The British General Election of 2019

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_2019
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:cause parliamentary deadlock over Brexit
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 365
gptkbp:conservativeLeader gptkb:Boris_Johnson
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 12 December 2019
gptkbp:dissolved 6 November 2019
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British General Election of 2019
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 203
gptkbp:leader Jeremy Corbyn
gptkbp:libDemLeader gptkb:Jo_Swinson
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 11
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_2024
gptkbp:notableAchievement Brexit Party won no seats
Labour's worst result since 1935
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson lost her seat
Green Party won 1 seat
Conservative Party gained seats in traditional Labour strongholds
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm gptkb:58th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_2017
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Boris_Johnson
gptkbp:result Conservative Party majority
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 650
gptkbp:snpLeader gptkb:Nicola_Sturgeon
gptkbp:snpSeatsWon 48
gptkbp:voterTurnout 67.3%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7