2019 United Kingdom general election

2019 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	67.3% ( 1.5 pp) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Boris Johnson Jeremy Corbyn Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Uxbridge and South Ruislip Islington North Last election 317 seats, 42.4% 262 seats, 40.0% Seats won 365 202[n 2] Seat change 48 60 Popular vote 13,966,565 10,269,076 Percentage 43.6% 32.1% Swing 1.3 pp 7.9 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicola Sturgeon Jo Swinson Party SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Did not stand[n 3] East Dunbartonshire (defeated) Last election 35 seats, 3.0% 12 seats, 7.4% Seats won 48[n 4] 11 Seat change 13 1 Popular vote 1,242,380 3,696,423 Percentage 3.9% 11.6% Swing 0.8 pp 4.2 pp
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.
Prime Minister before election Boris Johnson Conservative Prime Minister after election Boris Johnson Conservative

A general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won with a landslide majority and Boris Johnson stayed as Prime Minister. The Labour Party lost 60 seats, giving them their lowest number of seats (202) since 1935.^[2][3]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn quit after the loss saying he "would not lead Labour at the next election".^[4] This led to a leadership election in the party where Keir Starmer became the new leader.^[5]

34 MPs out of the 650 elected had quit or been disciplined by their party or by parliamentary colleagues over claims of bad behaviour by the end of 2023. This was more than any previous parliament.^[6]
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1. ↑ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. ↑ "Results". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
3. ↑ "Share of votes in general elections in the United Kingdom from 1918 to 2017, by political party". Statista. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
4. ↑ "Jeremy Corbyn: 'I will not lead Labour at next election'". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
5. ↑ Lynch, David (4 April 2020). "Labour leadership: Keir Starmer will lead the party after Jeremy Corbyn's exit". Oxford Mail. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
6. ↑ "Scale of misconduct by MPs 'undermines trust' in Westminster". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.