United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 exit polls

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.

United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 exit polls

Exit polls will be released after 10 PM when voting gets over.

Acc to last Opinion poll Theresa May is ahead of Corbyn by 10 points.

1. Exit Poll predicts hung parliament and 'no Conservatives majority'
2. BBC/Sky/ITV exit poll, indicated following results the Tories  will win 314 seats and Labour 266 (326 is needed for majority), SNP 34, Lib Dems 14

United Kingdom UK General election Results 2017 Live Seats Winner Constituency

UK Exit Polls 2017 (BBC/ITV)
Party	Seats Predicted
Conservative	314
Labour	266
SNP	34
Lib Dems	14

United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 Voting live Results

1. UK goes to the polls to elect 650 new MPs
2. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn fighting to be PM
3. Polling stations open at 7am and will close at 10pm

 

United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 Opinion Poll Predictions Results

United Kingdom UK General snap election 2017 Opinion Poll Latest

Latest Poll conducted by Survey monkey with a sample size of 11000 shows Theresa May winning with a margin of 10% which is considerably low compared to what it was when the elections were announced. Recent UK attacks did seem to have an effect on approval ratings of May.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date(s)	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Theresa May	Jeremy Corbyn	None of these	Not sure	Lead
conducted
06-06-2017	Survey Monkey/The Sun	11000	55.00%	45.00%	–	–	10.00%
4–6 Jun	Opinium	3002	42.00%	29.00%	19.00%	10.00%	13.00%
2–3 Jun	Survation	1103	50.00%	36.00%	N/A	15.00%	14.00%
31 May–2 Jun	ComRes	2038	49.00%	34.00%	N/A	17.00%	15.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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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%

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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%