Results breakdown of the 2017 United Kingdom general election explained

Election Name:	2017 United Kingdom general election
Country:	United Kingdom
Previous Election:	2015
Next Election:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 650 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Majority Seats:	326
Turnout:	68.7%
Leader1:	Theresa May
Party1:	Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:	330
Seats1:	317
Popular Vote1:	13,667,213
Percentage1:	42.4%
Leader2:	Jeremy Corbyn
Party2:	Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:	232
Seats2:	262
Popular Vote2:	12,874,985
Percentage2:	40.0%
Leader3:	Nicola Sturgeon
Party3:	Scottish National Party
Last Election3:	56
Seats3:	35
Popular Vote3:	977,569
Percentage3:	3.0%
Leader4:	Tim Farron
Party4:	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election4:	8
Seats4:	12
Popular Vote4:	2,371,772
Percentage4:	7.4%
Leader5:	Arlene Foster
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Last Election5:	8
Seats5:	10
Popular Vote5:	292,316
Percentage5:	0.9%
Leader6:	Gerry Adams
Party6:	Sinn Féin
Last Election6:	4
Seats6:	7
Popular Vote6:	238,915
Percentage6:	0.8%
Leader7:	Leanne Wood
Party7:	Plaid Cymru
Last Election7:	3
Seats7:	4
Popular Vote7:	164,466
Percentage7:	0.5%
Leader8:	Jonathan Bartley Caroline Lucas
Party8:	Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election8:	1
Seats8:	1
Popular Vote8:	525,371
Percentage8:	1.6%
Prime Minister
Before Election:	Theresa May
Before Party:	Conservative Party (UK)
After Election:	Theresa May
After Party:	Conservative Party (UK)

This is the results breakdown of the 2017 general election.

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
		Conservative	Labour	LD	SNP	UKIP	Green	Other
	82%	10%	5%	–	1%	1%	1%
	9%	83%	5%	1%	1%	1%	–
	16%	30%	50%	1%	–	2%	1%
	6%	12%	2%	80%	–	–	–
	57%	18%	3%	–	19%	2%	1%

Seats which changed hands

See main article: List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

Conservative to Labour

1. Battersea
2. Bedford
3. Brighton Kemptown
4. Bristol North West
5. Bury North
6. Canterbury
7. Cardiff North
8. Colne Valley
9. Crewe and Nantwich
10. Croydon Central
11. Derby North
12. Enfield Southgate
13. Gower
14. High Peak
15. Ipswich
16. Keighley
17. Kensington
18. Lincoln
19. Peterborough
20. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
21. Portsmouth South
22. Reading East
23. Stockton South
24. Stroud
25. Vale of Clwyd
26. Warrington South
27. Warwick and Leamington
28. Weaver Vale

SNP to Conservative

1. Aberdeen South
2. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine
3. Angus
4. Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
5. Banff and Buchan
6. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
7. Dumfries and Galloway
8. Gordon
9. Moray
10. Ochil and South Perthshire
11. Renfrewshire East
12. Stirling

SNP to Labour

1. Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
2. East Lothian
3. Glasgow North East
4. Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
5. Midlothian
6. Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Labour to Conservative

1. Copeland
2. Derbyshire North East
3. Mansfield
4. Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East
5. Stoke-on-Trent South
6. Walsall North

Conservative to Liberal Democrat

1. Bath
2. Eastbourne
3. Kingston and Surbiton
4. Oxford West and Abingdon
5. Twickenham

SNP to Liberal Democrat

1. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
2. Dunbartonshire East
3. Edinburgh West

Liberal Democrat to Labour

1. Leeds North West
2. Sheffield Hallam

SDLP to Sinn Féin

1. Foyle
2. South Down

Liberal Democrat to Conservative

1. Southport

UKIP to Conservative

1. Clacton

Ulster Unionist to Sinn Féin

1. Fermanagh and South Tyrone

SDLP to Democratic Unionist

1. Belfast South

Ulster Unionist to Democratic Unionist

1. South Antrim

Liberal Democrat to Plaid Cymru

1. Ceredigion

England

See main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in England.

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	297	8	30	−22	12,376,530	45.6	+4.6
	227	27	6	+21	11,386,624	41.9	+10.3
	8	5	3	+2	2,121,672	7.8	−0.4
	1	0	0	0	506,905	1.9	−2.3
	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%

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Northern Ireland

See main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland.

Party! colspan="4"

Seats	Votes
Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	10	2	0	+2	292,316	36.0	+10.3
	7	3	0	+3	238,915	29.4	+4.9
	0	0	3	−3	95,419	11.7	−2.2
	0	0	2	−2	83,280	10.3	−5.8
	0	0	0	0	64,553	7.9	−0.6
	0	0	0	0	7,452	0.9	−0.0
	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

See main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland.

Party		Seats				Votes
		Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	35	0	21	−21	977,569	36.9	−13.1
	13	12	0	+12	757,949	28.6	+13.7
	7	6	0	+6	717,007	27.1	+2.8
	4	3	0	+3	179,061	6.8	−0.8
	0	0	0	0	5,886	0.2	−1.1
	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%

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Wales

See main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales.

Party! colspan="4"

Seats	Votes
Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Total	%	Change (%)
	28	3	0	+3	771,354	48.9	+12.1
	8	0	3	−3	528,839	33.6	+6.3
	4	1	0	+1	164,466	10.4	−1.7
	0	0	1	−1	71,039	4.5	−2.0
	0	0	0	0	31,376	2.0	−11.6
	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 and References

1. Web site: How did this result happen? My post-vote survey. Lord Ashcroft. Michael Ashcroft. 9 June 2017 . Lord Ashcroft Polls.
2. Web site: England Results. BBC News.
3. Web site: Scotland Results. BBC News.