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{{Infobox election

| election_name = Next United Kingdom general election

| country = United Kingdom

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = yes

| previous_election = United Kingdom general election, 2017

| previous_year = 2017

| election_date = 5 May 2022<br>{{See below|Date of the election|at=|pre=For possibility of early election}}

| next_election =

| next_year =

| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2017

| next_mps =

| elected_mps =

| seats_for_election = All [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|650 seats]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]{{refn|group=n|The [[Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] was due to be implemented in 2018 and would have reduced the number of seats to 600.}}

| majority_seats = 326{{refn|group=n|name=realmajority|Given that Sinn Féin MPs [[Abstentionism#Sinn Féin|do not take their seats]] and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, likely to be slightly lower.}}

| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election

| turnout = <!-- Conservative -->

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| leader1 = [[Theresa May]]{{refn|group=n|name=maygo|May has declared her intention to resign the leadership of the Conservative Party before the next scheduled general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-conservative-leader-1922-general-election-brexit-tory-no-confidence-a8680301.html|title=Theresa May tells Conservative MPs she will not lead party into 2022 general election|date=2018-12-12|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref>}}

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| leader_since1 = [[Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016|11 July 2016]]

| leaders_seat1 = [[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]]

| last_election1 = 317 seats, 42.4%

| seats_needed1 = {{increase}}9

| seats1 =

| seats_before1 = 317{{refn|group=n|Seat figure does not include [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] [[John Bercow]], who is included in the Conservative seat total by some media outlets.}}

| seat_change1 =

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 =

| swing1 = <!-- Labour -->

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| leader2 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]

| leader_since2 = [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|12 September 2015]]

| party2 = Labour Party (UK)

| leaders_seat2 = [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]]

| last_election2 = 262 seats, 40.0%

| seats_needed2 = {{increase}}70

| seats2 =

| seats_before2 = 256

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 =

| swing2 = <!-- SNP -->

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| leader3 = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]

| leader_since3 = [[Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014|14 November 2014]]

| party3 = Scottish National Party

| leaders_seat3 = ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=sturgeonseat1|Nicola Sturgeon sits as an [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] in the [[Scottish Parliament]] for [[Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Southside]].}}

| last_election3 = 35 seats, 3.0%

| seats_needed3 = ''n/a''{{refn|group=n|Party only stands in [[Scotland]] (59 seats). It does not stand in enough seats to obtain a majority.}}

| seats3 =

| seat_change3 =

| seats_before3 = 35

| popular_vote3 =

| percentage3 =

| swing3 = <!-- Lib Dem -->

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| leader4 = [[Vince Cable]]

| leader_since4 = [[Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017|20 July 2017]]

| party4 = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| leaders_seat4 = [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]]

| popular_vote4 =

| percentage4 =

| seats_before4 = 11

| swing4 =

| last_election4 = 12 seats, 7.4%

| seats_needed4 = {{increase}}315

| seats4 =

| seat_change4 = <!-- DUP -->

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| leader5 = [[Arlene Foster]]

| leader_since5 = 17 December 2015

| party5 = Democratic Unionist Party

| leaders_seat5 = ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=fosterseat|Arlene Foster sits as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|MLA]] in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] for [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]].}}

| popular_vote5 =

| percentage5 =

| swing5 =

| last_election5 = 10 seats, 0.9%

| seats_needed5 = ''n/a''{{refn|group=n|name=onlyni|Party only stands in [[Northern Ireland]] (18 seats). It does not stand in enough seats to obtain a majority.}}

| seats5 =

| seats_before5 = 10

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| leader6 = [[Mary Lou McDonald|Mary&nbsp;Lou&nbsp;McDonald]]

| leader_since6 = 10 February 2018

| party6 = Sinn Féin

| leaders_seat6 = ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=McDonaldseat|Mary Lou McDonald sits as a [[Teachta Dála|TD]] in the Irish [[Dáil Éireann]] for [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]].}}

| popular_vote6 =

| percentage6 =

| swing6 =

| last_election6 = 7 seats, 0.8%

| seats_needed6 = ''n/a''{{refn|group=n|name=onlyni}}

| seats6 =

| seats_before6 = 7

| seat_change6 = <!--bottom-->

| map_image =

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption =

| title = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]

| posttitle = Appointed Prime Minister

| before_election = [[Theresa May]]

| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| after_election =

| after_party =

}}

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|-

|[[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 election]] '''•''' [[List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010|MPs]]

|-

|[[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 election]] '''•''' [[List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2015|MPs]]

|-

|[[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 election]] '''•''' [[List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2017|MPs]]

|}

The '''next general election in the United Kingdom''' is scheduled to be held on 5 May 2022 under the [[Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011]]. The election may be held at an earlier date in the event of an [[snap election|early election motion]] being passed by a [[supermajority|super-majority of two-thirds]] in the House of Commons, or a [[Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom|vote of no confidence]] in the government which is not followed by a vote of confidence within 14 days.

==Electoral system==

{{See also|Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011}}

Each parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom elects one MP to the House of Commons using the [[first-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] voting system.

===Voting eligibility===

In order to vote in the general election, one must be:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2 |title=Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 1 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |accessdate=26 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/elections-in-the-uk/general-election|title=Types of election, referendums, and who can vote - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|accessdate=18 April 2017}}</ref>

* on the [[Elections in the United Kingdom#Entitlement to register|Electoral Register]];

* aged 18 or over on polling day;

* a [[British nationality law|British]], [[Irish nationality law|Irish]] or [[Commonwealth citizen|Commonwealth]] citizen;

* a resident at an address in the United Kingdom (or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years);{{refn|group=n|Or, in the case of a British citizen who moved abroad before the age of 18, if his/her parent/guardian was on the [[Elections in the United Kingdom#Electoral Register|Electoral Register]] in the UK in the last 15 years}} ''and''

* not legally excluded from voting (for example a convicted person detained in prison or a mental hospital, or unlawfully at large if he/she would otherwise have been detained,<ref>Representation of the People Act 1983, Sections 3 and 3A</ref> or a person found guilty of certain corrupt or illegal practices<ref>Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 173</ref>) or disqualified from voting ([[House of Lords#Membership|peers]] sitting in the [[House of Lords]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/34/contents |title=House of Lords Act 1999 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |accessdate=4 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/24/section/4 |title=House of Lords Reform Act 2014, Section 4 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |accessdate=4 June 2017}}</ref>

Individuals must be [[Elections in the United Kingdom#Registration procedure|registered to vote]] by midnight twelve working days before polling day.<ref>[http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/164677/Deadline-for-registration-ahead-of-an-election-detailed-note-January-2014.pdf Electoral Commission: Deadline for registration ahead of an election].</ref> Anyone who qualifies as an [[anonymous elector#United Kingdom|anonymous elector]] has until midnight six working days before polling day to register.{{#tag:ref|The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications is one working day before the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (that is the sixth working day before polling day).<ref>cf {{cite web |url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/162578/Part-4-Maintaining-the-register-throughout-the-year.pdf |title=Guidance for Electoral Registration Officers (Part 4 – Maintaining the register throughout the year) |publisher=[[Cabinet Office]] and [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|The Electoral Commission]] | format=PDF | page=114 (para 7.128) |date= July 2016 |accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref>|group=n|name=anonymouselector}} A person who has two homes (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) may be able to register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can only vote in one [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]] at the general election.<ref>{{cite web | last = Electoral Commission | author-link = Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses |title=I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? | website = electoralcommission.org.uk |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|The Electoral Commission]] |date=2016 |accessdate=5 January 2011}}</ref>

It is current UK government policy to pass a law removing the 15-year limit on expatriate Britons voting before the next general election takes place, as mentioned in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto, which stated (page 42) "We will legislate for votes for life for British overseas electors".

===Boundary review===

The postponed [[Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] proposed reducing the number of constituencies from 650 to 600. In April 2016, each of the four parliamentary [[Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)|Boundary Commissions of the United Kingdom]] recommenced their review process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boundary review launched|url=http://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/boundary-review-launched/|website=Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/2018_westminster/index.asp|title=2018 Review of Westminster Parliamentary constituencies|publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/2018Review/?lang=en|title=2018 Review|publisher=Boundary Commission for Wales|accessdate=3 May 2016}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After each Commission published their Final Recommendation reports on 10 September 2018, psephologists Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University projected the result of the 2017 election as if the new boundaries had been in place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/ian_a_jones/status/1039172363730870273|title=Ian Jones on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-09-11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-10/new-parliamentary-map-would-have-given-tories-a-majority-of-16-at-last-election/|title=New parliamentary map would have given Tories a majority of 16 at last election|work=ITV News|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!colspan="2"|Party

!Projected seats

!Net loss

!Seat %

|-

|style="background:{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}};"|

|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]

|style="text-align:right;"|308

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Decrease}}9

|style="text-align:right;"|51.3

|-

|style="background:{{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}};"|

|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]

|style="text-align:right;"|232

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Decrease}}30

|style="text-align:right;"|38.6

|-

|style="background:{{Scottish National Party/meta/color}};"|

|[[Scottish National Party]]

|style="text-align:right;"|33

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Decrease}}2

|style="text-align:right;"|5.5

|-

|style="background:{{Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color}};"|

|[[Democratic Unionist Party]]

|style="text-align:right;"|10

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Nochange}}

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|-

|style="background:{{Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color}};"|

|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]

|style="text-align:right;"|7

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Decrease}}5

|style="text-align:right;"|1.2

|-

|style="background:{{Sinn Féin/meta/color}};"|

|[[Sinn Féin]]

|style="text-align:right;"|7

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Nochange}}

|style="text-align:right;"|1.2

|-

|style="background:{{Plaid Cymru/meta/color}};"|

|[[Plaid Cymru]]

|style="text-align:right;"|2

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Decrease}}2

|style="text-align:right;"|0.3

|-

|style="background:{{Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color}};"|

|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party (England & Wales)]]

|style="text-align:right;"|1

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Nochange}}

|style="text-align:right;"|0.2

|}

==Date of the election==

The [[Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011]] introduced fixed-term parliaments to the United Kingdom, with elections scheduled on the first Thursday in May of the fifth year after the previous general election.<ref name="UKCLA">{{cite web|last1=Horne|first1=Alexander|last2=Kelly|first2=Richard|title=Alexander Horne and Richard Kelly: Prerogative powers and the Fixed-term Parliaments Act|url=http://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2014/11/19/alexander-horne-and-richard-kelly-prerogative-powers-and-the-fixed-term-parliaments-act/|publisher=UK Constitutional Law Association|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref>

Removing the power of the monarch, on advice of the prime minister, to dissolve parliament before its five-year maximum length,<ref name="UKCLA" /> the act permits early dissolution if the House of Commons votes by a two-thirds [[supermajority]], as occurred in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]]. Parliament is also dissolved if a government loses a [[vote of no confidence]] by a simple majority and a new government is not formed within 14 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100705/debtext/100705-0001.htm#10070511000001|title= House of Commons Debate 5 July 2010 c 23|date=5 July 2010|accessdate=8 September 2013|website=parliament.uk|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]}}</ref>

The next general election is due to take place on 5 May 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tuft|first1=Ben|title=When will the next UK General Election be held?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/when-will-the-next-uk-general-election-be-held-10236102.html|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> Under the [[Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013]] parliament would be dissolved 25 working days before this date on 28 March 2022.<ref name="timetable">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/general-election-timetable-2015/|title=General election timetable 2015|website=parliament.uk|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]|accessdate=8 December 2014}}</ref> Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act the prime minister may schedule polling day up to two months after 5 May 2022, subject to approval by both Houses.

The Conservative Party manifesto at the 2017 general election proposed repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.<ref>[https://www.conservatives.com/manifesto Conservative Party 2017 manifesto], p. 43</ref>

==Contesting political parties and candidates==

Most candidates are representatives of a [[political party]], which must be registered with the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]]'s Register of Political Parties. Candidates who do not belong to a registered party can use an "independent" label, or no label at all.

The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] have been the two biggest political parties, and have supplied every [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] since [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|1935]].

Parties in the tables below are sorted by their results in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].

The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Commons is the person who is called on by the monarch to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party not in government becomes the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]]. Other parties also form [[Shadow Cabinet|shadow ministerial]] teams. The leaders of the SNP and Plaid Cymru are not members of parliament, but instead members of their respective devolved legislatures, and so these parties have separate leaders in the House of Commons ([[Ian Blackford]] for the SNP and [[Liz Saville Roberts]] in the case of Plaid Cymru).

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Party leader(s)

! rowspan="2"| Leader since

! rowspan="2"| Leader's seat

! colspan="2"| Last election

|-

! % of<br>votes

! Seats

|-

| width="1" bgcolor="{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]

| [[Theresa May]]{{refn|group=n|name=maygo}}

| [[Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016|July 2016]]

| [[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]]

| style="text-align:right;"| 42.4%

| style="text-align:right;"| 317

|-

| bgcolor="{{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|

| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]

| [[Jeremy Corbyn]]

| [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|September 2015]]

| [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]]

| style="text-align:right;"| 40.0%

| style="text-align:right;"| 262

|-

| bgcolor="{{Scottish National Party/meta/color}}"|

| [[Scottish National Party]]

| [[Nicola Sturgeon]]

| [[Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014|November 2014]]

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=sturgeonseat1}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.0%

| style="text-align:right;"| 35

|-

| bgcolor="{{Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color}}"|

| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]

| [[Vince Cable]]

| [[Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017|July 2017]]

| [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]]

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4%

| style="text-align:right;"| 12

|-

| bgcolor="{{Plaid Cymru/meta/color}}"|

| [[Plaid Cymru]]

| [[Adam Price]]

| [[Plaid Cymru leadership election, 2018|September 2018]]

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=woodseat|Price sits as an [[Member of the Welsh Assembly|AM]] in the [[Welsh Assembly]].}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.5%

| style="text-align:right;"| 4

|-

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color}}"|

| rowspan="2"| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party (England & Wales)]]

| [[Jonathan Bartley]]

| September 2016

| rowspan="2"| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=BartleyBerryseat|Bartley sits as a councillor on [[Lambeth Council]] whilst Berry sits on the [[London Assembly]].}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"| 1.6%

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"| 1

|-

| [[Siân Berry]]

| [[Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2018|September 2018]]

|-

|}

Tim Farron announced his departure as Liberal Democrat leader shortly after the June 2017 election, staying on in a caretaker basis pending the [[Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017|Liberal Democrats leadership election]]. He was replaced by [[Vince Cable]].

In September 2018, Vince Cable stated his intention to resign as Leader of the Liberal Democrats 'once Brexit is resolved or stopped'. The United Kingdom is scheduled to exit the European Union in March 2019; before the planned date of the next election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/07/vince-cable-step-down-lib-dem-leader-brexit-resolved-stopped|title=Vince Cable to step down 'after Brexit is resolved or stopped'|date=Sep 7, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

Facing a no confidence vote by her party in December 2018, Theresa May told MPs she would not contest the next scheduled general election (''i.e.'' in 2022) as leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46547246|title=Theresa May survives confidence vote of Tory MPs|website=[[BBC News]]|date=12 December 2018|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/12/theresa-may-signals-she-will-step-down-before-2022-election|title=May signals she will step down before 2022 election|last=Stewart|first=Heather|date=2018-12-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-12-15|last2=Walker|first2=Peter|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

'''Northern Ireland'''

While a number of UK parties organise in Northern Ireland (''e.g.'' [[Labour Party in Northern Ireland]], but they do not field candidates) and field candidates for election (''e.g.'', [[Northern Ireland Conservatives|Conservative]], UKIP), the main Northern Ireland parties are different from those in the rest of the UK.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Leader(s)

! rowspan="2"| Leader since

! rowspan="2"| Leader's seat

! colspan="2"| Last election

|-

! %<br>{{small|(in NI)}}

! Seats

|-

| width="1" bgcolor="{{Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color}}"|

| [[Democratic Unionist Party]]

| [[Arlene Foster]]

| December 2015

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=fosterseat}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 36.0%

| style="text-align:right;"| 10

|-

| bgcolor="{{Sinn Féin/meta/color}}"|

| [[Sinn Féin]]

| [[Mary Lou McDonald]]

| 10 February 2018

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=McDonaldseat}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 29.4%

| style="text-align:right;"| 7

|-

| bgcolor="{{Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color}}"|

| [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|Social Democratic & Labour Party]]

| [[Colum Eastwood]]

| [[Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2015|November 2015]]

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=eastwoodseat|Colum Eastwood sits as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|MLA]] in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] for [[Foyle (Assembly constituency)|Foyle]].}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 11.7%

| style="text-align:right;"| 0

|-

| bgcolor="{{Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color}}"|

| [[Ulster Unionist Party]]

| [[Robin Swann]]

| [[Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2017|April 2017]]

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=swannseat|Robin Swann sits as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|MLA]] in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] for [[North Antrim (Assembly constituency)|North Antrim]].}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.3%

| style="text-align:right;"| 0

|-

| bgcolor="{{Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color}}"|

| [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|Alliance Party]]

| [[Naomi Long]]

| October 2016

| ''None''{{refn|group=n|name=longseat|Naomi Long sits as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|MLA]] in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] for [[Belfast East (Assembly constituency)|East Belfast]].}}

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9%

| style="text-align:right;"| 0

|}

== Members of Parliament not standing for re-election ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

|+ Members of Parliament not standing for re-election

|-

! scope="col" | MP

! scope="col" | Seat

! scope="col" | First elected

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Date announced

|-

| {{sortname|[[Paul Flynn (politician)|Paul Flynn]]

| [[Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport West]]

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]]

| width="1" bgcolor="{{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |

| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

| {{dts|25 October 2018}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/17006397.newport-mp-paul-flynn-to-quit-at-the-earliest-possible-opportunity/ |title=Newport MP Paul Flynn to quit 'at the earliest possible opportunity' |date=25 October 2018 |publisher=South Wales Argus|access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref>

|-

|}

== Opinion polling ==

{{Main|Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election}}

[[File:Uk2022polling15average.png|thumb|550px|center|The graph shows polls conducted for the next UK general election, including polls released by 15 November 2018. The trendline is based on the average of the last 10 polls.{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|

{{Legend-line|#499bc9 solid 5px|Conservative}}

{{Legend-line|#ff2d21 solid 5px|Labour}}

{{Legend-line|#ffa93a solid 5px|Liberal Democrats}}

{{Legend-line|#ffff00 solid 5px|SNP}}

{{Legend-line|#6c2085 solid 5px|UKIP}}

{{Legend-line|#6ec038 solid 5px|Greens}}

}}]]

==See also==

* [[Next Conservative Party (UK) leadership election]]

==Footnotes==

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==References==

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{{United Kingdom elections}}

[[Category:General elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:Future elections in the United Kingdom| ]]

[[Category:2022 elections in the United Kingdom]]