House of Commons 2019 (2017 results in brackets)
650 Seats Turnout 67.3%
Conservative Party: 365 MPs (298)
Labour Party: 203 MPs (243)
Scottish National Party: 48 MPs (35)
Liberal Democrats: 11 MPs (21)
DUP: 8 MPs (10)
Sinn Féin: 7 MPs (7) – do not take their seats in the UK Parliament
Plaid Cymru: 4 MPs (4)
SDLP: 2 MPs (0)
Green Party: 1 MP (1)
Alliance Party: 1 MP (0)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not need to rely on the votes of any other political party to get legislation passed.
Scotland 59 Seats Turnout 68.1%
Scottish National Party: 48 MPs (35) 1,242,380 votes
Conservative and Unionist Party: 6 MPs(13) 692,939 votes
Liberal Democrats: 4 MPs(4) 263,417 votes
Labour Party: 1 MP (7) 511,838 votes
In Scotland it was a disastrous election for Labour. A very poor performance for the Tories and although the LibDems remained the same their leader, Jo Swinson lost her seat to the SNP.
Northern Ireland 18 Seats Turnout 61.8%
DUP: 8 MPs (10) 244,127 votes
Sinn Féin: 7 MPs (7) – do not take their seats in the UK Parliament 181,853 votes
SDLP: 2 MPs (0) 118,737 votes
Alliance Party: 1 MP (0) 134,115 votes
This is the first time political parties in NI who wish to see a united Ireland have the majority of the elected MPs.
Wales 40 Seats Turnout 66.6%
Labour: 22 MPs (28) 632,035 votes
Conservatives: 14 MPs (7) 557,234 votes
Plaid Cymru: 4 MPs (4) 153,265 votes
The Liberal Democrats lost their 1 MP in Wales, 92,171 votes
Wales elected its first Tory female MP – actually 3 of them.
England 533 Seats Turnout 67.4%
Conservatives: 345 MPs (297) 12,710,845 votes
Labour: 180 MPs (227) 9,125,203 votes
Liberal Democrats: 7 MPs (8) 3,340,835 votes
Green Party: 1 MP (1) 819,751 votes
Orkney & Shetland Constituency Turnout 67.93%
Liberal Democrats – 10,381 votes , 44.82% (down 3.77%)
SNP – 7,874 votes, 34.00% (up 5.00%)
Conservative and Unionist – 2,287 votes, 9.87% (up 1.18%)
Labour – 1,550 votes, 6.69% ( down 4.75%)
Brexit Party – 900 votes, 3.89%
Independent – 168 votes ,0.73%
LibDem majority 2,507
4.39% swing LibDem to SNP

House of Commons photo: UK Parliament
By Fiona Grahame
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