Forty Eighth United Kingdom general election

Forty Eighth United Kingdom general election

47th ← 1 January 2020 → 49th

All 36 seats in the House of Commons 19 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader John Bercow Arron Jacobs Clement Attlee Party Labour Conservative & Unionist Allies British Reform Leader since 16 November 2019 2 November 2019 28th December 2019 Leader's seat Central London Midwest England Cumbria and Lancashire Last election 13 8 4 Seats won 9 7 4 Seat change -4 +1 /   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mairi Gougeon stijn Dafydd Wigley Party Scottish National Party National Fascist Plaid Cymru Leader since 19th December 2019 20th December 2019 4 November 2019 Leader's seat North Scotland Last election 3 0 1 Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change / +2 /   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Tom Mann Arthur Hitchens Stephen Harper Party British Syndicalist League Social Democrat Party The Tories Leader since 1st August 2019 27th December 2019 Leader's seat South Manchester East Wales Northern Ireland Last election 1 0 0 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change / +1 +1

Colours denote winning party in each region.

Prime Minister before election John Bercow Labour Elected Prime Minister Arron Jacobs Conservative

The Forty Eighth United Kingdom general election was held on 1 January 2020 (New Years Day) to elect 36 members to the House of Commons.

The Labour Party continued to see a decrease in their seat totals, losing seats in the North of England such as Northumberland, Tyne, and Wear. Labour also lost some seats in the West Midlands and London Metro, but gained some seats in the North East resulting a net loss of 4 seats.

The Conservative Party managed to win some seats like Cambs, Suffolk, and Norfolk. But the Conservatives also lost a seat in Cumbria and Lancashire, leading to a net gain of one seat. The Conservatives then decided to form government through a coalition with the British Reform Party.

The resurgent British Reform Party took 3rd place in this election, holding on to their 4 seats in the House of Commons.

The Scottish National Party met expectations and held on to all of their seats, maintaining power in all 3 regions of Scotland.

The Plaid Cymru Leader held on to his seat in East Wales this election.

The British Syndicalist League also held on to its leader's seat in South Manchester.

Two new parties formed this election, with the Social Democrat Party and The Tories each gaining a seat.