Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives have a majority of 80 seats. They've
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have a majority of 80 seats.
They’ve made positive aspects in Labour heartlands throughout northern England and Wales. The SNP have made positive aspects throughout Scotland.
Labour have had their worst return of seats in any common election since 1935.
Each Labour and the Liberal Democrats now have extra feminine than male MPs.
The interactive map beneath reveals all of the seats which have modified from one occasion to a different. Choose the “outcomes” tab to see what has occurred in the remainder of the UK.
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The Brexit impact
The Conservatives elevated their vote share in lots of areas that voted Depart within the 2016 EU referendum.
Against this they misplaced votes in robust Stay constituencies resembling these in Scotland and London. However Labour misplaced votes in each robust Stay and robust Depart areas.
Sturdy Depart and robust Stay constituencies are these the place an estimated 60% or extra of the voters voted for that possibility on the EU referendum.
These estimates of constituency Brexit votes had been modelled by Professor Chris Hanretty, because the 2016 referendum outcome was solely recorded by native authority and never by Westminster constituency.
The Conservatives had been clear winners in constituencies estimated to have voted majority Depart in 2016. They received virtually three quarters of all these seats.
Against this, there was no clear winner amongst Stay backing constituencies, with a crowded subject of events all successful substantial numbers of seats.
Labour did better of all these events however solely took 40% of the constituencies that backed Stay.
Labour additionally straddled the Brexit divide taking a roughly equal variety of Depart (106) and Stay (96) seats.
Most different events had a clearer Brexit divide.
General, the Conservatives broke new floor, transferring into many conventional Labour heartlands.
In 2017, Labour held 72 of the 100 constituencies with essentially the most working class households (outlined as C2DE utilizing knowledge from the 2011 census).
In 2019, this determine fell to 53 and the Conservatives elevated their share from 13 to 31.
The nations and areas
In each nation and area of Britain, the size of Labour’s losses outweighed any positive aspects made by the Conservatives.
The Conservatives did lose votes within the south of England and Scotland, however these had been balanced by positive aspects in the remainder of England and Wales.
The Lib Dems elevated their share of the vote throughout the UK, however didn’t translate these positive aspects into extra seats.
In Scotland, the SNP made 14 positive aspects, and misplaced only one seat, whereas the Conservatives misplaced seven and Labour misplaced six seats.
In Wales, the Conservatives gained six seats and Labour misplaced six, principally within the north east. General, Labour’s share of the vote was right down to 41% from 49% in 2017.
The Conservatives polled persistently properly throughout England and most of Wales, reflecting their total 44% share of the UK vote.
You should use the interactive map beneath to indicate the vote share for different events in addition to the turnout.
Labour’s energy was concentrated in London and areas round cities in south Wales, the North East and North West. At 32%, Labour’s share of the vote is down round eight factors on the 2017 common election.
General, they misplaced 60 seats and gained just one, Putney in London.
Extra ladies in Parliament
A complete of 220 feminine MPs have been elected. That is 12 greater than the earlier excessive of 208 in 2017.
For the primary time, each the Liberal Democrats and Labour have extra ladies MPs than males. Of Labour’s 202 MPs (excluding Speaker Lindsay Hoyle), 104 are ladies and of the Liberal Democrats’ 11 MPs, seven are ladies.
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