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United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 Dates Results Candidates

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United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 Dates

UK General election Dates 2017

United Kingdom election Date: 8 June 2017

The United Kingdom general election of 2017 is due to take place on Thursday 8 June 2017. In line with the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, there had been an election due to take place on 7 May 2020, but a call for a snap election by Prime Minister Theresa May received the necessary super-majority of two-thirds to allow it to proceed when it was supported by a vote of 522 to 13 of the 650 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017.
At general elections in the United Kingdom, voting takes place in single-member constituencies to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament. There are 650 constituencies represented in the House, with an MP for each constituency. The leader of the party or coalition of parties that can command a majority of elected members will be invited by the British Monarch to become the next Prime Minister.
It is the first snap election in the United Kingdom since October 1974 and it is anticipated to be the last general election before the United Kingdom leaves the European Union – a process due to be completed by March 2019.


Electoral system of UK United Kingdom

At general elections in the United Kingdom, voting takes place in single member constituencies to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament. There are 650 constituencies represented in the House, though it had been proposed that this number would be reduced to 600 for the next general election. In the event of an early general election, the current constituency boundaries will remain. The leader of the party or coalition of parties that can command a majority is likely to be invited by the Queen to become the next Prime Minister.


Candidates for UK General election 2017

Party

 

 

 

 

Leader Current seats
Conservative Theresa May 330
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 229
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 54
Liberal Democrat Tim Farron 9
DUP Arlene Foster 8
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 4
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 3
SDLP Colum Eastwood 3
UUP Robin Swann 2
Green (E&W) Caroline Lucas and 1
  Jonathan Bartley  
Independents N/A 5
Speaker    
Total N/A 650

UK Parties and leaders

Almost all of the major parties are expected to contest this election having changed leader since May 2015; the Scottish National Party, Sinn Féin, and Plaid Cymru are the only major parties whose leaders were serving at the previous general election. In July 2016, Theresa May replaced David Cameron as Conservative leader and Prime Minister, and in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn replaced Ed Miliband as Labour leader, while Tim Farron replaced Nick Clegg as leader of the Liberal Democrats. Paul Nuttall leads the UK Independence Party (UKIP) following Diane James' resignation shortly after being elected in September 2016, while Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley jointly lead the Green Party. In November 2015, Colum Eastwood became SDLP leader and Arlene Foster became DUP leader, while Robin Swann became UUP leader in March 2017.


UK General election Opinion Poll 2017

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

Polling organisation/client Sample size Con Lab UKIP Lib Dem Lead
conducted              
18-Apr

 

 

 

 

ICM/The Guardian 1000 46.00% 25.00% 8.00% 11.00% 21.00%
14–17 Apr ICM  ? 44.00% 26.00% 11.00% 12.00% 18.00%
12–13 Apr YouGov/The Times 2069 44.00% 23.00% 10.00% 12.00% 21.00%

UK General election Results 2015

After all 650 constituencies had been declared, the results were

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Party Leader MPs     Votes  
      Of total     Of total
Conservative Party David Cameron 330 50.80% 330 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
11300109 36.80%
Labour Party Ed Miliband 232 35.70% 232 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
9347324 30.50%
Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 56 8.60% 56 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
1454436 4.70%
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 8 1.20% 8 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
2415862 7.90%
Democratic Unionist Party Peter Robinson 8 1.20% 8 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
184260 0.60%
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 4 0.60% 4 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
176232 0.60%
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 3 0.50% 3 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
181704 0.60%
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 3 0.50% 3 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
99809 0.30%
Ulster Unionist Party Mike Nesbitt 2 0.30% 2 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
114935 0.40%
UK Independence Party Nigel Farage 1 0.20% 1 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
3881099 12.70%
Green Party Natalie Bennett 1 0.20% 1 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
1157613 3.80%
Speaker John Bercow 1 0.20% 1 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
34617 0.10%
Independent Sylvia Hermon 1 0.20% 1 / 650

 

 

 

 

 
17689 0.06%

UK Elections 2017

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