■ Jason Crow of Colorado and Max Rose of New York voted for Tammy Duckworth; Individuals eligible to vote had to be registered to vote by midnight on 26 November. [234] Meanwhile, several former Conservative MPs, including former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine, endorsed the Liberal Democrats and/or independent candidates. The organisation challenged Labour supporters to devote a week or more to campaigning full-time (as of 4 December, 1,400 people had signed up). Most candidates are representatives of a political party, which must be registered with the Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties. The election resulted in the Conservatives receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. At least three Labour candidates and one Conservative candidate stood down, with two of the Labour candidates doing so following allegedly anti-Semitic remarks. [31] The vote count in the January 3, 2019 speaker of the House election was:[3]. [166] In response to criticism over the doctored Starmer footage, Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly said the clip of Starmer was satire and "obviously edited". ", "And then there were three: Remain tactical voting sites fail to agree", "It was a mistake to launch tactical voting sites so early in the election campaign", "Tactical voting website criticised for 'bogus' advice", "Revealed: The Lib Dem Links to a 'Bogus' Tactical Voting Site", "Tactical voting sites have spread confusion and animosity. They wish to maintain the "triple lock" on pensions. [123] They also proposed increased funding for childcare and on the environment. [30] Ultimately, Pelosi received 220 of the 430 votes cast, though 15 Democrats chose to vote for someone else. All of these candidates failed to be re-elected. The 2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2019, on the opening day of the 116th United States Congress, two months after the United States 2018 elections. Elections for all 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2019. Hanvey was elected;[69] the others were not. [149], Tactical voting appears to have contributed to parties opposed to Brexit winning four seats in the 2019 election which they might not otherwise have done. [182] ITV Cymru Wales aired a debate featuring representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Brexit Party on 17 November, hosted by Adrian Masters. At the 2015 general election the Conservative Party committed to offering a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union and won a majority in that election. Incumbent resigned January 23, 2019 to take job in private sector. This page was last edited on 21 August 2020, at 17:48. List of elections [ edit ] Elections are listed by date and district. [115][116][117][118][111] They found that Labour's plan to spend and invest would boost economic growth, but the impact of tax rises, government regulation, nationalisations and the inclusive ownership fund could reduce growth, meaning the overall impact of Labour's plan on growth is uncertain. [89] The Jewish Labour Movement declared it would not generally campaign for Labour. The Democratic caucus vote was held on November 28, 2018; as Pelosi was the only declared candidate, the vote was presented as a single question of approval.[13]. [25] To be eligible to vote, individuals had to be[26][27] aged 18 or over; residing as a Commonwealth citizen at an address in the United Kingdom,[n 6] or a British citizen overseas who registered to vote in the last 15 years;[n 7][29][30] and not legally excluded (on grounds of detainment in prison, a mental hospital, or on the run from law enforcement)[31] or disqualified from voting. As a result, they formed a minority government, with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as their confidence and supply partner. In the worst result for the party in 84 years,[310] Labour won 202 seats, a loss of 60 compared to the previous election. [270] James Hanning, writing in the British Journalism Review, said that, when reporting and commenting on Boris Johnson, Conservative supporting newspapers made little mention of "a track record that would have sunk any other politician". On the day of the election, polling stations across the country were open from 7 am, and closed at 10 pm. [190] A few days later, the network hosted a leaders' debate focused on the climate. ■ Kathleen Rice of New York voted for Stacey Abrams; House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy garnered 192 votes, with 18 more going to others. ", "Lib Dems consider hung Parliament options", "Nicola Sturgeon leaves open idea of DUP-style deal with Labour", "Election 2019: Labour looks at plans for hung parliament", "DUP could support a Labour government in the event of a hung parliament, says Foster", "Electoral pacts show just how broken our voting system is - whoever you support", "Police assessing claims that Tories offered peerages to Brexit party", "So why aren't the Lib Dems standing down in Canterbury? [132], The Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the SNP and Labour all support a ban on fracking, whilst the Conservatives propose approving fracking on a case-by-case basis. One such event could be the "die in a ditch" promise to terminate the Brexit transition period by the end of 2020, which risked harming the economy. Across the United Kingdom, there were 3,415 candidates representing 68 political parties, including 206 independent candidates. [324][325] Recommendation by tactical voting websites had some benefit for Liberal Democrat candidates. [122], The Conservative Party proposed increasing spending on the NHS, although not as much of an increase as Labour and Liberal Democrat proposals. Alliance did not stand down in any seats,[63] describing the plans as "sectarian". The Conservative Party lost seats – they won a plurality of MPs, but not a majority. [140] Under the banner of Unite to Remain, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party of England and Wales agreed an electoral pact in some seats, but some commentators criticised the Liberal Democrats for not standing down in some Labour seats. Jim is a fighter, a leader, and a true conservative who always remembers the most critical voiceâ€"the voice of the votersâ€"in every decision he makes. [162], Of the 20 most prominent spokespeople in media coverage of the first week of the election period, five were women, with SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, in seventh place, the most featured. [245], On 16 July 2020, the UK Government confirmed Russian agents had almost certainly tried to interfere in the election. [194] The Conservatives and the Brexit Party did not send a representative to Channel 4's "Everything but Brexit" on 8 December. Similarly, Plaid Cymru, led by Adam Price, stands only in Wales where it holds 4 of 40 seats. They proposed investing in local infrastructure, including building a new rail line between Leeds and Manchester. [51][52][53], The Green Party also did not stand in two Conservative-held seats, Chingford and Woodford Green and Calder Valley, in favour of Labour. They said they would never support Corbyn as Prime Minister, but could work with Labour if led by someone else. The line plotted is the average of the last 15 polls and the larger circles at the end represent the actual results of the election. Cable was succeeded by Jo Swinson in July 2019. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. This was the same Scottish seat from the 2015-17 Parliament that returned the country's sole Labour MP, Ian Murray. However, she quickly bowed out after being offered the chairmanship of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections. [267][271] Over the whole campaign, press hostility towards Labour had doubled compared with during the 2017 election, and negative coverage of the Conservatives halved. During the midterm election campaign, there were indications that many of the incoming Democrats would not support party leader Nancy Pelosi for the speakership. [93], The major parties had a wide variety of stances on Brexit. ", "Octagon to host party leaders BBC Question Time special tomorrow | Forge", "Channel 4 cancels leaders' debate over Boris Johnson no-show", "Leaders' election TV debate cancelled after Boris Johnson refuses to take part", "General election 2019: BBC Wales Live election debate", "This Thursday 28th @Channel4News will devote its hour @7 to debate climate change. The filing deadline for candidates was March 1, 2019. [255] Jewish Voice for Labour, a pro-Corbyn group formed in 2017, released a statement accusing Rabbi Mirvis of making unfounded allegations against Corbyn, saying that he personally supports the Conservative Party. ■ Kurt Schrader of Oregon voted for Marcia Fudge; [115][116][117][118][111] Outside of commitments to the NHS, the proposals would leave public service spending 14% lower in 2023–2024 than it was in 2010–2011, which the IFS described as "no more austerity perhaps, but an awful lot of it baked in". [97] In a Question Time special featuring four party leaders, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that he would stay neutral in the referendum campaign. [119][118], The IFS described the Liberal Democrats' plans as a "radical" tax and spend package, and said that the proposals would require lower borrowing than Conservative or Labour plans. This was due to issues such as disquiet over anti-semitism in the Labour Party, and divisions over Brexit in the Conservative Party. 2020 House Election Interactive Map All 435 House seats to be contested in 2020 The … The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. 500 related to a "50,000 more nurses" pledge, consisting of 31,500 new nurses, and convincing 18,500 nurses already in post to remain. ", "Third combined forecast for the 2019 general election", "NEW PREDICTION: Our latest poll-of-polls has the #Conservative lead over #Labour narrowing to 11pc. McDonnell had more coverage than Javid on both TV and in print. They also pledged to plant 30 million trees. [251] The Hindu Council UK has been strongly critical of Labour, going as far as to say that Labour is "anti-Hindu"[264] and objected to the party's condemnation of the Indian government's actions in the disputed territory of Kashmir. There were three special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2019 during the 116th United States Congress. Leader Jo Swinson lost her seat to Amy Callaghan of the SNP by 150 votes, and was disqualified from continuing as Liberal Democrat leader, with a leadership election due in August 2020. The Conservative Party, having failed to obtain a majority in the 2017 general election, had faced prolonged parliamentary deadlock over Brexit while it governed in minority with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), a situation which had forced the resignation of the previous Prime Minister, Theresa May. 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As well as being a Westminster MP, Colum Eastwood also an, Channel 4 described this as a leaders-only debate, and refused to accept, Representation of the People Act 1983, Sections 3 and 3A, John Bercow, listed in the linked reference, stood down as an MP by being appointed, DUP with 9; Sinn Féin with 7; Alliance with 3, DUP with 9; Sinn Féin with 6; SDLP with 2; Alliance and Speaker with 1, DUP with 8; Sinn Féin with 7; Alliance with 3; Speaker with 1, DUP with eight; Sinn Féin with seven; Alliance with four; and Speaker with one, DUP with eight; Sinn Féin with seven; SDLP with two; Alliance and Speaker with one, DUP with nine; Sinn Féin with six; SDLP with two; Alliance and Speaker with one, Speaker with one, uses 2017 NI results for forecasting, DUP with nine; Sinn Féin with seven; SDLP with two; Alliance and Speaker with one, DUP with ten; Sinn Féin with six; and SDLP with two, DUP with ten; Sinn Féin with seven; and "Others" with two, prolonged parliamentary deadlock over Brexit, UK's departure from the European Union on 31 January 2020, United Kingdom opt-outs from EU legislation, Opinion polling on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union, R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Continuing United Kingdom relationship with the European Union, Effect on Scotland's constitutional position, Trade deal negotiation between the UK and EU, Proposed second Scottish independence referendum, 2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry, 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, European Union (Withdrawal) (No. [121][118], The IFS said that the SNP's manifesto was not costed. The Conservative Party supported leaving under the terms of the withdrawal agreement as negotiated by Johnson (amending Theresa May's previous agreement), and this agreement formed a central part of the Conservative campaign. [119] The IFS highlighted a raft of changes in including free childcare, university, personal care and prescriptions, as well nationalisations, labour market regulations, increases in the minimum wage, and enforcing "effective ownership of 10% of large companies from current owners to a combination of employees and government". [267], As during the 2017 election, the electoral process was the most covered media topic for this election (31% of all coverage). [137][138] The UUP has also said they would never support Corbyn as Prime Minister, with their leader Steve Aiken saying he "can't really see" any situation in which they would support a Conservative government either. [115][116][117][118][111] The IFS reported that neither the Conservatives nor the Labour Party had published a "properly credible prospectus". The Republican caucus vote was held on November 14, 2018, reelecting McCarthy as the leader of the House Republicans for another two years. The report said they were the only party whose proposals would put debt "on a decisively downward path", praising their plan to put 1p on income tax to go to the NHS as "simple, progressive and would raise a secure level of revenue". In July 2019, after May's resignation, Boris Johnson was elected as Conservative leader and appointed as Prime Minister. [9] The Liberal Democrats improved their vote share to 11.6% but won only 11 seats, a net loss of one since the last election. While the Conservatives gained support in England and Wales, they lost support in Scotland in the face of a major SNP advance. [248][249][250][251] Leaders of the Church of England stated people had a "democratic duty to vote", that they should "leave their echo chambers", and "issues need to be debated respectfully, and without resorting to personal abuse". [260], The Times of India reported that supporters of Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were actively campaigning for the Tories in 48 marginal seats,[261] and the Today programme reported that it had seen WhatsApp messages sent to Hindus across the country urging them to vote Conservative. Prediction based upon betting odds (assuming the favourite wins in each constituency): Note: The Speaker is shown under "Others" and not "Labour"; majority figures assume all elected members take up their seats. An exit poll conducted by Ipsos MORI for the BBC, ITV and Sky News, was published at the end of voting at 10 pm, predicting the number of seats for each party.[308][309]. [191] The Conservatives alleged this was part of a pattern of bias at the channel, complained to Ofcom that Channel 4 had breached due impartiality rules as a result of their refusal to allow Michael Gove to appear as a substitute,[192] and suggested that they might review the channel's broadcasting licence. ), Results announced for all the 650 constituencies. 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[267] Women (including, e.g., citizens, experts, pollsters, businesspeople, trade union representatives, etc.) The Labour leadership campaign was marked by conflicting analyses of what had gone wrong for the party in the general election. Representatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were:[33] [4] Nevertheless, every person elected speaker has been a member. In the first week of November, Labour is reported to have four of the five most "liked" tweets by political parties, many of the top interactions of Facebook posts, as well as being "dominant" on Instagram, where younger voters are particularly active. This pact aimed to maximise the total number of anti-Brexit MPs returned under the first-past-the-post system by avoiding the spoiler effect. As only 430 representatives in the 435-member House cast a vote (due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting), 216 votes were necessary in order to win. [43] The election result was particularly notable in Northern Ireland as the first Westminster election in which the number of Nationalists elected exceeded the number of Unionists. Such a variation in the number of votes necessary to win a given election might arise due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting. Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union? [165] In response to the re-branding on Twitter, the Electoral Commission, which does not have a role in regulating election campaign content, called on all campaigners to act "responsibly",[174][173][175] fact-checking body Full Fact criticised this behaviour as "inappropriate and misleading", and Twitter stated that it would take "decisive corrective action" if there were "further attempts to mislead people". [5] Upon winning election the new Speaker is immediately sworn in by the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, the chamber's longest-serving member.[6][7]. [196], Sky News was due to hold a three-way election debate on 28 November, inviting Johnson, Corbyn and Swinson. This would, overall, have led to the UK's debt as a percentage of GDP rising. The Liberal Democrats won 11 seats, down 1, despite significantly increasing their share of the popular vote. Moreover, as the Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years. Sajid Javid and John McDonnell featured prominently during the first week because the economy was a top story for the media. The party selected only one candidate of Indian descent to contest one of the party's 39 safest seats.[266]. [139] There were various electoral pacts and unilateral decisions. This caused a lot of negative press for tactical voting[citation needed] as it was reported that the sites did not match one another's advice. [3], To be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast, as opposed to an absolute majority of the full membership of the House – presently 218 votes, in a House of 435. voting tactically. Big Q: is this just noise or the signal at the start of a trend? Newspapers, organisations and individuals had endorsed parties or individual candidates for the election. It was attended by 29 heads of state and heads of government, including Donald Trump. [229][230][231][232] The Liberal Democrats removed one of its candidates over antisemitic social media posts, and defended two others. [50] Newsnight reported that conversations between members of the Brexit Party and the Conservative, pro-Brexit research support group European Research Group (ERG) led to this decision. featured in 23.9% of coverage and men in 76.1%. The Brexit Party has largely replaced UKIP in British politics, with UKIP (which gained 12.6% of the vote but just one MP at the 2015 election) losing almost all its support. This was the 126th Speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789. [178][179][180] 16.5% of Liberal Democrats posts were highlighted, which related to claims they are the only party to beat Labour, the Conservatives or the SNP ‘in seats like yours’. [133][134], The Conservatives and Labour both insisted they were on course for outright majorities, but smaller parties were quizzed about what they would do in the event of a hung Parliament. [151], Predictions of an overall Conservative majority were based on their targeting of primarily Labour-held, Brexit-backing seats in the Midlands and the north of England. There have only been a few instances during the past century where a person received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, while failing to obtain a majority of the full membership. ", "Corbyn was big factor in Lib Dem election failure, says Davey", "Bath parliamentary constituency – Election 2019", "Wera Hobhouse MP: The Lib Dems shot ourselves in the foot by attacking Labour. ", "What are the Brexit Party's 12 key policies? 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The nationalist and anti-Brexit parties the SDLP and Sinn Féin agreed a pact whereby the SDLP did not stand in Belfast North (in favour of Sinn Féin), while Sinn Féin did not stand in Belfast South (in favour of SDLP); neither party stood in Belfast East or North Down[57] and advised their supporters to vote Alliance in those two constituencies. It also wanted to move to a US-style supreme court. [54][55] The Green Party had also unsuccessfully attempted to form a progressive alliance with the Labour Party prior to Unite to Remain. The analysis both provides a summary of the financial promises made by each party, and an inspection of the accuracy of claims around government income and expenditure. It sought to reduce immigration, cutting net migration to 50,000 per year; cutting VAT on domestic fuel; banning the exporting of waste; free broadband in deprived regions; scrapping the BBC licence fee; and abolishing inheritance tax, interest on student loans, and HS2. This included support for renewable energies and a promise to plant 2 billion trees by 2040. [180][179] None of the posts made by Labour in the period were challenged, although posts made on 10 December claiming a "Labour government would save households thousands in bills" and the Conservative Party had "cut £8bn from social care" since 2010, were flagged as misleading. Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, In July 2016, Theresa May became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having taken over from David Cameron (who had resigned in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum). [311][312] This marked a fourth consecutive general election defeat. Spokespeople from both parties were quoted near equally, with Conservative sources being the most prominent in both press and TV coverage in terms of frequency of appearance.