2017 United Kingdom general election

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The 2017 United Kingdom general election was a snap parliamentary election that resulted in a hung parliament, weakened Theresa May’s Conservative government, and significantly boosted Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
snap election ⓘ
broadcastDebates BBC leaders’ debates and Question Time specials ⓘ
calledBy Theresa May ⓘ
campaignSloganConservative Strong and stable leadership ⓘ
campaignSloganLabour For the many, not the few ⓘ
campaignStartAnnouncementDate 2017-04-18 ⓘ
conservativeLeader Theresa May ⓘ
conservativeNetSeatChange -13 ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare 42.4% ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon 317 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 2017-06-08 ⓘ
dupSeatsWon 10 ⓘ
electoralBody House of Commons ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
electorateSize approximately 46.8 million ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Conservative minority government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Conservative majority government ⓘ
greenPartyOfEnglandAndWalesCoLeader Caroline Lucas ⓘ
Jonathan Bartley ⓘ
greenPartyOfEnglandAndWalesPopularVoteShare 1.6% ⓘ
greenPartyOfEnglandAndWalesSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
labourLeader Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
labourNetSeatChange +30 ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare 40.0% ⓘ
labourSeatsWon 262 ⓘ
largestParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeContext took place under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
liberalDemocratLeader Tim Farron ⓘ
liberalDemocratNetSeatChange +4 ⓘ
liberalDemocratPopularVoteShare 7.4% ⓘ
liberalDemocratSeatsWon 12 ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainIssue Brexit ⓘ
austerity ⓘ
leadership of Theresa May ⓘ
public services funding ⓘ
majorityThreshold 326 ⓘ
nextElection 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableOutcome Conservative Party lost its overall majority ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party gained kingmaker role in Westminster ⓘ
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership was strengthened within Labour ⓘ
Labour Party made significant gains in seats and vote share ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)

Scottish National Party lost a significant number of seats ⓘ
Theresa May’s authority was weakened ⓘ
resulted in a hung parliament ⓘ
parliamentDissolutionDate 2017-05-03 ⓘ
parliamentElected 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
plaidCymruSeatsWon 4 ⓘ
previousElection 2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Theresa May ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Theresa May ⓘ
reasonForCall to strengthen the government’s mandate for Brexit negotiations ⓘ
result hung parliament ⓘ
secondLargestParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
sinnFeinSeatsWon 7 ⓘ
snapElectionApproval approved by two-thirds majority of the House of Commons ⓘ
snpLeaderAtWestminster Angus Robertson ⓘ
snpNetSeatChange -21 ⓘ
snpPopularVoteShare 3.0% ⓘ
snpSeatsWon 35 ⓘ
speakerSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
supportAgreementAfterElection confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 650 ⓘ
turnoutChangeFromPrevious +2.5 percentage points ⓘ
turnoutPercentage 68.8% ⓘ
ukipLeaderDuringCampaign Paul Nuttall ⓘ
ukipSeatsWon 0 ⓘ
ukipVoteShareChange large decrease from 2015 ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
wonBy Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
year 2017 ⓘ

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Jeremy Corbyn → candidateIn → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Penny Mordaunt → reElectedIn → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2016 Witney by-election → successorElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 → usedForEarlyElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Lancaster and Fleetwood → hasElections → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
UK Parliament 2015–2017 → dissolutionForElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
UK Parliament 2017–2019 → election → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionEvent → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
John David Pugh → stoodDownAtElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
2015 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Ross Thomson → electedIn → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election in Falkirk ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Maidstone and The Weald → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Vicky Ford → electedIn → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
First May ministry → triggeredDissolution → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Ian Blackford → reElectedInElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom → succeededByElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: 56th Parliament
Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency) → usedInElection → United Kingdom general election, 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Bristol North West → hasElectionResult → 2017 United Kingdom general election in Bristol North West ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Jo Stevens → participatedIn → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Theresa Villiers → participatedIn → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Paul Scully → electionContested → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Tamsin Omond → stoodForElection → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
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Leeds Central → hasElection → UK general election 2017 ⓘ
linked to: 2017 United Kingdom general election
Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ