This was before 2017 and 2019 but this is more interesting
#2019 United Kingdom general election Thursday, December 12th.
#EXIT POLLS: https://imgur.com/a/efjckkw
#Election system Cycle: Every 5 years. (This election is early after only 2 years, and approved by at least 2/3 of Parliament).
Method: first-past-the-post. At a general or local election, voters put a cross (X) next to their preferred candidate on a ballot paper. Ballot papers are counted. The candidate with the most votes represents the constituency or ward. 650 constituencies are represented in the House of Commons. The number is to be reduced to 600, but the change has not yet been approved by Parliament.
Voting population: Age 18+ on election day, and in the Electoral Register. Some 45.8 million are registered to vote. Across the United Kingdom, there are 3,415 candidates representing 68 political parties, including 206 independent candidates.
#Table of significant parties
| Party | Associated ideology | Position | European Affiliation | Current MPs | Share of votes (2017) |
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| Conservative Party | Conservatism, British unionism, Economic liberalism | Centre-right | European Conservatives and Reformists Party | 298 (317) | 42.4% |
| Labour Party | Social democracy, Democratic socialism | Centre-left | Party of European Socialists | 244 (262) | 40.0% |
| Scottish National Party | Scottish nationalism, Scottish independence, Civic nationalism, Regionalism, Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left, (Big tent) | European Free Alliance | 35 | 3.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | Liberalism, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | Center / Center-Left | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | 12 (21) | 7.4% |
| Change UK | Centrism, Pro-Europeanism | Centre | Split from Labour and Conservative parties | 5 (0) | New party |
| Plaid Cymru | Welsh nationalism, Welsh independence, Civic nationalism, Regionalism, Democratic socialism, Social democracy, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism | Center-Left / Left-Wing | European Free Alliance | 4 | 0.5% |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Green politics, Eco-socialism, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism, British republicanism** | Left-Wing | European Green Party | 1 | 1.6% |
| Brexit Party | Populism, Euroscepticism | 0 | New party | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party | British nationalism, British unionism, Conservatism, National conservatism, Right-wing populism, Social conservatism, Hard Euroscepticism | Center-Righ |
United Kingdom general election 2017
Thursday, June 8th 2017
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Why are we here?
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Following the regular election schedule, the next general election for the UK would have happened in 2020. The last election happened in 2015, with David Cameron and the Conservative Party winning a majority and forming a government afterwards. Cameron stepped down after Brexit and was succeeded by home secretary Theresa May, who has served as PM since June 11th 2016. After ruling out snap elections five times, she announced her intent to hold a snap election on april 18, which was approved with an overwhelming majority in the house of commons shortly after. May's intent is to reach a strong mandate for the Brexit negotiations.
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Electoral system
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The voting system being used is First Past the Post. There are 650 constituents, each electing a single Member of Parliament. In order to reach an effective majority, the parties need 323, because one Party (Sinn Fein) refuse to tape up their seats in Parliament, and the speaker and the deputy speaker don't vote on legislation.
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Parties
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Conservatives: the UK's oldest surviging political party. Notable figures including Winston Churchil, Margaret Thatcher and the current Prime Minister Theresa May. They are one of the most heavily in favour of austerity, tax cuts and against government borrowing. They proposed to balance the budget by 2025, raise spending on the NHS by £8bn per year and on schools by £4bn per year by 2022. The Conservative Party sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists Party in the European Parliament. Prior to 2008, the British Conservative Party sat with the European People's Party, which is shared by the French UMP (Fillon's Party), German CDU (Merkel's Party) and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. They left because the EPP was too Pro-European in their view.
Labour: Has been one of the UK's two main political parties ever since the Seco
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They seem so close together, and the general election before 1885 was in 1880. When and why were general elections called in this period?
Was this widely supported by the general populace, or simply accepted as a necessity of war? Did any major figures give accusations of tyranny? What was the comparative reaction to the 1940 election in the UK?
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