tim Farron MP crop 4.jpg
Arlene Foster election infobox.jpg
Gerry Adams election infobox.jpg
Leader Tim Farron Arlene Foster Gerry Adams
Party Liberal Democrats DUP Sinn Féin
Leader since 16 July 2015 17 December 2015 13 November 1983
Leader's seat Westmorland
and Lonsdale
Did not stand[n 5] Did not stand[n 3]
Last election 8 seats, 7.9% 8 seats, 0.6% 4 seats, 0.6%
Seats won 12 10 7[n 4]
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 2,371,861 292,316 238,915
Percentage 7.4% 0.9% 0.7%
Swing Decrease 0.5 pp Increase 0.3 pp Increase 0.1 pp

2017UKElectionMap.svg
A map of UK parliamentary constituencies, with each winner's constituency, percentage of victory.

UK House of Commons 2017-06-26.svg
Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Theresa May
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Theresa May
Conservative


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  1. "General Election 2017: full results and analysis". UK Parliament (second ed.). 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2022.