The Conservative Party 2019 General Election Campaign was led by

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as the Leader of the Conservative Party in the

2019 United Kingdom general election The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party receiving a Landslide victory, landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 4 ...

. Johnson led the campaign to victory, with the Conservatives obtaining 365 seats; a majority of 80 seats.

Background

The General Election was called by Boris Johnson to break the deadlock in parliament over the issue of

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. Johnson believed that he could achieve the necessary votes required to pass his

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if the Conservatives won an overall majority at a general election. Parliament agreed to an election through a motion proposed by the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National parties on 28 October. The

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(EPGEA) was passed in the Commons by 438 votes to 20; an attempt to pass an amendment by opposition parties for the election to be held on 9 December failed in the Commons by 315 votes to 295. The

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passed the bill unamended on 30 October, with

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given the day after for the ratification of the EPGEA.

Timeline

The

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began officially on Wednesday 6 November after the dissolution of Parliament. The campaign got off to a less than ideal start, after the

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had to resign on the same day as dissolution over claims he had knowledge of one of his former aides role in the sabotage of a rape trial.

References

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Background

Timeline

See also

References