British General Election 2019
The 2019 British General Election took place early on December 12, 2019. The 650 members of the British House of Commons were elected .
After three motions by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in September and October 2019 for early elections did not achieve the necessary two-thirds majority of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act in the House of Commons, he tabled the proposed Early Parliamentary General Election Bill to allow elections on December 12, 2019. This law was passed by the House of Commons on October 29, 2019.
The House of Lords agreed on October 30th without changes, after which the Royal Assent was issued. On the night of November 5 to 6, 2019, the existing House of Commons was dissolved.
As a result, the Conservative Party under Johnson won its largest majority since the 1980s in the House of Commons, while the Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn achieved a historically poor election result. Although the Liberal Democrats, clearly appearing as pro-European, were able to gain the most percentage of votes at Labor's expense, they still lost one seat compared to the last election.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland there were also significant shifts and in some cases historical results: In Scotland, the Scottish National Party won over 80 percent of the seats allocated to Scotland, which is why the party leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon immediately called for another referendum on the independence of Scotland . In Northern Ireland, the pro-Irish nationalists won more seats than the pro-British unionists for the first time since 1921 .
Starting position
Previous election 2017
The last general election in 2017 was initiated by the then Prime Minister Theresa May , who hoped to win a large majority of the Conservative Party in parliament, which should then serve as the basis for the upcoming negotiations on leaving the EU . However, May completely missed this goal.
On the contrary, the position of her government deteriorated considerably because there was a hung parliament and she thus lost the previous absolute majority of the seats in the lower house in the election and from then on was dependent on the support of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The Labor Party increased its share of the vote to 40% and gained 30 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw slight gains, increasing the number of their seats from 8 to 12.
The Northern Irish parties Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin also gained seats, at the expense of the Social Democratic and Labor Party and Ulster Unionist Party, which have now left the House of Commons .
The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost 21 of its 56 seats so far. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) lost almost 11 percentage points and its only seat in the House of Commons.
Educated governments
Immediately after the 2017 election, Prime Minister Theresa May formed a conservative minority government supported by the DUP.
After May's resignation, a new government was formed on July 24, 2019 under the leadership of the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
Electoral process
The elections took place according to the relative majority voting in 650 individual constituencies. The candidate with the highest number of votes in each constituency wins ( first-past-the-post ) . There is no second ballot. The constituency boundaries have not changed since 2010.
There were 650 constituencies. The average number of voters per constituency varied from 72,200 in England to 56,000 in Wales .
The polling stations were open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Campaign issues
As in the previous elections, political observers consider Brexit to be a crucial issue. Another focus was austerity policy and the National Health Service .
Conservative Prime Minister Johnson promised an end to austerity policy; He also moved into the election campaign with his negotiated exit agreement, which had previously failed in the House of Commons, and the election slogan “ Get Brexit done ” (which means that the United Kingdom will leave the EU on January 31, 2020). In contrast, the socialist opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to negotiate a new agreement with the EU and then put it to the vote in a second referendum. At the same time, he promised large-scale nationalizations and an investment program of £ 400 billion. While Johnson has been criticized for making unrealistic promises about Brexit, Corbyn has been blamed for not having a clear position on Brexit and for making unrealistic and unaffordable promises about the economy.
The Liberal Democrats, under their chairman Jo Swinson, advocated remaining in the EU; They announced that in the event of an election victory they would revoke the decision on Britain's exit from the EU ; this should also happen without a second referendum. The other smaller parties campaigned either for a departure from Brexit, a hard Brexit or for environmental protection issues. In Scotland, the SNP also advertised again with Scotland leaving the United Kingdom. Another dominant theme of the campaign was allegations of anti-Semitism against Jeremy Corbyn.
Parties and Spitzenkandidaten
A total of 58 parties ran for the 2019 general election, 19 of them in at least 14 constituencies. The remaining 39 parties only ran a candidate in 1 to 7 constituencies.
Listed are the parties represented in parliament or those parties that, according to surveys, had a chance of at least one seat in parliament.
Great Britain
Political party: | ||||||
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Conservative Party (Tories) |
Labor Party (Labor) |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
Liberal Democrats (LibDem) |
Plaid Cymru (Plaid) |
Green Party (Green) |
Brexit Party (Brexit) |
Party leader: | ||||||
Boris Johnson | Jeremy Corbyn | Nicola Sturgeon | Jo Swinson | Adam Price | Jonathan Bartley / Siân Berry | Nigel Farage |
Applications for seats: | ||||||
635 in the UK | 631 in the UK | 59 in Scotland | 611 in the UK | 36 in Wales | 474 in England and Wales | 276 in the UK |
Political orientation: | ||||||
conservatism | Democratic socialism | Scottish separatism , left-wing liberalism | liberalism | Welsh separatism, social democracy | Green politics | Right-wing populism |
Attitude to "Brexit" : | ||||||
“Brexit” under the terms of the exit agreement with the EU | Renegotiation of the exit agreement | against “Brexit”, new referendum on remaining in the EU | "United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum" no withdrawal agreement ( "No Deal United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum") |
Northern Ireland
Political party: | ||||||
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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |
Sinn Féin (SF) |
Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) |
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (Alliance) |
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Party leader: | ||||||
Arlene Foster | Mary Lou McDonald | Colum Eastwood | Steve Aiken | Naomi Long | ||
Applications for seats: | ||||||
17th | 15th | 15th | 16 | 18th | ||
Political orientation: | ||||||
Unionism , conservatism |
Irish Republicanism , Left Nationalism |
Irish nationalism , social democracy |
Unionism , conservatism |
liberalism | ||
Attitude to "Brexit": | ||||||
for “Brexit”, against the exit agreement with the EU |
against “Brexit”, new referendum on remaining in the EU | for “Brexit”, against the exit agreement with the EU |
against “Brexit”, new referendum on remaining in the EU |
Electoral alliances
On November 7, 2019, it was announced that LibDem, Greens and the Welsh Plaid Cymru would form an electoral alliance in a total of 60 constituencies and nominate a joint, promising candidate. The aim was to pool the votes of all those interested in remaining in the EU. In addition, the Liberal Democrats did not stand for three seats against Brexit opponents who were still members of the Tories or Labor at the beginning of the last legislative period ( Dominic Grieve , Gavin Shuker and Anna Soubry ).
On November 11th, Nigel Farage announced that the Brexit Party would not nominate candidates in any of the 317 constituencies won by the Conservative Party two years earlier.
In Northern Ireland, there were constituency agreements between the two unionist parties DUP , which advocates a Brexit, and UUP , which pursues EU skepticism, in two seats. The republican, pro-European parties Sinn Féin and SDLP also renounced competing candidacies in two constituencies, while the Northern Irish Greens supported the candidacies of SDLP and Sinn Féin in three constituencies. In the constituency of Belfast East , Sinn Féin, SDLP and the Greens decided not to run in favor of the EU-friendly Alliance Party .
Survey
Seat forecasts for Westminster
Institute | date | Tories | Labor | SNP | LibDem | DUP | SF | plaid | Green | Brexit | Alliance | SDLP | Other | majority |
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elections etc | December 11, 2019 | 341 | 224 | 43 | 19th | - | - | 4th | 1 | 1 | - | - | 17th | +32 |
UKelect | December 11, 2019 | 348 | 217 | 44 | 17th | 10 | 7th | 4th | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | +46 |
houses of Parliament | 06/11/2019 | 298 | 243 | 35 | 21st | 10 | 7th | 4th | 1 | - | - | - | 31 | −54 |
Election 2017 | 06/08/2017 | 317 | 262 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 7th | 4th | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | −16 |
Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland)
Last polls before the election
Institute | date | Tories | Labor | LibDem | SNP | Green | Brexit | Other |
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Survation | December 11, 2019 | 45% | 34% | 9% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Panelbase | December 11, 2019 | 43% | 34% | 11% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 1 % |
Opinium | December 11, 2019 | 45% | 33% | 12% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Deltapoll | December 11, 2019 | 45% | 35% | 10% | 4% | 3% | 4% | - |
Cantar | December 11, 2019 | 44% | 32% | 13% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1 % |
BMG | December 11, 2019 | 41% | 32% | 14% | - | 3% | 4% | 6% |
Election 2017 | 06/08/2017 | 43.4% | 41.0% | 7.6% | 3.1% | 1.7% | - | 3.2% |
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Scotland
Institute | date | SNP | Tories | Labor | LibDem | Other |
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Survation | December 11, 2019 | 46% | 28% | 15% | 10% | 1 % |
Election 2017 | 06/08/2017 | 36.9% | 28.6% | 27.1% | 6.8% | 0.6% |
Wales
Institute | date | Labor | Tories | plaid | LibDem | Brexit | Other |
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YouGov | December 10, 2019 | 43% | 34% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 2% |
Election 2017 | 06/08/2017 | 48.9% | 33.6% | 10.4% | 4.5% | - | 2.6% |
Northern Ireland
Institute | date | DUP | SF | SDLP | UUP | Alliance | Other |
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Lucid Talk | 11/30/2019 | 28% | 24% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 10% |
Election 2017 | 06/08/2017 | 36.0% | 29.4% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 7.9% | 2.1% |
Results
In the early general election, the Labor Party achieved its worst election result since 1935, while the Conservative Party won an absolute majority in the House of Commons by a large margin. The Tories have won their largest majority since Margaret Thatcher's victory in 1987 , both in terms of seats in the House of Commons and votes. They also won 33 of the 63 seats in the so-called red wall , a collection of constituencies from northern Wales to the Midlands to northern England, which had elected Labor MPs without interruption for decades and which formed the basis for the electoral successes of Labor in the party's past election victories. Commentators spoke of a "landslide victory" for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a clear mandate for Brexit. Johnson then announced that he wanted to do this as soon as possible.
Labor, on the other hand, got just 203 seats with 32.2% of the vote. In addition to the losses in the red wall area , there were further losses in Scotland and Wales, both of which were former strongholds of the party. In Scotland only a single constituency remained in the hands of Labor. The day after the election, Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that he would no longer lead his party in the next general election, but initially left his resignation open. The liberal party leader Jo Swinson , who had narrowly lost her own seat to the SNP, resigned from office. The SNP party leader Nicola Sturgeon called for another referendum on the independence of Scotland due to the good results of her party . In Northern Ireland , the pro-Irish nationalists won more seats than the pro-British unionists for the first time .
For the first time, more women than men entered parliament for the Liberals and Socialists, which led to a record number of female members of parliament.
Nationwide result
The nationwide voter turnout was 67.3% ( 1.5).
Political party | Seats | be right | |||||
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number | in % | +/- | number | in % | +/-% | ||
Conservative party | 365 | 56.2 | 47 | 13,966,451 | 43.6 | 1.2 | |
Labor Party | 203 | 31.2 | 59 | 10,295,907 | 32.2 | 7.8 | |
Scottish National Party | 48 | 7.4 | 13 | 1,242,380 | 3.9 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 1.7 | 1 | 3,696,419 | 11.5 | 4.2 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 8th | 1.2 | 2 | 244.127 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
Sinn Féin | 7th | 1.1 | 0 | 181.853 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4th | 0.6 | 0 | 153.265 | 0.5 | 0 | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 118,737 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
Green Party of England and Wales | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 835,589 | 2.7 | 1.1 | |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 134.115 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
Brexit party | - | - | - | 644.275 | 2.0 | New | |
Ulster Unionist Party | - | - | - | 93.123 | 0.3 | 0 | |
The Yorkshire Party | - | - | - | 29,201 | 0.1 | ||
Scottish Green Party | - | - | - | 28,122 | 0.1 | ||
UKIP | - | - | - | 22,817 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
Ashfield Independents | - | - | - | 13,498 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal party | - | - | - | 10,876 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent Group for Change | - | - | - | 10,006 | 0.0 | New | |
Aontú | - | - | - | 9,814 | 0.0 | New | |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party | - | - | - | 9,739 | 0.0 | ||
People Before Profit | - | - | - | 7,526 | 0.0 | ||
Birkenhead Social Justice | - | - | - | 7,285 | 0.0 | New | |
Christian Peoples Alliance | - | - | - | 6,486 | 0.0 | ||
Heavy woolen independents | - | - | - | 6,423 | 0.0 | ||
Social Democratic Party | - | - | - | 3,295 | 0.0 | ||
Animal Welfare Party | - | - | - | 3,086 | 0.0 | ||
North East Party | - | - | - | 2,637 | 0.0 | ||
Lincolnshire Independent | - | - | - | 1999 | 0.0 | ||
Green Party in Northern Ireland | - | - | - | 1.996 | 0.0 | ||
English Democrats | - | - | - | 1,987 | 0.0 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | - | - | - | 1,660 | 0.0 | ||
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | - | - | - | 1,606 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent Network | - | - | - | 1,542 | 0.0 | New | |
Gwlad Gwlad | - | - | - | 1,515 | 0.0 | New | |
Libertarian party | - | - | - | 1,375 | 0.0 | ||
The Cynon Valley Party | - | - | - | 1,322 | 0.0 | New | |
Veterans and People's Party | - | - | - | 1,219 | 0.0 | New | |
Burnley and Padiham Party | - | - | - | 1,162 | 0.0 | ||
Shropshire Party | - | - | - | 1,141 | 0.0 | ||
Putting Cumbria First | - | - | - | 1,070 | 0.0 | New | |
Peace party | - | - | - | 971 | 0.0 | ||
Wycombe Independents | - | - | - | 926 | 0.0 | ||
The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | - | - | - | 728 | 0.0 | ||
Renew | - | - | - | 545 | 0.0 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | - | - | - | 524 | 0.0 | ||
British National Party | - | - | - | 510 | 0.0 | ||
Scottish Family Party | - | - | - | 465 | 0.0 | New | |
Scottish Christian Party | - | - | - | 460 | 0.0 | ||
Women's Equality Party | - | - | - | 416 | 0.0 | ||
Scottish Libertarian Party | - | - | - | 405 | 0.0 | New | |
Communities United Party | - | - | - | 393 | 0.0 | ||
Advance Together | - | - | - | 351 | 0.0 | New | |
Young People's Party | - | - | - | 311 | 0.0 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | - | - | - | 278 | 0.0 | ||
Welsh Christian Party | - | - | - | 245 | 0.0 | New | |
Yeshua | - | - | - | 204 | 0.0 | New | |
Church of the Militant Elvis Party | - | - | - | 172 | 0.0 | ||
Socialist Equality Party | - | - | - | 172 | 0.0 | ||
Socialist Party of Great Britain | - | - | - | 157 | 0.0 | ||
Other | - | - | - | 209.186 | 0.6 | ||
total | 650 | 100 | 32,014,065 | 100 | |||
Number of eligible voters and turnout |
47,587,254 | 67.3 | 1.5 | ||||
Source: bbc.com |
England
533 of the total of 650 constituencies were in England .
Political party | Seats | be right | |||||
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number | in % | +/- | number | in % | +/-% | ||
Conservative party | 345 | 64.7 | 48 | 12,710,845 | 47.2 | 1.7 | |
Labor Party | 180 | 33.7 | 47 | 9,152,039 | 34.0 | 7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7th | 1.3 | 1 | 3,340,831 | 12.4 | 4.6 | |
Green Party of England and Wales | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 819.761 | 3.0 | 1.2 | |
Brexit party | - | - | - | 547.106 | 2.0 | New | |
The Yorkshire Party | - | - | - | 29,201 | 0.1 | ||
UKIP | - | - | - | 18,891 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
Ashfield Independents | - | - | - | 13,498 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal party | - | - | - | 10,876 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent Group for Change | - | - | - | 10,006 | 0.0 | New | |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party | - | - | - | 9,394 | 0.0 | ||
Birkenhead Social Justice | - | - | - | 7,285 | 0.0 | New | |
Heavy woolen independents | - | - | - | 6,423 | 0.0 | ||
Christian Peoples Alliance | - | - | - | 6,246 | 0.0 | ||
Animal Welfare Party | - | - | - | 3,086 | 0.0 | ||
Social Democratic Party | - | - | - | 3,000 | 0.0 | ||
North East Party | - | - | - | 2,637 | 0.0 | ||
Lincolnshire Independent | - | - | - | 1999 | 0.0 | ||
English Democrats | - | - | - | 1,987 | 0.0 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | - | - | - | 1,660 | 0.0 | ||
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | - | - | - | 1,606 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent Network | - | - | - | 1,542 | 0.0 | New | |
Libertarian party | - | - | - | 1,375 | 0.0 | ||
Burnley and Padiham Party | - | - | - | 1,162 | 0.0 | ||
Shropshire Party | - | - | - | 1,141 | 0.0 | ||
Putting Cumbria First | - | - | - | 1,070 | 0.0 | New | |
Peace party | - | - | - | 971 | 0.0 | ||
Wycombe Independents | - | - | - | 926 | 0.0 | ||
The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | - | - | - | 728 | 0.0 | ||
Veterans and People's Party | - | - | - | 631 | 0.0 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary Party | - | - | - | 524 | 0.0 | ||
British National Party | - | - | - | 510 | 0.0 | ||
Women's Equality Party | - | - | - | 416 | 0.0 | ||
Renew | - | - | - | 407 | 0.0 | New | |
Communities United Party | - | - | - | 393 | 0.0 | ||
Advance Together | - | - | - | 351 | 0.0 | New | |
Young People's Party | - | - | - | 311 | 0.0 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | - | - | - | 278 | 0.0 | ||
Yeshua | - | - | - | 204 | 0.0 | New | |
Church of the Militant Elvis Party | - | - | - | 172 | 0.0 | ||
Socialist Equality Party | - | - | - | 172 | 0.0 | ||
Socialist Party of Great Britain | - | - | - | 69 | 0.0 | ||
Other | - | - | - | 197,887 | 0.7 | ||
total | 533 | 100 | 26,911,613 | 100 | |||
voter turnout | 67.4 | 1.7 | |||||
Final result, source: bbc.com |
Scotland
59 of the total of 650 constituencies were in Scotland .
Political party | Seats | be right | |||||
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number | in % | +/- | number | in % | +/-% | ||
Scottish National Party | 48 | 81.4 | 13 | 1,242,380 | 45.0 | 8.1 | |
Conservative party | 6th | 10.2 | 7 | 692.939 | 25.1 | 3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4th | 6.8 | 0 | 263,417 | 9.5 | 2.8 | |
Labor Party | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 511,838 | 18.6 | 8.5 | |
Scottish Green Party | - | - | - | 28,122 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Brexit party | - | - | - | 13,243 | 0.5 | New | |
UKIP | - | - | - | 3,303 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Veterans and People's Party | - | - | - | 588 | 0.0 | New | |
Scottish Family Party | - | - | - | 465 | 0.0 | New | |
Scottish Christian Party | - | - | - | 460 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Scottish Libertarian Party | - | - | - | 405 | 0.0 | New | |
Christian Peoples Alliance | - | - | - | 240 | 0.0 | New | |
Renew | - | - | - | 138 | 0.0 | New | |
Social Democratic Party | - | - | - | 114 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | - | - | - | 1,409 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
total | 59 | 100 | 2,759,061 | 100 | |||
voter turnout | 68.1 | 1.6 | |||||
Final result, source: bbc.com |
Wales
Forty of the 650 constituencies were in Wales .
Political party | Seats | be right | |||||
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number | in % | +/- | number | in % | +/-% | ||
Labor Party | 22nd | 55.0 | 6 | 632.035 | 40.9 | 8.0 | |
Conservative party | 14th | 35.0 | 6 | 557.234 | 36.1 | 2.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4th | 10.0 | 0 | 153.265 | 9.9 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | - | - | - | 92.171 | 6.0 | 1.5 | |
Brexit party | - | - | - | 83.908 | 5.4 | New | |
Green Party of England and Wales | - | - | - | 15,828 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
Gwlad Gwlad | - | - | - | 1,515 | 0.1 | New | |
The Cynon Valley Party | - | - | - | 1,322 | 0.1 | New | |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party | - | - | - | 345 | 0.0 | ||
Welsh Christian Party | - | - | - | 245 | 0.0 | New | |
Social Democratic Party | - | - | - | 181 | 0.0 | New | |
Socialist Party of Great Britain | - | - | - | 88 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent | - | - | - | 6.220 | 0.4 | ||
total | 40 | 100 | 1,544,357 | 100 | |||
voter turnout | 66.6 | 2.0 | |||||
Final result, source: bbc.com |
Northern Ireland
Eighteen of the total of 650 constituencies were in Northern Ireland .
Political party | Seats | be right | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | in % | +/- | number | in % | +/-% | ||
Democratic Unionist Party | 8th | 44.4 | 2 | 244.127 | 30.6 | 5.4 | |
Sinn Féin | 7th | 38.9 | 0 | 181.853 | 22.8 | 6.6 | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 118,737 | 14.9 | 3.2 | |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 134.115 | 16.8 | 8.9 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | - | - | - | 93.123 | 11.7 | 1.4 | |
Aontú | - | - | - | 9,814 | 1.2 | New | |
People Before Profit | - | - | - | 7,526 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
Conservative party | - | - | - | 5,433 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
Green Party in Northern Ireland | - | - | - | 1.996 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
UKIP | - | - | - | 623 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent | - | - | 1 | 1,687 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
total | 18th | 100 | 799.034 | 100 | |||
voter turnout | 61.8 | 3.6 | |||||
Final result, source: bbc.com |
evaluation
The election victory of the Conservatives was so comprehensive that it was often referred to as a "landslide" in the media. Johnson's election victory has been compared to Margaret Thatcher's 1979 victory . The gains made by the Conservatives in the traditional Labor strongholds in the old industrial towns in the north and midlands of England and in Wales were particularly impressive. Johnson's Conservatives had only won about 300,000 more votes than Theresa May in the 2017 election (just under 14 instead of 13.7 million votes), but Jeremy Corbyn's Labor Party had lost 2.6 million votes (10.3 instead of 12.9 million votes) ). Benefiting from the relative majority voting rights, the Conservatives had gained 47 seats, their biggest victory since the 1979 general election .
Most commentators agreed that a major factor in Labor's heavy losses was Corbyn's person. With his “socialist” visions and his incoherent and changeable stance on the question of leaving the EU, he had not convinced many traditional or potential Labor voters. The accusations of anti-Semitism in the Labor Party that were still in the room also bothered her.
Another hallmark of the election was the significant gains by the Scottish National Party. In the 2017 election, the SNP had to accept considerable losses compared to 2015, which it was able to make up for a large part this time. It won 48 of Scotland's 59 constituencies, including the East Dunbartonshire constituency of LibDems chairman Jo Swinson with a very narrow majority of 149 votes . On the evening of the election, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that she would seek a second independence referendum in Scotland ( "indyref2" ). This demand was categorically rejected by the Conservatives and Boris Johnson.
The Liberal Democrats, as the third party with the largest number of votes, gained significantly more votes, but were unable to increase their share of the number of seats, and even lost one seat on the balance sheet (11 instead of 12 seats). Jo Swinson lamented the "wave of nationalism" that had spread "on both sides of the border" (in England and Scotland) and announced her resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Web links
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