Uk General Election Results Popular Vote

This is a list of united kingdom general elections elections for the uk house of commons since the first in 1802 the members of the 1801 1802 parliament had been elected to the former parliament of great britain and parliament of ireland before being co opted to serve in the first parliament of the united kingdom so that parliament is not included in the table below.

Uk general election results popular vote. The scottish national party snp made a net gain of 13 seats and won 3 9 of the uk vote translating to 45 of the popular vote in scotland resulting in 48 out of 59 seats won in scotland. The liberal democrats improved their vote share to 11 6 but won only 11 seats a net loss of one since the last election. The 1951 united kingdom general election was held twenty months after the 1950 general election which the labour party had won with a slim majority of just five seats.

The scottish national party snp won its first seat at a general election in 1970. The conservatives recorded their highest share of the vote in 1931 at 60 8 percent the labour party in 1951 at 48 8 percent and the then liberal party in 1923 at 29 6 percent. However despite winning the popular vote and achieving both the highest ever total vote until it.

34 0 12 4 swing 1 8. Party seats votes total gains losses. The labour government called a snap election for thursday 25 october 1951 in the hope of increasing its parliamentary majority.

In 2019 the snp won 48 seats and 45 vote share. Party seats votes total gains losses net. 9 152 034 3 340 835 percentage 47 2.

In terms of the popular vote they were replaced as the third party by the uk independence party achieving 13 although they won only 1 seat. Regional results east midlands. Share of votes in.

Uk vote share change since 2017. The conservatives won the most seats 365 and also the biggest share of votes 45 or. The may 2015 election when the party received 50 of the vote in scotland and won 56 seats was the snp s best performance.