2017 General Election

2017 General Election Stats:
650 Seats contested
Turnout 67%
Overall Outcome: Conservative majority government

Seats won

% of seats won

Votes won

% of total vote

Conservative

318

49

13,700,000

37

Labour

262

40

12,900,000

40

Lib Dem

12

1.8

2,370,000

7.4

SNP

35

5.4

977,568

3

UKIP

0

0

594,068

1.8

Green

1

1.5

525,665

1.6

Plaid Cymru

4

0.6

164,466

0.5

DUP

10

1.5

292,316

0.9

Sinn Fein

7

1.0

238,915

0.7

SDLP

0

0

95,419

0.3

UUP

0

0

83,280

0.3

11% of the vote went to parties other than the Conservatives, Labour or LibDe,s
The conservatives lost 13 seats but increased its vote share by 5.5%
Labour gained 30 seats and increased its vote share by 10%
Lib dems gained 4 seats
SNP lost 21 seats
Following this election, 32% of MPs were women compared to 29% in 2015. 208 women, highest ever number, were elected
Turnout was 68.7%, a slight rise compared to 66.2% in 2015