UK General Election 2017 News on the Results and Vote

LATEST GENERAL ELECTION 2017 UPDATES ON THE RESULT

Tories spent a RECORD £18.5million on Theresa May's disastrous snap general election compared to £11million for Labour and £7million for the Lib Dems

19/03/18 17:45

The outlay by the Conservatives was the highest ever - despite the campaign ending with the PM being humiliatingly stripped of her overall majority. By contrast, Labour's spending was just over £11million, and the Liberal Democrats' nearly £6.8million. The Electoral Commission watchdog has also announced that it is investigating both the Tories and Labour for submitting spending returns that were missing invoices and 'potentially inaccurate' statements about payments....read

The Youthquake DIDN'T HAPPEN: Labour surge at General Election was driven by 30-somethings NOT millennials, major study finds

29/01/18 15:07

A major report by the British Election Study found there was actually no major surge in turnout among under 25s in June's snap election - and turnout may have decreased.

Jeremy Corbyn supporter, 21, who boasted on Twitter of voting TWICE for Labour in the General Election is fined

19/12/17 11:37

Mohammad Zain Qureshi, 21, was registered twice at his home in Waltham Forest, in the East London constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green, using a slight variation of his name.

Did left-wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn break election law? Watchdog probes whether Momentum really only spent £38,742 on its national effort to support Labour's election campaign

07/12/17 21:09

Momentum - which was born out of Jeremy Corbyn's first Labour leadership campaign - is a vast grassroots organisation that campaigned for Labour across the country.

Almost 1,500 people were STOPPED from taking part in an election race which a Labour MP won by just 30 votes, damning inquiry finds - but the contest WON'T be re-run

28/11/17 14:41

Labour's Paul Farrelly (pictured) held off a charge from Tory Owen Meredith to hold Newcastle-under-Lyme with a reduced majority of just 30 votes.

Theresa May raises almost £4million AFTER her election disaster as Tory coffers are bolstered by a £1million bequest while Labour collects just £1.7million

23/11/17 11:11

Electoral Commission figures revealed donations to Labour fell far short of the Tory figure as Jeremy Corbyn's party raised just £1.7million.

NORMAN LAMONT: From one Chancellor to another - taxing the old to woo the young would be political suicide

19/10/17 01:36

The Conservative Party is still thrashing around trying to work out how Jeremy Corbyn managed to mesmerise the youth vote and came so close to entering Downing Street.

Constituency boundary switch would have delivered a May majority: Changes could also see Jeremy Corbyn and Boris facing a battle to save their seats

17/10/17 01:14

Plans by the Boundary Commission to redraw borders and equalise the number of voters in each seat would – if they had been in force in June – have given the Tories the extra MPs they needed.

Scale of hard-left bullying revealed: Commons report lays bare the 'hate campaign' launched against some Tory MPs during the election

11/10/17 17:12

A report into the general election found one MP suffered an anti-semitic attack while canvassing. Racist graffiti about another Conservative candidate was daubed in a polling booth.

PM's bold 'Labour Lite' bid to take back control of the Tories with plans to overhaul the university funding system

06/10/17 12:58

Theresa May is to freeze tuition fees and overhaul the entire university funding system as she fights to reverse the catastrophic collapse in support for the Tories among young voters.

Lord Ashcroft throws the book at his own party: Former treasurer doesn't pull his punches in new publication about the election

02/10/17 12:58

Behind closed doors at the Tory conference yesterday, Theresa May and her party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin held an inquest into the dire General Election campaign.

Cheers! Beer campaigners say price of a pint could be slashed by more than 20p if Government unshackles pubs from costly EU tax rules after Brexit

26/09/17 16:32

EXCLUSIVE: The Campaign for Real Ale's election manifesto, seen by MailOnline, explains how British drinkers could benefit if new MPs seize the opportunities presented by Brexit.

Exposed: Labour anarchists 'joke' about burning down Tories' houses while threatening 'war' in days before election as party's signs across the country are daubed with Nazi graffiti

25/09/17 17:42

Labour anarchists are plotting to burn down and rob homes that display Conservative Party posters as they threaten a 'war' in the days before the election, MailOnline can reveal.

The 'dating agency' that nearly made a nightmare come true: Just one of the clever tactics used by Labour to run rings around a woefully inept Tory campaign HQ, as revealed in our definitive account of the Election

17/09/17 15:26

Jeremy Corbyn did not want to be leader of the Labour Party, let alone Prime Minister, writes Tim Ross and Tom McTague in the final extract of the political book of the year.

Theresa May blew £141million of taxpayers' cash by calling the early general election that wiped out her majority

14/09/17 05:42

The Cabinet office said £98.3m was spent running the poll and the counts across the country. Another £42.5million was spent delivering election materials to every household in the country.

So why DID you do it, Theresa? How the PM ignored 'Wizard of Oz' election guru's memo and instead listened to 'Brummie Rasputin' aide Nick Timothy

03/09/17 18:01

Timothy resigned within hours – only to then blame the Australian strategist for the result, saying he had not spotted the Jeremy Corbyn 'surge'.

'I'm not sure that's a smart idea, mate': Campaign guru's blunt response to Theresa May's plan for a snap Election

03/09/17 14:01

When Crosby got through, he told him that May wanted the pair to help her beat Jeremy Corbyn in a snap Election on June 8. 'I'm not sure that's a smart idea, mate', replied Crosby.

Bombshell secret memo reveals Theresa May defied a warning that her snap Election was a 'huge risk' and could backfire

03/09/17 11:26

A bombshell secret memo that shows Theresa May ignored a warning that her snap Election was a 'huge risk' and could backfire has been leaked to The Mail on Sunday.

Police launch 'significant' probe into claims the Tories broke election laws with Welsh call centre

25/08/17 20:25

The new investigation - which comes just weeks after one MP was charged and scores of others were investigated - was triggered by secret footage revealed by Channel 4 News.

17 shares Police launch 'significant' probe into Tory call centre claims

'We had an election - it didn't go entirely to plan!': Boris Johnson mocks Theresa May in a quip to the Libyan PM about the perils of rushing to the polls without being ready

25/08/17 13:04

The Foreign Secretary used the electoral disaster endured by the Tories as a cautionary tale to Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj about rushing to the polls.

Political parties received a record-breaking £40m in donations in the three months before the election with the Tories getting a staggering £25m, Election Commission figures show

24/08/17 19:16

Theresa May's Conservatives were given nearly £25m by supporters - nearly three times as much cash as Labour on £9.5m, the Electoral Commission said.

Theresa May missed out on a majority by 0.0017%: Tories would have won the election if just 533 votes in nine marginal seats had gone their way

21/08/17 01:20

A working majority could have been achieved on just 75 additional votes in the right places, a report by the Electoral Reform Society revealed.

Tory MP, 50, who beat Nigel Farage in the 2015 general election is to stand trial in May after he was accused of fiddling campaign expenses

15/08/17 11:57

Craig Mackinlay, 50, of Ramsgate, Kent, and his team allegedly failed to declare expenses during the party's campaign to win the seat when he beat former Ukip leader Nigel Farage in South Thanet.

15 shares MP will stand trial in May over claims he fiddled campaign expenses

Theresa May's mea culpa: Prime Minister to apologise at Tory conference in desperate bid to save her job as rivals circle

14/08/17 04:38

Mrs May's decision to beg the party faithful to forgive her for throwing away the Conservative majority and to let her stay in No 10 is seen by MPs as a major gamble, including Anna Soubry (right).

Tories 'paid Australian strategy guru's firm £4million' for Theresa May's disastrous election campaign

08/08/17 15:42

Sir Lynton Crosby's firm is said to have charged the huge fee despite the party being humiliatingly stripped of an overall majority in the contest.

Growing demand for a ‘soft Brexit’ saw May flop in the General Election, reveals survey of 30,000 voters

06/08/17 12:09

British Election Study shows Tory Remain voters backed Labour to keep UK in EU, while another factor was Theresa May's dismal performance and Corbyn's energetic campaign.

Man dubbed Theresa May's 'brain' says the PM is a victim of SEXISM and he is still in contact with her despite his departure after Tories' election flop

05/08/17 13:13

Nick Timothy, who quit as Mrs May’s joint chief-of-staff in the aftermath of the June election, said the Prime Minister was doing a 'good job' and was underestimated because of sexism.

Labour's hard-Left to target Boris and Rudd: Momentum group launches 'decapitation strategy' to try and oust senior Tories at the next election

04/08/17 00:52

The group, which operates independently from Labour but is backed by Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott, is planning to set up training camps in London, Manchester and Birmingham.

'We don't need any more kerfuffle': Boris Johnson DENIES fuelling Cabinet infighting and challenging for No 10 as he admits the Tory election failure

25/07/17 10:07

The Foreign Secretary insisted he was not running a secret leadership campaign in case ailing Theresa May returns from her walking holidays and decides to quit.

Two council officers deliberately delayed investigating paedophile allegations against a Labour politician in order to help the party’s chances in 2015’s knife-edge general election

22/07/17 14:54

A report said Mike Owen and Mark Carriline from Bury council put off child protection procedures so claims about Simon Carter did not surface ahead of the 2015 poll.

Some students bragged about using friends' polling cards to vote SIX times in the General Election, Tories claim

19/07/17 10:56

Tory MP Peter Bone is bringing forward a bill to stop voters being registered in two constituencies in the wake of the electoral fraud scandal.

With friends like these! Amber Rudd says 'most' ministers support Theresa May in an astonishingly lukewarm display of support hours after cabinet was photographed in show of 'unity'

19/07/17 01:30

Theresa May’s hopes of reuniting her Cabinet (pictured together) took a blow last night as the Home Secretary suggested the PM still did not have the backing of all ministers.

With friends like these! Amber Rudd admits May does NOT have support of all ministers... just hours after cabinet was photographed in show of 'unity'

19/07/17 00:01

The Conservatives have released an awkward photo of the Cabinet sat together smiling in a bid to quash rumours of in-fighting and mutinous ministers.

Even election boost can't halt Royal Mail slump as decline in letters business continues at 6%

18/07/17 23:05

The privatised postal service said volumes of official letters pushed through letterboxes for local authorities and government bodies only put a 1 per cent dent in the rate of decline.

Tories slam 'shameful' Labour MPs for blocking debate on hard-left abuse by Corbynistas during election campaign

18/07/17 15:43

Anna Soubry said Labour should be ashamed of themselves after blocking Tory MPs who received abuse form the hard-left to debate their experiences.

Probe is launched into ‘students who voted TWICE for Jeremy Corbyn’: Election watchdog investigates 1,000 complaints after surges in registrations in University towns

18/07/17 14:47

The Electoral Commission yesterday said it was investigating 'troubling' evidence of illegality on polling day. The watchdog warned a change in the law might be needed to catch offenders.

Election watchdog reveals more than 1,000 complaints about people who claimed to have voted TWICE at the snap general election

17/07/17 14:50

The Electoral Commission said it was taking the reports 'very seriously' and warned offenders voting twice was a criminal offence carrying an unlimited fine in England and Wales.

Former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson hits out at far left who have seized control of the party and admits he was DISAPPOINTED at the election as it tightened Corbyn's grip on power

14/07/17 13:01

Johnson compared the far-left who back Corbyn to the Militant group which almost tore Labour apart in the 1980s.

Theresa May reveals she was 'devastated' and shed 'a little tear' as her husband Philip gave her a big hug after she heard the election night exit poll which said her majority would be wiped out

13/07/17 13:03

The Prime Minister's comments follow weeks of leadership speculation following the disastrous snap election result. She also said she will remain her party’s leader only for ‘as long as they want me’.

Theresa May orders an investigation into the intimidation of parliamentary candidates after MPs told how they received death threats and abuse during the recent election campaign

13/07/17 11:05

The Prime Minister said she had been left 'horrified' at the bullying and harassment that politicians received during the recent campaign.

May was RIGHT to call snap election and people only voted for Corbyn because they thought he wouldn't win, says Tory guru

11/07/17 11:22

The Australian campaign strategist warned against writing off the embattled PM, saying she could still bounce back.

Tom Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black rants against 'disgusting' Theresa May over DUP deal that he claims is 'hurtful and harmful' to gay people

07/07/17 18:05

The American director blasted the alliance between the Tories and the Northern Irish party which has been accused of having regressive, homophobic and misogynistic policies.

Now Theresa May AXES a planned vote on bringing back fox hunting in her latest manifesto u-turn

04/07/17 12:23

Environment Minister Therese Coffey has confirmed no vote on fox hunting will be called after all, despite Mrs May's election promise.

So what about Labour cosying up to the DUP? Deal with the Tories only mirrors similar ones the party tried when Gordon Brown was leader

03/07/17 15:03

The deal between the Tories and the DUP simply mirrors similar ones that Labour is said to have tried when Gordon Brown was leader, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

Owen Smith hints that Labour could have WON the election if he was leader – despite being thrashed by Jeremy Corbyn in last year's contest

02/07/17 12:56

The Welsh MP tried to oust Mr Corbyn from the leadership last year but the mutiny backfired spectacularly he was beaten in the election that followed.

DAN HODGES: The Election outcome was unexpected but it was clear

02/07/17 11:53

DAN HODGES: In the days after the Election, Jeremy Corbyn boasted he would bring her and her administration crashing down. He failed. Mrs May lives to fight another day.

MPs reveal horrific spate of personal abuse during election campaign - including vandalised offices, smashed windows and posters defaced by swastikas

01/07/17 15:46

During the last general election, several MPs were subjected to an outpouring of personal abuse over social media, in which people threw out death threads and profanities.

Tories must 'change hard' to woo angry young voters or lose power to Jeremy Corbyn, warns Theresa May's deputy

01/07/17 09:11

The promise comes amid moves to end austerity after Downing Street appeared to back down on public sector pay restraint after 20 Tory MPs demanded a meeting with chief of staff Gavin Barwell.

Female Tory MP had swastikas carved into her party posters and received hateful messages saying 'burn the witch' as part of a campaign of abuse against her in the General Election

28/06/17 23:20

Sheryll Murray said she had been targeted by abuse which included someone urinating on her office doorstep in a campaign of hate during the recent election campaign.

Schools' bid to sway the election: Headteachers sent out letters attacking Tory policies during the campaign

26/06/17 23:19

Headmasters from 3,000 schools across 14 UK counties sent letters to parents before the general election warning them of the 'dreadful state' of education funding under Tory policies.

State pension triple lock and winter fuel payouts for all are SAVED: Tory deal with DUP junks key manifesto promises

26/06/17 14:57

TheTory manifesto plan to axe the triple lock, which sees the state pension go up at least 2.5 per cent a year, has hung in the balance since it failed to win an outright majority in the 8 June election.

The 'youthquake' that helped Corbyn gain ground on Tories: Massive generation gap among voters is laid bare in new figures

21/06/17 00:39

Age was the overwhelming factor defining how people voted on June 8 - with the Tories dominating among over 45s and Labour support higher for younger people.

There is madness in the air - democracy is hanging by a thread: After the election, Grenfell Tower and Finsbury Park, RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says it is time the Tories unite and grow up because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate

20/06/17 12:48

There’s an End of Days madness in the air. We’ve had a spate of terrorist attacks and a conflagration of biblical proportions. What the hell’s going to happen next?

Talks between the Tories and Ian Paisley's DUP have STILL not finished less than two days before the Queen's Speech, No 10 admits

19/06/17 14:50

No 10 confirmed today that negotiations were still ongoing between the political parties as Theresa May fights on after the general election.

Hammond hints at tax rises... and the end of austerity: Chancellor promises to look again at cuts in money for councils as he attacks PM for hiding him during the election campaign

19/06/17 00:47

Philip Hammond warned that ‘people are weary of the long slog’ of austerity as he promised to look again at planned reductions in money for councils.

Labour's post-Election unity crumbles as prominent MP mocks idea that Jeremy Corbyn 'won' the election and warn the party's position could be a 'false dawn'

18/06/17 17:28

Labour’s fragile post-Election unity was shattered last night after one of Jeremy Corbyn’s own MPs, Neil Coyle, openly mocked his claim that he ‘won’ the General Election.

BLACK DOG: PM's 'snap' poll was actually plotted in January

18/06/17 15:55

The so-called spur-of- the-moment poll was so long in the plotting that as far back as January the Queen’s Birthday honours was secretly shunted from its the second Saturday in June berth to yesterday.

Just 27 per cent support May's plan to do a deal with Ian Paisley's DUP as its Westminster leader gloats there is 'no deadline' despite looming Brexit talks

16/06/17 17:12

While few in Westminster believe the deal will not eventually be struck, news the public already loath the idea will further rock the already ailing prime minister.

Poll shows May's popularity rating has gone off a cliff since her disastrous election gamble backfired - while Corbyn's has SOARED

16/06/17 08:58

According to YouGov, the Prime Minister's favourability rating of minus-34 now matches Mr Corbyn's position last November, while the Labour leader's popularity has soared.

Sinn Fein accuses May of breaching Good Friday Agreement as she seeks deal with DUP for Ian Paisley's party to prop her up in power

15/06/17 20:48

Gerry Adams, president of the Republican party, said he had told the PM 'very directly' during talks in Downing Street this afternoon that she was undermining the peace deal.

May's former aide Nick Timothy sticks the knife into election guru Sir Lynton Crosby over the Tory poll disaster

15/06/17 08:47

Mr Timothy revealed the Australian strategist still thought the Tories would win before the exit poll came in predicting their majority was wiped out.

The stock market liked Theresa May so far - hitting a string of record highs - but what will come next for shares?

14/06/17 15:45

Say what you want about Theresa May, despite a disastrous election campaign markets have seemingly bought into her as a 'strong and stable' leader for Britain.

Diabetes forced me to stand down days before the election, reveals Diane Abbott as she says 'out of control' blood sugar was behind series of car crash interviews

14/06/17 10:21

Abbott was temporarily replaced just days before election after a series of car crash interviews, but she has since claimed it was because she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago.

'At least someone got a landslide!' May makes fun of her election debacle as she welcomes John Bercow's return as Speaker in new House of Commons

14/06/17 00:09

The Prime Minister hailed the reelection of John Bercow as Speaker by saying: 'At least someone got a landslide.'

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson warns post-election uncertainty could weigh on housing market

13/06/17 15:25

British builder Crest Nicholson warned the political uncertainty generated by the election result could hit the housing market.

Austerity is over: May signals the end of the cuts as she takes blame for election disaster and apologises to Tory backbenchers saying 'I got us into this mess and I'll get us out of it'

13/06/17 09:34

Theresa May was greeted to the meeting with around 25 seconds of table-banging and a brief cheer as she arrived at the crunch meeting in Parliament.

So-called 'Dementia Tax' is set to be SCRAPPED by Tories as May prepares slimmed down Queen's Speech

13/06/17 08:44

Conservative MPs have urged ministers to scrap the manifesto proposals for a ‘dementia tax’, which are blamed for wrecking Theresa May’s campaign.

Don't have a second election, Institute of Directors warns, as business confidence slips and Brexit talk worries mount

13/06/17 07:42

Confidence among Britain's big businesses has fallen sharply since last month, according to a survey by the Institute of Directors of 700 of its members.

May's new deputy claims the PM has 'overwhelming support' from her reshuffled Cabinet but chaos reigns as the Queen's Speech is DELAYED and the PM's policies are torn up to strike a deal with the DUP

13/06/17 01:44

Damian Green, installed as First Secretary of State in a reshuffle that demonstrated the Prime Minister's weakness last night, said there was 'complete unanimity' for Mrs May to continue.

US TV host John Oliver flies Theresa May's rival Lord Buckethead over to appear on his show and demands that HE should be in charge of Brexit talks

12/06/17 23:23

After collecting 249 votes in Maidenhead and capturing the mind of the internet, eccentric political candidate Lord Buckethead (pictured) flew to New York to appear on John Oliver's HBO show Last Week Tonight.

Theresa May wanted to ditch 'strong and stable' slogan during botched Tory election battle because it was making her look 'stupid'

12/06/17 20:08

The Prime Minister feared constant repetition of the phrase was making her look 'stupid'. But campaign chiefs are said to have insisted she should stick to the mantra.

Corbyn will bid to BLOCK the Queen's Speech to force his way into power as Emily Thornberry demands a fresh election

12/06/17 20:03

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry vowed to use parliamentary tactics to thwart Theresa May's government as she demanded a fresh general election.

MARKETS CLOSE: Pound falls as markets continue to reel from the 'shock' UK general election result

12/06/17 17:19

The election and Brexit remain the hot topics of debate in the City, with many traders questioning how long the Prime Minister can last.

'Unbelievably self-indulgent': David Davis swipes at leadership jockeying by Boris's allies as he insists May WILL cling on in Downing Street

12/06/17 14:08

The Brexit Secretary urged Tory MPs to get behind Theresa May instead of calling for her to step aside - saying she is a 'good Prime Minister'.

Theresa tears up her manifesto: May axes key pledges as she pays the price for Cabinet support before facing a showdown with backbenchers

12/06/17 12:29

Mrs May's plans to repeal the foxhunting ban will be scrapped, as well as her dream of creating a new generation of grammar school's as her Queen's Speech is set to focus on Brexit and fighting terror.

Will small businesses find themselves in the driving seat as politicians woo their support after election stalemate?

12/06/17 11:13

Britain's small businesses and army of self-employed workers, who have complained of being neglected may find themselves back in the driving seat thanks to the election

What next for the property market? With house prices already slowing political instability could deliver a fall

12/06/17 08:21

House hunters and potential sellers are facing a longer period of uncertainty after the election, but experts are divided on whether it will lead to prices falling.

'Calm down, folks!' Boris Johnson warns Tory MPs that they are HELPING Corbyn by demanding May quits and should get behind the embattled PM (before his WhatsApp plea is conveniently leaked)

12/06/17 04:16

The Foreign Secretary urged his colleagues to 'get behind the PM' in a WhatsApp message that was then conveniently leaked.

Michael Gove is brought back to the Cabinet less than a year after he was SACKED in a shock move as Theresa May tries to shore up her position as PM with a reshuffle

12/06/17 03:17

Gove was ruthlessly axed as Justice Secretary by the PM last year after she swept into the top job, but today was appointed Environment Secretary.

Let's calm down and remember that Mrs May WON! PETER OBORNE on how the setback the PM has suffered is not the calamity some would have you believe

12/06/17 02:20

This morning, an isolated Prime Minister is facing the loneliest and toughest week in her life. Her many enemies scent blood in the shark-infested waters of Westminster and circle for the kill.

Like DailyMail
+1 DailyMail
Follow @dailymail
Follow DailyMail
Follow MailOnline
Follow Daily Mail

LATEST GENERAL ELECTION 2017 UPDATES ON THE RESULT

DON'T MISS