2017 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held on the 8 June 2017 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It ended in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning the most seats. They made a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party so they could pass a vote of no confidence. Theresa May stayed as prime minister.

Labour won a lot of seats from the Conservatives. This was the first time Labour had gained seats since 1997. The election happened because Parliament voted for a snap election after the 2016 Brexit referendum.

## Date

The next general election was due to be held on 8 May 2020. Theresa May announced on 18 April 2017 that she wanted it to be held on 8 June . The House of Commons voted in favour of this proposal on 19 April 2017 allowing the election to take place in June 2017.

### Exit poll

BBC News, ITV and Sky News all released an exit poll at 10pm. This poll predicted the Conservatives would be the largest party but lose their majority.
Exit poll results:

- Conservative Party - 314
- Labour Party - 266
- Scottish National Party - 34
- Liberal Democrats - 14
- Plaid Cymru - 3
- Green Party - 1
- UK Independence Party - 0
- Others - 18

### Final results

The final results were very similar to the exit poll.

- Conservative Party - 317 (down 13 seats)
- Labour Party - 262 (up 30 seats)
- Scottish National Party - 35 (down 21 seats)
- Liberal Democrats - 12 (up 4 seats)
- Plaid Cymru - 3 (no change)
- Green Party - 1 (no change)
- United Kingdom Independence Party - 0 (down 1 seat)
- Others - 18

When the election was called the Conservative Party had a big lead in the polls and they were expected to win by a landslide. As the campaign went on the Labour Party closed the gap in the polls and the Conservatives lost their majority in the House of Commons.

Important MPs who lost their seats include former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond and The leader of the SNP in the House of Commons Angus Robertson.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2017 United Kingdom general election
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2015 United Kingdom general election
- **previous year**: 2015
- **election date**: 8 June 2017
- **next election**: 2019 United Kingdom general election
- **next year**: 2019
- **previous mps**: List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2015
- **elected mps**: List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2017
- **seats for election**: All List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons
- **majority seats**: 326
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2017
- **turnout**: 68.8% (2.5%)
- **image1**: Theresa May election infobox.jpg
- **image1 size**: 160x160px
- **leader1**: Theresa May
- **party1**: Conservative Party (UK)
- **leader since1**: Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016, 11 July 2016
- **leaders seat1**: Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency), Maidenhead
- **last election1**: 330 seats, 36.9%
- **seats1**: **317***
- **seat change1**: 13
- **popular vote1**: **13,636,684**
- **percentage1**: **42.4%**
- **swing1**: 5.5%
- **image2**: Jeremy Corbyn election infobox 2.jpg
- **image2 size**: 160x160px
- **leader2**: Jeremy Corbyn
- **leader since2**: Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015, 12 September 2015
- **party2**: Labour Party (UK)
- **leaders seat2**: Islington North (UK Parliament constituency), Islington North
- **last election2**: 232 seats, 30.4%
- **seats2**: 262
- **seat change2**: 30
- **popular vote2**: 12,878,460
- **percentage2**: 40.0%
- **swing2**: 9.6%
- **image4**: Nicola Sturgeon election infobox 3.jpg
- **image4 size**: 160x160px
- **leader4**: Nicola Sturgeon
- **leader since4**: Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014, 14 November 2014
- **party4**: Scottish National Party
- **leaders seat4**: _Did not stand_
- **last election4**: 56 seats, 4.7%
- **seats4**: 35
- **seat change4**: 21
- **popular vote4**: 977,569
- **percentage4**: 3.0%
- **swing4**: 1.7%
- **image5**: Official portrait of Tim Farron MP crop 2.jpg
- **image5 size**: 160x160px
- **leader5**: Tim Farron
- **leader since5**: Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2015, 16 July 2015
- **party5**: Liberal Democrats (UK)
- **leaders seat5**: Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency), Westmorland and Lonsdale
- **popular vote5**: 2,371,910
- **percentage5**: 7.4%
- **swing5**: 0.5%
- **last election5**: 8 seats, 7.9%
- **seats5**: 12
- **seat change5**: 4
- **map image**: 2017UKElectionMap.svg
- **map caption**: _A map of UK parliamentary constituencies_
_ Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets._
- **title**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister after election
- **before election**: Theresa May
- **before party**: Conservative Party (UK)
- **after election**: Theresa May
- **after party**: Conservative Party (UK)