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2 days ago · The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, with 47,567,752 registered voters [3] entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.
3 days ago · The 12 December 2019 general election, called three years early by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, followed a protracted parliamentary stand-off around the passing of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. UK-wide, the Conservatives won 43.6% of the vote and secured an overall majority of 80.
4 days ago · See the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with party leadership ratings.
5 days ago · 2019 Parliament 140 new MPs were returned at the 2019 General Election. These included one Sinn Féin MP, who did not take the oath or make an affirmation and is therefore disqualified from taking part in proceedings. 15 former MPs were re-elected and do not make an additional maiden speech. 22 MPs were elected at by-elections, including one ...
1 day ago · The first Baptist general election victor was George Goodman at the 1852 general election. The first Congregationalist general election victor was Samuel Morley at the 1865 general election. The first declared atheist to win a general election was Charles Bradlaugh at the 1880 general election.
1 day ago · General elections in the United Kingdom are organised using first-past-the-post voting. The Conservative Party, which won a majority at the 2019 general election, included pledges in its manifesto to remove the 15-year limit on voting for British citizens living abroad, and to introduce a voter identification requirement in Great Britain. [86]
1 day ago · An updating average of 2020 presidential general election polls, accounting for each poll’s quality, sample size and recency
