Results breakdown of the 2017 United Kingdom general election

2017 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
326 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

68.7%

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.

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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
Party		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

SNP to Conservative

SNP to Labour

Labour to Conservative

Conservative to Liberal Democrat

SNP to Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrat to Labour

SDLP to Sinn Féin

England

Party		Seats				Votes
Party		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
Party		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
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		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
Party		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

^ 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.
^ Seat figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow

References

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

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Incumbent Prime Minister: Theresa May (Conservative) Appointed Prime Minister: Theresa May (Conservative)
Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (Theresa May) Labour (Jeremy Corbyn) Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon) Liberal Democrats (Tim Farron) Democratic Unionist Party (Arlene Foster) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Leanne Wood) Green Party of England and Wales (Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley)
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