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Theresa May: general election record

Theresa May led the Conservatives at 1 general election (2017) and became prime minister after 1 of them. Seats, vote share and outcome of each.

Theresa May also has a page with every constituency result since 2010: constituency record →

ElectionPartySeatsVote shareVotesOutcome
2017Conservative317 / 65042.3%13,636,684Prime minister Largest party (hung parliament)

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Questions and answers

How many general elections did Theresa May fight as party leader?

1: 2017 (Conservative, 317 seats).

What was Theresa May's best general election result?

317 seats at the 2017 general election, with 42.3% of the vote.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data