Between 1918 and 2019, there have been 28 elections in the United Kingdom, resulting in 13 Conservative governments, 11 Labour governments, and four national or coalition governments. The Conservative Party won the most seats in the 1931 general elections at 522, by comparison, the Labour Party won 418 seats in the 1997 general elections, their largest number to date.
Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party
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Statistics on UK General Election 2019
Overview
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- Basic Statistic General election results in the United Kingdom 2019
- Basic Statistic General election vote share change in the United Kingdom 2019
- Premium Statistic Value of donations to political parties in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of voter registrations prior to the UK general election in 2019
- Basic Statistic Number of voter registrations prior to the UK general election in 2019, by age group
Opinion polls
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- Basic Statistic Voting intention in the United Kingdom 2017-2023
- Basic Statistic Opinion on the best Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2019
- Basic Statistic Net satisfaction scores for the Prime Minister and Opposition in the UK 2016-2019
- Basic Statistic General election voting intention in the United Kingdom 2019 by gender
- Basic Statistic General election voting intention in Great Britain 2019 by region
- Basic Statistic General election voting intention in the United Kingdom 2019 by age group
- Basic Statistic General election voting intention in the United Kingdom 2019 by leave and remain vote
- Premium Statistic General election voting intention of EU citizens in the UK 2019
Social media
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- Basic Statistic Number of Facebook likes for political parties in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of Twitter followers for political parties in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of Facebook likes for political party leaders in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of Twitter followers for political party leaders in the UK 2022
- Premium Statistic UK: top ten political accounts on Twitter 2021, by number of followers
- Premium Statistic Political groups in the United Kingdom (UK): number of online ads 2019
- Premium Statistic Political groups in the United Kingdom (UK): online advertising impressions 2019
Main Issues
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- Basic Statistic Most important issues facing Britain 2019-2023
- Basic Statistic Share of people who think Brexit was the right or wrong decision 2020-2023
- Basic Statistic Quarterly GDP growth of the UK 2015-2022
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 1992-2023, by country
- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK by country 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic Net migration in the UK 1991-2022, by citizenship
- Basic Statistic England: Hospital A&E attendees seen within four hours 2011-2022, by month
- Premium Statistic Most important environmental issues in Great Britain 2020
Historical data
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- Premium Statistic Number of seats won in general elections in the UK 1918-2019
- Basic Statistic Share of votes in UK elections 1918-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of votes in English elections 1918-2019
- Basic Statistic Share of votes in Scottish elections 1918-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of votes in Welsh elections 1918-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of votes in UK elections in Northern Ireland 1974-2019
- Basic Statistic Voter turnout in UK elections 1918-2019
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Parliament of the United Kingdom. (December 13, 2019). Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/
Parliament of the United Kingdom. "Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party." Chart. December 13, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/
Parliament of the United Kingdom. (2019). Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/
Parliament of the United Kingdom. "Number of Seats Won in General Elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by Political Party." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/
Parliament of the United Kingdom, Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2019, by political party [Graph], Parliament of the United Kingdom, December 13, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/716971/general-elections-seats-won-by-party-uk/