MAY’S GAMBLE BACKFIRES: HOW BRITAIN VOTED

208

female MPs elected, a record number.

51

black, Asian and ethnic minority MPs, making this the most diverse Parliament ever.

68.7 per cent

voter turnout, the highest since 1997 and up two percent on 2015.

13,650,900

votes for the Tories, more than Tony Blair received in his 1997 landslide. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab, Slough)

42.4 per cent

of popular vote went to the Tories, their highest share since Margaret Thatcher’s landslide win in 1983.

40 per cent

of the vote went to Labour, nearly five per cent higher than Mr Blair gained in his comfortable 2005 victory.

82.4 per cent

combined Tory and Labour vote is the highest for the two main parties since 1970.

9.6 per cent

rise in Labour’s share of the vote, the biggest jump between elections for any party since Clement Attlee’s win in 1945, right.