2019 United Kingdom general election facts for kids
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority |
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| Turnout | 67.3% ( 1.5 pp) |
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A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.
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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 large majority and Boris Johnson stayed as Prime Minister. The Labour Party lost 60 seats, giving them their lowest number of seats (202) since 1935.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn quit after the loss saying he "would not lead Labour at the next election". This led to a leadership election in the party where Keir Starmer became the new leader.
Summary
A summarised results of the parties that won seats at the election is as follows:
| Party | Leader | MPs | Votes | ||||
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| Of total | Of total | ||||||
| Conservative Party | Boris Johnson | 365 | 56.2% |
365 / 650
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13,966,565 | 43.6% | |
| Labour Party | Jeremy Corbyn | 202 | 31.1% |
202 / 650
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10,269,076 | 32.2% | |
| Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | 48 | 7.4% |
48 / 650
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1,242,380 | 3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Swinson | 11 | 1.7% |
11 / 650
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3,696,423 | 11.6% | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Arlene Foster | 8 | 1.2% |
8 / 650
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244,128 | 0.8% | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 7 | 1.1% |
7 / 650
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181,853 | 0.6% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 4 | 0.6% |
4 / 650
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153,265 | 0.5% | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Colum Eastwood | 2 | 0.3% |
2 / 650
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118,737 | 0.4% | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Jonathan Bartley Siân Berry |
1 | 0.2% |
1 / 650
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835,579 | 2.7% | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | 1 | 0.2% |
1 / 650
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134,115 | 0.4% | |
| Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | 1 | 0.2% |
1 / 650
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26,831 | 0.1% | |
Images for kids
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A sticker in Bournemouth calling for tactical voting with an anti-Conservative billboard in the background
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National vote share as a percentage between 1997-2019
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The disproportionality of parliament in the 2019 election was 11.84 using the Gallagher Index.
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2019 para niños
