Results breakdown of the 2017 United Kingdom general election

2017 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
326 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.7%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Conservative Theresa May 42.4% 317 −13
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 40.0% 262 +30
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 3.0% 35 −21
Liberal Democrats 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% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Theresa May
Conservative
Theresa May
Conservative

This is the results breakdown of the 2017 general election.

Vote shares

Change in vote share, by default order of total seats won in 2017
Party % votes won
in 2015
% votes won
in 2017
∆%
(i.e. change)
Conservative Party 36.8 42.4 +5.5
Labour Party 30.5 40.0 +9.6
Scottish National Party 4.7 3.0 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 7.9 7.4 −0.5
Green Party 3.8 1.6 −2.2
UKIP 12.7 1.8 −10.9
Other 3.6 3.8 +0.2
Total % 100.0 100.0

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

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

Seats which changed hands

Conservative to Labour

  1. Battersea
  2. Bedford
  3. Brighton Kemptown
  4. Bristol North West
  5. Bury North
  6. Canterbury
  7. Cardiff North
  8. Colne Valley
  9. Crewe and Nantwich
  10. Croydon Central
  11. Derby North
  12. Enfield Southgate
  13. Gower
  14. High Peak
  15. Ipswich
  16. Keighley
  17. Kensington
  18. Lincoln
  19. Peterborough
  20. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
  21. Portsmouth South
  22. Reading East
  23. Stockton South
  24. Stroud
  25. Vale of Clwyd
  26. Warrington South
  27. Warwick and Leamington
  28. Weaver Vale

SNP to Conservative

  1. Aberdeen South
  2. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine
  3. Angus
  4. Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
  5. Banff and Buchan
  6. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
  7. Dumfries and Galloway
  8. Gordon
  9. Moray
  10. Ochil and South Perthshire
  11. Renfrewshire East
  12. Stirling

SNP to Labour

  1. Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
  2. East Lothian
  3. Glasgow North East
  4. Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
  5. Midlothian
  6. Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Labour to Conservative

  1. Copeland[n 1]
  2. Derbyshire North East
  3. Mansfield
  4. Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East
  5. Stoke-on-Trent South
  6. Walsall North

Conservative to Liberal Democrat

  1. Bath
  2. Eastbourne
  3. Kingston and Surbiton
  4. Oxford West and Abingdon
  5. Twickenham

SNP to Liberal Democrat

  1. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  2. Dunbartonshire East
  3. Edinburgh West

Liberal Democrat to Labour

  1. Leeds North West
  2. Sheffield Hallam

SDLP to Sinn Féin

  1. Foyle
  2. South Down

Liberal Democrat to Conservative

  1. Southport

UKIP to Conservative

  1. Clacton

Ulster Unionist to Sinn Féin

  1. Fermanagh and South Tyrone

SDLP to Democratic Unionist

  1. Belfast South

Ulster Unionist to Democratic Unionist

  1. South Antrim

Liberal Democrat to Plaid Cymru

  1. Ceredigion

England

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Conservative[n 2] 297 8 30 −22 12,376,530 45.6 +4.6
Labour 227 27 6 +21 11,386,624 41.9 +10.3
Liberal Democrats 8 5 3 +2 2,121,672 7.8 −0.4
Green 1 0 0 0 506,905 1.9 −2.3
UKIP 0 0 1 −1 557,174 2.1 −12.1
  Others 0 0 0 0 210,321 0.8 +0.6
Total 533 27,159,226 Turnout 69.1%

[2]

Northern Ireland

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
DUP 10 2 0 +2 292,316 36.0 +10.3
Sinn Féin 7 3 0 +3 238,915 29.4 +4.9
SDLP 0 0 3 −3 95,419 11.7 −2.2
UUP 0 0 2 −2 83,280 10.3 −5.8
Alliance 0 0 0 0 64,553 7.9 −0.6
Green (NI) 0 0 0 0 7,452 0.9 −0.0
TUV 0 0 0 0 3,282 0.4 −1.9
  Others 1 0 0 0 26,966 3.3 −1.8
Total 18 812,183 Turnout 65.4%

Scotland

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
SNP 35 0 21 −21 977,569 36.9 −13.1
Conservative 13 12 0 +12 757,949 28.6 +13.7
Labour 7 6 0 +6 717,007 27.1 +2.8
Liberal Democrats 4 3 0 +3 179,061 6.8 −0.8
Scottish Green 0 0 0 0 5,886 0.2 −1.1
UKIP 0 0 0 0 5,302 0.2 −1.4
  Others 0 0 0 0 6,920 0.3 +0.2
Total 59 2,649,695 Turnout 66.4%

[3]

Wales

Party Seats Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Total % Change (%)
Labour 28 3 0 +3 771,354 48.9 +12.1
Conservative 8 0 3 −3 528,839 33.6 +6.3
Plaid Cymru 4 1 0 +1 164,466 10.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 −1 71,039 4.5 −2.0
UKIP 0 0 0 0 31,376 2.0 −11.6
Green 0 0 0 0 5,128 0.3 −2.2
  Others 0 0 0 0 3,612 0.2 −0.1
Total 40 1,575,814 Turnout 68.6%

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

References

  1. ^ Lord Ashcroft (9 June 2017). "How did this result happen? My post-vote survey". Lord Ashcroft Polls.
  2. ^ "England Results". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Scotland Results". BBC News.
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