Pre-legislative scrutiny under the Conservative Governments of 2015-24
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This briefing shows data for the 2019 General Election, with maps, charts and tables showing votes, vote shares and turnout by party, region and constituency.
General Election 2019: full results and analysis (20 MB , PDF)
The 2019 General Election resulted in a Conservative victory. The party won 365 seats, 48 more than in 2017, and 43.6% of the vote, up from 42.3% in 2017. The Labour Party won 202 seats and 32.1% of the vote, down from 262 seats and 40.0% of the vote in 2017. The Liberal Democrats won 11 seats, one fewer than in 2017, and 11.5% of the vote, up from 7.4%.
The Scottish National Party won 48 seats, up 13 seats compared with 2017. Plaid Cymru retained its 4 seats in Wales. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) won 8 seats, two fewer than in 2017, while Sinn Féin won 7, the same number.
81 seats changed hands. The Conservatives made 58 gains but lost 10 seats for a net change of +48. Labour gained 1 seat and lost 61, for a net change of -60. The Liberal Democrats lost four seats but gained three, for a net change of -1. The SNP gained 14 seats and lost one, for a net change of +13.
Between them, the Conservatives and Labour won 76% of the UK vote. This was down from 82.3% in 2017, but higher than the combined vote share of 67.2% they won in 2015. The Conservative vote share was highest in the East of England (57.2%), whereas the Labour vote share was highest in London (48.1%). The Liberal Democrats won their highest vote share in the South East (18.2%), as did the Greens (4.0%). The Brexit Party won their highest vote share in the North East (8.1%), but they did not win any seats.
Turnout was 67.3%, down from 68.8% in 2017. The total registered electorate was 47.6 million, up from 46.8 million in 2017.
The South West had the highest turnout (72.0%), while Northern Ireland had the lowest (61.8%). Turnout decreased across most regions and nations in the UK, apart from the South West and Scotland where it increased by 0.2 and 1.6 percentage points, respectively.
The map below shows seats won by party. An interactive version is available.
The data files below provide complete election results by constituency and candidate. These results have been obtained directly from Returning Officers following the election. Please note that this data may differ from initial results available from other organisations. The data may change as it is revised and updated by local authorities during the coming weeks and months. These figures are therefore provisional. Declaration times are recorded as reported by BBC. In the detailed results by candidate file, the sitting MP column indicates if candidates were an MP at dissolution; they may not have been an MP in the same constituency.
Further election articles are available on the Commons Library website. This includes a dashboard showing election results by constituency.
This page was updated in December 2023 to add revised data files with a consistent structure to those found in our previous General Election publications.
General Election 2019: full results and analysis (20 MB , PDF)
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