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{{Infobox election
| election_name = May 2023 general election
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = March 2023 general election
| previous_year = March 2023
| next_election = Next general election
| next_year = ''Next''
| election_date = 12–13 May 2023
| previous_mps = March 2023 general election#Elected MPs
| next_mps = 
| elected_mps = May 2023 general election#Elected MPs
| seats_for_election = All [[Parliament constituencies|50 seats]] in the [[House of Commons]]
| majority_seats = 26
| turnout = 414 ({{Decrease}} 15)
<!-- | registered = -->
<!-- | 1blank = Exit poll -->

<!-- Conservative -->| image1 =TheBritishUnion
| leader1 = [[TheBritishUnion]]
| party1 = Conservative & Unionist
| color1 = 0087dc
| leader_since1 = 16 April 2023
| leaders_seat1 = [[Strathclyde (Parliament constituency)|Strathclyde]]
| last_election1 = 29 seats, 58.2%
| seats1 = 21
| seat_change1 = {{Decrease}} 8
| popular_vote1 = 166
| percentage1 = 41.50%
| swing1 = {{Decrease}} 16.7 pp

<!-- Labour -->| image2 = RebaAstor
| leader2 = [[RebaAstor]]
| party2 = Labour
| color2 = e4003b
| leader_since2 = 17 April 2023
| leaders_seat2 = [[Lothian (Parliament constituency)|Lothian]]
| last_election2 = 16 seats, 31.7%
| seats2 = 15
| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 1
| popular_vote2 = 120
| percentage2 = 30.0%
| swing2 = {{Decrease}} 1.7 pp


<!-- Four Star Party -->| image3 =Dxavus
| leader3 = [[Dxavus]]
| party3 = Four Star
| color3 = 000000
| leader_since3 = 1 May 2023
| leaders_seat3 = ''None''
| last_election3 = ''Did not participate''
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = {{Increase}} 5
| popular_vote3 = 44
| percentage3 = 11.1%
| swing3 = {{Increase}} 11.1 pp

<!-- Voice -->| image4 =AdaptedFrost
| leader4 = [[AdaptedFrost]]
| party4 = Voice
| color4 = 088f8f
| leader_since4 = 2 May 2023
| leaders_seat4 = ''None''
| last_election4 = ''Did not participate''
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = {{Increase}} 5
| popular_vote4 = 36
| percentage4 = 9.0%
| swing4 = {{Increase}} 9 pp

<!-- Lib Dems -->| image5 =BlazeFuse
| leader5 = [[BlazeFuse]]
| party5 = Liberal Democrats
| color5 = faa61a
| leader_since5 = 17 March 2023
| leaders_seat5 = ''None''
| last_election5 = ''Did not participate''
| seats5 = 3
| seat_change5 = {{Increase}} 3
| popular_vote5 = 25
| percentage5 = 6.25%
| swing5 = {{Increase}} 6.25 pp

<!-- UK First -->| image6 = OwenKCSmith
| leader6 = [[OwenKCSmith]]
| party6 = UK First
| color6 = 12b6cf
| leader_since6 = 14 March 2023
| leaders_seat6 = [[Grampian (Parliament constituency)|Grampian]]
| last_election6 = 5 seats, 13.1%
| seats6 = 1
| seat_change6 = {{Decrease}} 4
| popular_vote6 = 9
| percentage6 = 2.3%
| swing6 = {{Decrease}} 10.8pp

| map = 
| map_upright = 
| map_alt = 
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| map2_image = May2023ConsVoiceComposition.png
| map2_size = 150px
| map2_caption = Composition of the [[House of Commons]] after the election

| title = [[Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[TheBritishUnion]]
| before_party = [[Conservative & Unionist]]
| posttitle = [[Prime Minister]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister]] after negotiations
| after_election = [[TheBritishUnion]] ([[Conservative]]) <br> [[AdaptedFrost]] ([[Voice]])
}}
The '''May 2023 general election''' was held on 12 May 2023.<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhGu96Qw_JIa9h_nYe2U4mOcFvrmu6ce/view?usp=sharing</ref> Voting opened at 21:00 BST, and closed 24 hours later on 13 May 2023.

==Opinion polling==
{| class="wikitable sortable tpl-blanktable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
! rowspan="2"|Dates<br>conducted
! rowspan="2"|Pollster
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number"|Sample<br>size
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Conservative Party|Con]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Labour Party|Lab]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[UK First]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Liberal Democrats|Lib Dems]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Four Star]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Voice]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Communist]]
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number"|Lead
! rowspan="2"|Result
|-
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#0087dc;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#e4003b;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#248ac5;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#faa61a;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#000000;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#088f8f;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#d6001d;"|
|-
|6–8 May
|[https://twitter.com/TelegraphRbx Daily Telegraph] & [https://twitter.com/ITVNewsRX ITV]
|122
|style="background:#ccebff;color:black"|'''17'''
|13
|2
|0
|5
|4
|10
|style="background:#0087dc;color:#FFFFFF;" data-sort-value="-5"|5
|style="background:#525252;color:#FFFFFF;"|Hung
|-
|6–8 May
|[https://twitter.com/crystalnewsrblx Crystal Polls]
|58
|17
|style="background:#FFCCD9;color:black"|'''21'''
|1
|0
|4
|7
|
|style="background:#e4003b;color:#FFFFFF;" data-sort-value="-4"|4
|style="background:#525252;color:#FFFFFF;"|Hung
|-
|6–8 May
|[https://twitter.com/TelegraphRbx Daily Telegraph] & [https://twitter.com/angliatimesrbx AT]
|137
|style="background:#ccebff;color:black"|'''20'''
|16
|2
|2
|4
|6
|
|style="background:#0087dc;color:#FFFFFF;" data-sort-value="-5"|4
|style="background:#525252;color:#FFFFFF;"|Hung
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible sortable tpl-blanktable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"
|-
! style="width:80px;" rowspan="2"| Dates<br />conducted
! style="width:200px;" rowspan="2"| Pollster
! style="width:60px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[TheBritishUnion]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[RebaAstor]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[OwenKCSmith]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[BlazeFuse]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[Dxavus]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[AdaptedFrost]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"|[[AndreHodge]]
! style="width:60px;" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| None of these
! class="unsortable" style="width:20px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#0087dc;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#e4003b;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#248ac5;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#faa61a;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#000000;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#088f8f;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="background:#d6001d;"|
|-
|12–13 May
|[https://twitter.com/TelegraphRbx Daily Telegraph] & [https://twitter.com/ITVNewsRX ITV]
|122
|style="background:#ccebff;color:black"|'''34.4%'''
|28.7%
|6.6%
|2.5%
|14.8%
|9.8%
|19.8%
|7.4%
|style="background:#0087dc;color:#FFFFFF;"|5.7
|}

==Communist Party==
The Communist Party of Britain, led by [[AndreHodge]], was deregistered by order of [[Monarchy|The King]], [[Robert]], on 8 May 2023.

==Elected MPs==

{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | Constituency
! Member of Parliament
|-
|[[Bedfordshire (Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]]
| style="background-color: #088f8f" |
|-
|[[Belfast (Parliament constituency)|Belfast]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Birmingham (Parliament constituency)|Birmingham]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Cambridgeshire (Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]]
| style="background-color: #088f8f" |
|-
|[[Cardiff (Parliament constituency)|Cardiff]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Cheshire (Parliament constituency)|Cheshire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Colchester (Parliament constituency)|Colchester]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Croydon (Parliament constituency)|Croydon]]
| style="background-color: #faa61a" |
|-
|[[Devon & Cornwall (Parliament constituency)|Devon & Cornwall]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Dorset (Parliament constituency)|Dorset]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Dyfed-Powys (Parliament constituency)|Dyfed-Powys]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Finchley (Parliament constituency)|Finchley]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Glasgow (Parliament constituency)|Glasgow]]
| style="background-color: #e4003b" |
|-
|[[Gloucestershire (Parliament constituency)|Gloucestershire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Grampian (Parliament constituency)|Grampian]]
| style="background-color: #12B6CF" |
|-
|[[Hertfordshire (Parliament constituency)|Hertfordshire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Humberside (Parliament constituency)|Humberside]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Islington (Parliament constituency)|Islington]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Kent (Parliament constituency)|Kent]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Lancashire (Parliament constituency)|Lancashire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Leeds (Parliament constituency)|Leeds]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Leicester (Parliament constituency)|Leicester]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Lincoln (Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Lothian (Parliament constituency)|Lothian]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Merseyside (Parliament constituency)|Merseyside]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Newham (Parliament constituency)|Newham]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Norfolk (Parliament constituency)|Norfolk]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[North Yorkshire (Parliament constituency)|North Yorkshire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Northumbria (Parliament constituency)|Northumbria]]
| style="background-color: #faa61a" |
|-
|[[Nottingham (Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Portsmouth (Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Sheffield (Parliament constituency)|Sheffield]]
| style="background-color: #088f8f" |
|-
|[[Snowdonia (Parliament constituency)|Snowdonia]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Somerset (Parliament constituency)|Somerset]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Southampton & Wight (Parliament constituency)|Southampton & Wight]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Southend-on-Sea (Parliament constituency)|Southend-on-Sea]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Southwark (Parliament constituency)|Southwark]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Staffordshire (Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Strathclyde (Parliament constituency)|Strathclyde]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Surrey (Parliament constituency)|Surrey]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Sussex (Parliament constituency)|Sussex]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Tayside & Fife (Parliament constituency)|Tayside & Fife]]
| style="background-color: #000000" |
|-
|[[Thames Valley (Parliament constituency)|Thames Valley]]
| style="background-color: #faa61a" |
|-
|[[Trafford (Parliament constituency)|Trafford]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Tyneside (Parliament constituency)|Tyneside]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Warwickshire (Parliament constituency)|Warwickshire]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[West Mercia (Parliament constituency)|West Mercia]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[West Ulster (Parliament constituency)|West Ulster]]
| style="background-color: #088f8f" |
|-
|[[Wigan (Parliament constituency)|Wigan]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[Wolverhampton (Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton]]
| style="background-color: #088f8f" |
|}

==Results==

{| style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width:42%;" | '''21'''
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width:30%;" | '''15'''
| style="background:#000000; width:10%;" | '''5'''
| style="background:#089090; width:10%;" | '''5'''
| style="background:{{party color| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:6%;" | '''3'''
| style="background:#12B6CF; width:2%;" | '''1'''
|-
| '''Conservative'''
| '''Labour'''
| '''Four Star'''
| '''Voice'''
| '''LDM'''
| '''UKF'''
|}

{{For|further results|List of MPs elected in the May 2023 general election}}

After all 50 constituencies had been declared, the results were:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party
!           rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2           | MPs
! colspan=2           | Votes
|-
!
! Of total
!
! Of total
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Conservative Party]]
| style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[TheBritishUnion]]
| 21
| 42%
| 166
| 41.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Labour Party]]
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[RebaAstor]]
| 15
| 30%
| 120
| 30.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Four Star Party]]
| style="background:#000000;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dxavus]]
| 5
| 10%
| 44
| 11.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Voice Party]]
| style="background:#089090;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[AdaptedFrost]]
| 5
| 10%
| 36
| 9.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Liberal Democrats]]
| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[BlazeFuse]]
| 3
| 6%
| 25
| 6.25%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[UK First]]
| style="background:#12B6CF;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[OwenKCSmith]]
| 1
| 2%
| 9
| 2.25%
|}

==Notes==
<references/>