Candidates in the 2019 United Kingdom general election

3,322 candidates stood in the 2019 general election, which was held on 12 December 2019.^[1] The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 16:00 on 14 November 2019.^[2]

Gender

A record number of women took part, with 1,120 female candidates in total (34%).^[3] The election also saw the highest ever number of transgender and non-binary candidates, ten overall.^[4]

Political parties

The Conservative Party put forward the most candidates, standing in 635 of the UK's 650 seats. The Labour Party contested 631, the Liberal Democrats 611, the various Green parties^{[n 1]} (a total of 497), and the Brexit Party 275.^[3] The total number of candidates by party is shown below:

Party[5]		Candidates
	Conservative and Unionist Party	635
	Labour Party	631
	Liberal Democrats	629
	Green Party of England and Wales	472
	Brexit Party	275
	Independent	187
	Scottish National Party	59
	UKIP	44
	Plaid Cymru	36
	Yorkshire Party	28
	Christian Peoples Alliance	27
	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	24
	Scottish Green Party	22
	Social Democratic Party	20
	Liberal Party	19
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	18
	Social Democratic & Labour Party	14
	Democratic Unionist Party	17
	Ulster Unionist Party	16
	Sinn Féin	15
	Aontú	7
	Animal Welfare Party	6
	Libertarian Party	5
	Advance Together	5
	Renew Party	4
	English Democrats	4
	Workers Revolutionary Party	4
	Green Party Northern Ireland	3
	Women's Equality Party	3
	The Independent Group for Change	3
	Gwlad Gwlad	3
	The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party	3
	Young People's Party	3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	3
	Socialist Equality Party	2
	Scottish Family Party	2
	Communities United Party	2
	North East Party	2
	People Before Profit	2
	Christian Party	2
	Socialist Party of Great Britain	2
	Veterans and People's Party	2
	Peace Party	2
	Yeshua	2
	British National Party	1
	Mebyon Kernow	1
	Putting Cumbria First	1
	Scottish Libertarian Party	1
	Speaker	1

Withdrawn or disowned candidates

The following candidates withdrew from campaigning or had support from their party withdrawn after the close of nominations and so will remain on the ballot paper in their constituency.

Candidate	Party		Constituency	Reason for withdrawal	Date
Safia Ali		Labour	Falkirk	Prior antisemitic posts on Facebook[6]	28 November 2019
Amjad Bashir		Conservative	Leeds North East	Made antisemitic comments in 2014[7][8]	20 November 2019[9][10]
Sophie Cook		Independent	East Worthing and Shoreham	Reported experience of abuse and harassment[11]	19 November 2019
Victor Farrell		Brexit Party	Glenrothes	Homophobic comments in 2017[12]	18 November 2019
Neale Hanvey		SNP	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Allegations of antisemitism in a 2016 Facebook post[13]	28 November 2019
Ryan Houghton		Conservative	Aberdeen North	Antisemitic, Islamophobic and homophobic tweets in 2012[14]	19 November 2019
Ivan Lewis		Independent	Bury South	Urged voters to vote Conservative[15]	4 December 2019
Ben Mathis		Liberal Democrats	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Offensive tweets up to 2018[16]	24 November 2019
Waheed Rafiq		Liberal Democrats	Birmingham Hodge Hill	Antisemitic comments up to 2014[17]	20 November 2019
Flora Scarabello		Conservative	Glasgow Central	Islamophobic comments[18]	27 November 2019
Antony Calvert		Conservative	Wakefield	Racist and Sexist comments[19]	10 November 2019

Notes

1. There are three separate but sister Green parties in the UK: the Green Party of England and Wales, Scottish Green Party and Green Party of Northern Ireland.