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Revision as of 14:40, 15 February 2023

January 2023 general election

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All 50 seats in the House of Commons
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout424 (Decrease 63)
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader TheBritishUnion Randthepanda BlazeFuse
Party Conservative & Unionist Labour and Voice Liberal
Leader since 11 December 2022 13 November 2022 ?
Leader's seat Strathclyde Croydon Grampian
Last election 26 seats, 51.6% 19 seats, 39.0% 5 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 28[n 1] 14 7
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 242 114 53
Percentage 58.7% 28.2% 13.1%
Swing Increase 7.1 pp Decrease 10.8 pp Increase 3.7 pp

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A map presenting the results of the election.

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Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

ShiforRBLX
Conservative & Unionist

Prime Minister after election

TheBritishUnion
Conservative & Unionist

The January 2023 general election was held on Friday, 6 January 2023. It resulted in the governing Conservative & Unionist Party being re-elected and receiving a majority of 7 seats.

Opinion polling

Notes

  1. Figure does not include the Speaker of the House of Commons JoshDWalker. By longstanding convention, the Speaker severs all ties to their affiliated party upon being elected as Speaker.