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April 2018 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons[1]
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered46,354,197
Turnout66.4%[2] (Increase1.3%)
  First party Second party
 
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Leader David Cameron Owen Smith
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 2 June 2016
Leader's seat Witney Pontypridd
Last election 330 seats, 36.9% 232 seats, 30.4%
Seats won 292† 283
Seat change Decrease 38 Increase 51
Popular vote 11,334,726 9,347,324
Percentage 36.9% 30.4%
Swing Increase 0.5 pp Increase 1.5 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Nicola Sturgeon Tim Farron
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 14 November 2014 16 July 2015
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Westmorland and Lonsdale
Last election 56 seats, 4.7% 8 seats, 7.9%
Seats won 30 23
Seat change Decrease 26 Increase 15
Popular vote 1,454,436 2,415,862
Percentage 4.7% 7.9%
Swing Increase 3.1 pp Decrease 15.2 pp

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
† Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, who was included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

David Cameron
Conservative

  1. ^ UK 2015 general election results in full The Guardian (retrieved 5 May 2024)
  2. ^ "The May 2015 UK elections: Report on the administration of the 7 May 2015 elections, including the UK Parliamentary general election" (PDF). p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2016.


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