Results breakdown of the United Kingdom general election, 2017

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United Kingdom general election, 2017
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  2015 8 June 2017 (2017-06-08) Next  
Turnout 68.7%

PartyLeader%Seats±
Conservative Theresa May 42.4%317-13
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 40.0%262+30
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 3.0%35-21
Liberal Democrat Tim Farron 7.4%12+4
DUP Arlene Foster 0.9%10+2
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 0.8%7+3
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 0.5%4+1
Green Jonathan Bartley
Caroline Lucas
1.6%10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Theresa May
Conservative
Theresa May
Conservative

This is the results breakdown of the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

Contents

Swing

Change in vote share, by default order of total seats won in 2017
Party2015 % votes won2017 % votes won∆% (i.e. change)
Conservative Party 36.842.4+5.5
Labour Party 30.540.0+9.6
Scottish National Party 4.73.0-1.7
Liberal Democrats 7.97.4-0.5
Green Party 3.81.6-2.2
UK Independence Party 12.71.8-10.9
Other3.63.8+0.2
Total %100.0100.0

A post-election analysis of Lord Ashcroft of inter-party swing (between specific parties):

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Poll: Expressed voting choice in 2017 of electors who say they voted in 2015 [1]
PartyNew choice of party of sample-polled previous voters
ConservativeLabourLDSNPUKIPGreenOther
Conservative 82%10%5%1%1%1%
Labour 9%83%5%1%1%1%
Liberal Democrat 16%30%50%1%2%1%
SNP 6%12%2%80%
UKIP 57%18%3%19%2%1%

Seats which changed hands

England

PartySeatsVotes
TotalGainedLostNetTotal%Change (%)
Conservative [n 2] 297830−2212,376,53045.6+4.6
Labour 227276+2111,386,62441.9+10.3
Liberal Democrat 853+22,121,6727.8−0.4
Green 1000506,9051.9−2.3
UKIP 001−1557,1742.1−12.1
 Others0000210,3210.8+0.6
Total53327,159,226Turnout69.1%

[2]

Northern Ireland

PartySeatsVotes
TotalGainedLostNetTotal%Change (%)
DUP 1020+2292,31636.0+10.3
Sinn Féin 730+3238,91529.4+4.9
SDLP 003−395,41911.7−2.2
UUP 002−283,28010.3−5.8
Alliance 000064,5537.9−0.6
Green (NI) 00007,4520.9−0.0
TUV 00003,2820.4−1.9
 Others100026,9663.3−1.8
Total18812,183Turnout65.4%

Scotland

PartySeatsVotes
TotalGainedLostNetTotal%Change (%)
SNP 35021−21977,56936.9−13.1
Conservative 13120+12757,94928.6+13.7
Labour 760+6717,00727.1+2.8
Liberal Democrat 430+3179,0616.8−0.8
Scottish Green 00005,8860.2−1.1
UKIP 00005,3020.2−1.4
 Others00006,9200.3+0.2
Total592,649,695Turnout66.4%

[3]

Wales

PartySeatsVotes
TotalGainedLostNetTotal%Change (%)
Labour 2830+3771,35448.9+12.1
Conservative 803−3528,83933.6+6.3
Plaid Cymru 410+1164,46610.4−1.7
Liberal Democrats 001−171,0394.5−2.0
UKIP 000031,3762.0−11.6
Green 00005,1280.3−2.2
 Others00003,6120.2−0.1
Total401,575,814Turnout68.6%

Notes

  1. The seat had already been gained at a by-election in February. Gains at a general election are normally contrasted to the previous general election, ignoring by-elections in between.
  2. Seat figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow

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