3,303 candidates stood in the United Kingdom general election of 2017, which was held on 8 June 2017. The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 16:00 on 11 May 2017.[1]
The total number of candidates was 3,303; this is fewer than the 3,971 candidates who stood in the 2015 United Kingdom general election or the record 4,133 who stood in the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[2]
| Election Name: | 2017 United Kingdom general election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 United Kingdom general election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Election Date: | 8 June 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2019 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2015 |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2017 |
| Seats For Election: | All 650 seats in the House of Commons |
| Majority Seats: | 326 |
| Opinion Polls: | Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2017 |
| Turnout: | 68.8% (2.4%)[3] |
| Image1: | Theresa_May_(2015)_(cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Theresa May |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 11 July 2016 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Maidenhead |
| Last Election1: | 330 seats, 36.9% |
| Seats1: | 317* |
| Seat Change1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,636,684 |
| Percentage1: | 42.4% |
| Swing1: | 5.5% |
| Leader2: | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Leader Since2: | 12 September 2015 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Islington North |
| Last Election2: | 232 seats, 30.4% |
| Seats2: | 262 |
| Seat Change2: | 30 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,878,460 |
| Percentage2: | 40.0% |
| Swing2: | 9.6% |
| Leader3: | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Leader Since3: | 14 November 2014 |
| Party3: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat3: | Did not stand |
| Last Election3: | 56 seats, 4.7% |
| Seats3: | 35 |
| Seat Change3: | 21 |
| Popular Vote3: | 977,569 |
| Percentage3: | 3.0% |
| Swing3: | 1.7% |
| Leader4: | Tim Farron |
| Leader Since4: | 16 July 2015 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,371,910 |
| Percentage4: | 7.4% |
| Swing4: | 0.5% |
| Last Election4: | 8 seats, 7.9% |
| Seats4: | 12 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Leader5: | Arlene Foster |
| Leader Since5: | 17 December 2015 |
| Party5: | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Leaders Seat5: | Did not stand |
| Popular Vote5: | 292,316 |
| Percentage5: | 0.9% |
| Swing5: | 0.3% |
| Last Election5: | 8 seats, 0.6% |
| Seats5: | 10 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Leader6: | Gerry Adams |
| Leader Since6: | 13 November 1983 |
| Party6: | Sinn Féin |
| Leaders Seat6: | Did not stand |
| Popular Vote6: | 238,915 |
| Percentage6: | 0.7% |
| Swing6: | 0.1% |
| Last Election6: | 4 seats, 0.6% |
| Seats6: | 7 |
| Seat Change6: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 425px |