2019 United Kingdom general election

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The 2019 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote that resulted in a decisive Conservative Party victory under Boris Johnson, paving the way for the UK’s departure from the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
alliancePartySeatsWon 1 ⓘ
brexitPartyLeaderAtTime Nigel Farage ⓘ
brexitPartyPopularVoteShare 2.0% ⓘ
calledBy Boris Johnson ⓘ
campaignMainIssue Brexit ⓘ
campaignSloganConservative Get Brexit Done ⓘ
campaignSloganLabour It’s Time For Real Change ⓘ
campaignSloganLiberalDemocrats Stop Brexit ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare 43.6% ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon 365 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dupSeatsWon 8 ⓘ
electionDate 2019-12-12 ⓘ
electorateType national ⓘ
followedBy Next United Kingdom general election ⓘ
greenPopularVoteShare 2.7% ⓘ
greenSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
labourLeaderAtTime Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare 32.1% ⓘ
labourSeatsWon 202 ⓘ
legalBasis Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
libDemLeaderAtTime Jo Swinson ⓘ
libDemPopularVoteShare 11.5% ⓘ
libDemSeatsWon 11 ⓘ
mainLoser Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
mainWinner Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableOutcome largest Conservative majority since 1987 ⓘ
worst Labour seat total since 1935 ⓘ
otherMajorParty Brexit Party ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Green Party of England and Wales ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
Plaid Cymru ⓘ
Scottish National Party ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
overallTurnout 67.3% ⓘ
plaidCymruSeatsWon 4 ⓘ
precededBy 2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAtTime Boris Johnson ⓘ
resultedInGovernment Conservative majority government ⓘ
resultedInParliament 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
resultedInPrimeMinister Boris Johnson ⓘ
resultEffectOnBrexit enabled ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement ⓘ
paved the way for the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union ⓘ
sdlpSeatsWon 2 ⓘ
sinnFeinSeatsWon 7 ⓘ
snpLeaderAtTime Nicola Sturgeon ⓘ
snpPopularVoteShare 3.9% ⓘ
snpSeatsWon 48 ⓘ
speakerSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 650 ⓘ
triggeredBy parliamentary deadlock over Brexit ⓘ
turnoutChangeFromPrevious -1.5 percentage points ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 2019 ⓘ

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Penny Mordaunt → reElectedIn → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Richard Tice → stoodForElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Brexit Party → participatedIn → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
UK Parliament 2017–2019 → dissolutionCause → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2019 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield
Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
57th Parliament of the United Kingdom → reasonForDissolution → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2024 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Batley and Spen → hasElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElections → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Workington (UK Parliament constituency) → notableElection → 2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ