House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The British Elections in numbers

 

In today’s elections in Great Britain there are 2716 candidates that will claim 533 seats in the UK Parliament and 650 in the House of Commons.

Of all the candidates, 1931 are men and 785 are women.

In the general elections in 2015, there were 3,209 candidates, or 493 more than they are today.

General Election 2017: MPs back Theresa May’s plan for a snap poll on June 8

MPs have overwhelmingly backed Theresa May’s plan to hold a snap general election on June 8 in a Commons vote the day after her shock announcement.

The House of Commons backed the poll by 522 votes to just 13.

Under the terms of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Mrs May needed to secure at least a two-thirds majority of MPs to make her plan become a reality.

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