This is our latest forecast for a potential November 2019 General Election in the UK.
The forecast below is our standard forecast. It is based on a General Election occuring on the day of the forecast.
What does your forecast show? – We try to give as much information as possible, but only where it is statistically significant. We show a confidence interval on the seats and vote shares for the major parties.
What do you use for your forecast? – We use all the latest polling data, where available. We also look at the betting markets and other information to help guide our forecast. We calculate the interaction between the support for the parties on as local a level as statistically possible and then use this to run a Monte Carlo simulation of the election.
What has changed since the last forecast? – New polls from ComRes poll and Opinium have been included.
What do you predict will happen in Seat X? What is the probability of Party Y having more votes than Z? – As we approach the election we reduce uncertainity in our model and are able to answer questions like this. Whilst we do not automatically publish a prediction for each seat, we can indicate a most likely outcome if required and also probabilities of victory for each candidate.
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Key Features
The overall summary of our forecast is “Hung Parliament”.
After the dramatic events of the past 48 hours, our latest forecast includes two new polls from ComRes and Survation and changes in market sentiment. As expected, the Conservative position has weakened significantly but it is worth noting that the swing in Conservative Labour marginals since the last forecast is primarily driven by this drop in Conservative support and not an increase in support for Labour. Rather, as our chart below show, support has moved primarily to the Brexit Party.
Our forecast continues to show the Liberal Democrats polling more votes across the country than Labour. There is now good evidence that the increase in support over the past seven days was not just a short term conference bounce but rather reflects a concrete change in public opinion with Remain voters moving to the Liberal Democrats. In contrast to this, there is no evidence of a Labour post conference bounce.
In Scotland we expect the SNP to regain almost all their losses in 2017 to Labour and the Conservatives.
The Conservatives continue to evidence strong support in Wales. We have slightly better Welsh data for this forecast so are more confident that if an election were held today it would lead to a tight struggle between the two main parties for a plurality of seats and votes. It is not inconcivable that one party could lead the other by a number of percentage points in the vote, but have significantly fewer Welsh seats.
This last point is a key factor in our whole forecast – with vote shares being so dramatically different to the last election, traditional methods of “swinging” party support may not give an accurate forecast for seats. In particular, the impact of Brexit Party support may affect many constituencies.
Our Northern Ireland forecast is based on limited data, primarily a poll from Lucid Point last month.
UK Forecast
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 28.9% (24.8% – 33.0%) | 298 – 309 | -19 to -8 |
| Labour | 21.5% (19.5% – 23.5%) | 219 – 222 | -43 to -40 |
| SNP | 3.5% | 49 – 50 | +14 to +15 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22.0% (19.6% – 24.4%) | 44 – 54 | +32 to +42 |
| Brexit Party | 15.4% (13.5% – 17.3%) | 1 – 5 | +1 to +5 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0.5% | 3 – 4 | -1 to 0 |
| Green | 5.0% (4.5% – 5.5%) | 0 -2 | -1 to +1 |
| Independent | 0-2 | ||
| Speaker | 1 | – | |
| Northern Ireland | 18 |
Most likely result – Hung Parliament
Scotland
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 42.0% | 49 – 50 | +14 to +15 |
| Conservatives | 20.1% | 3 – 5 | -10 to -8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12.5% | 4 – 5 | 0 to +1 |
| Labour | 13.5% | 0 – 2 | -7 to -5 |
| Brexit Party | 9.8% | ||
| Greens | 2.0% |
Most Likely Result – SNP Majority of Seats
Wales
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 24.3% | 17 – 18 | -11 to -10 |
| Conservatives | 28.6% | 16 – 18 | +8 to +10 |
| Liberal Democrats | 20.3% | 1 – 2 | +1 to +2 |
| Plaid Cymru | 9.3% | 3 – 5 | -1 to +1 |
| Brexit Party | 15.0% | ||
| Greens | 2.3% |
Most Likely Result – Labour Plurality of Seats
London
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 32.9% | 43 – 44 | -3 to -2 |
| Conservatives | 23.5% | 20 – 22 | -1 to +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 27.4% | 8 – 9 | +5 to +6 |
| Brexit Party | 9.1% | ||
| Greens | 6.6% |
We expect three Change UK / TIG seats in London to be lost
Most Likely Result – Labour Majority of Seats
Northern Ireland
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 29.1% | 8 – 10 | -2 to 0 |
| Sinn Fein | 25.0% | 5 – 7 | -2 to 0 |
| Alliance | 24.1% | 1 – 3 | +1 to +3 |
| UUP | 9.1% | 0 – 2 | 0 to +2 |
| SDLP | 8.0% | 0 | – |
| Independent | 1 | – |
Most Likely Result – DUP Plurality