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{{Infobox election

| election_name = Next2019 United Kingdom general election

| country = United Kingdom

| type = parliamentary

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| previous_election = United Kingdom general election, 2017

| previous_year = 2017

| election_date = 2019

| 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 = List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2019

| 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 next2019 United Kingdom general election

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

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==Electoral system==

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

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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>

Following the Prime Minister's defeat over the Brexit "meaningful vote" on 15 January 2019, [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|the Leader of the Opposition]], Jeremy Corbyn, tabled a vote of no confidence in the Government. The next day, 16 January, the Government lost the vote by a margin of {{var|xxx}}-{{var|xxx}}, triggering a [[snap election]].

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==