2017 Unitit Kinrick general election

The Unitit Kinrick general election o 2017 wis teuk place on Fuirsday 8 Juin 2017. In line wi the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, the election haed been due tae tak place on 7 Mey 2020, but a cry for an early election bi Prime Meenister Theresa May received the necessar super-majority o twa-thirds tae allae it tae proceed when it wis supportit bi a vote o 522 tae 13 o the 650 Members o Pairlament in the Hoose o Commons on 19 Apryle 2017.^[1]

Unitit Kinrick general election, 2017

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Turnoot	68.7% (2.3%)
Majority pairty Minority pairty Third pairty   Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Nicola Sturgeon Pairty Conservative Labour SNP Leader syne 11 Julie 2016 12 September 2015 14 November 2014 Leader's seat Maidenhead Islington North Did nae stand[n 1] Last election 330* seats, 36.9% 232 seats, 30.4% 56 seats, 4.7% Seats before 330* 229 54 Seats wan 317* 261 35 Seat chynge 13 29 21 Popular vote 13,616,601 12,858,652 977,569 Percentage 42.4% 40.0% 3.0% Swing 5.5 pp 9.5 pp 1.7 pp   Fowert pairty Fift pairty Saxt pairty   Leader Tim Farron Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill Pairty Leeberal Democrat DUP Sinn Féin Leader syne 16 July 2015 17 December 2015 23 January 2017 Leader's seat Westmorland & Lonsdale Did nae staund[n 2] Did nae stand[n 3] Last election 8 seats, 7.9% 8 seats, 0.6% 4 seats, 0.6% Seats before 9 8 4 Seats wan 12 10 7 Seat chynge 4 2 3 Popular vote 2,368,048 292,316 238,915 Percentage 7.4% 0.9% 0.8% Swing 0.5 pp 0.3 pp 0.2 pp
A cairt o UK pairlamentar constituencies
Prime Meenister afore election Theresa May Conservative Electit Prime Meenister Theresa May Conservative

Notes

1. Nicola Sturgeon sits as an MSP in the Scots Pairlament for Glesga Govan.
2. Arlene Foster sits as an MLA in the Northren Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh an Sooth Tyrone.
3. Michelle O'Neill sits as an MLA in the Northren Ireland Assembly.