<P> The United Kingdom general election of 2017 took place on Thursday 8 June . Each of the 650 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament ( MP ) to the House of Commons . Under the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 an election had not been due until 7 May 2020 , but a call by Prime Minister Theresa May for a snap election was ratified by the necessary supermajority in a 522 - 13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017 . </P>
<P> The United Kingdom general election of 2017 took place on Thursday 8 June . Each of the 650 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament ( MP ) to the House of Commons . Under the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 an election had not been due until 7 May 2020 , but a call by Prime Minister Theresa May for a snap election was ratified by the necessary supermajority in a 522 - 13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017 . </P>
who is the prime minister of england in 2017
who is the prime minister of england in 2017
Theresa May
Theresa May