This is our latest forecast for the December 12th 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 show the mid point of our forecast for votes. We also show the most likely range of possible seats for each party.
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 poll data from MORI and YouGov is available.
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 “Strong Conservative Victory”.
Our forecast shows a strong Conservative lead over Labour, leading to a strong working majority in the Commons. There is a signficant possibility that the majority will be in three figures. There is now good evidence that support for Labour has peaked and is falling back even in strongholds like London.
In England we see a very strong performance for the Conservatives, especially in key target seats. By contrast, Liberal Democrat support continues to fall as they are squeezed by the two main parties. Whilst in their key target seats there is a strong performance (see for eg the recent constituency polls from Deltapoll), outside of these constituencies this may not be a very good election at all for Jo Swinson’s party.
The Brexit Party continue to drop in support across the country and even in Wales we see their support drop well below 10%. Now we have full confirmation of where the Brexit Party will be standing, we can adjust our final vote percentage on that basis. The overwhelming majority of Leave sentiment is now expressing a vote preference for the Conservatives and at this point we have high confidence that the Brexit Party will not be a significant force on December the 12th.
After a couple of weeks of falling polls, we now see evidence that Green Party support is stabilising.
In Scotland we continue to see evidence that Remain and Leave support is coalescing around the SNP and the Conservatives repectively. Labour are falling back again and we believe there is a distinct chance they will move into a fourth place in terms of both seats and votes within the next week.
Survey data in Wales now indicates a strong Conservative lead with a swing from Labour of up to 12%. We await eagerly the next YouGov large survey of Wales which has been out of kilter with all the subsamples of the other polling firms (including YouGov’s own Welsh / Midlands subsamples) to see whether there is further confirmation of this trend.
In London we now see evidence that the slump in support for Labour elsewhere in the country is starting to be felt in the capital as well. Liberal Democrat performance outside their target seats continues to be weak.
Our Northern Ireland forecast is updated based on a new poll from Lucid Talk.
UK Forecast
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 44.6% | 382 – 394 | +65 to +77 |
| Labour | 29.0% | 176 – 179 | -86 to -83 |
| SNP | 3.6% | 41 – 47 | +6 to +12 |
| Liberal Democrats | 14.2% | 13 – 22 | +1 to +10 |
| Brexit Party | 2.2% | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0.4% | 2 – 4 | -2 to 0 |
| Green | 3.0% | 0 – 2 | -1 to +1 |
| Independent | 0 – 2 | ||
| Speaker | 1 | – | |
| Northern Ireland | 18 |
Most likely result – Conservative Majority
Scotland
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 43.1% | 41 – 47 | +6 to +12 |
| Conservatives | 28.0% | 8 – 11 | -5 to -2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 13.0% | 3 – 6 | -1 to +2 |
| Labour | 14.5% | 0 – 2 | -7 to -5 |
| Greens | 0.9% | ||
| Brexit Party | 0.5% |
Most Likely Result – SNP Majority of Seats
Wales
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 38.6% | 18 – 20 | +10 to +12 |
| Labour | 32.2% | 15 – 18 | -13 to -10 |
| Plaid Cymru | 8.4% | 2 – 4 | -2 to 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12.1% | 0 – 2 | 0 to +2 |
| Brexit Party | 7.6% | ||
| Greens | 1.1% |
Most Likely Result – Conservative Plurality of Seats
London
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 37.5% | 39 – 42 | -7 to -4 |
| Conservatives | 34.2% | 26 – 29 | +5 to +8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 20.6% | 4 – 7 | +1 to +4 |
| Greens | 5.2% | ||
| Brexit Party | 2.2% |
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 | 28.4% | 6 – 9 | -4 to -1 |
| Sinn Fein | 23.6% | 3 – 6 | -4 to -1 |
| Alliance | 23.2% | 2 – 4 | +2 to +4 |
| SDLP | 14.6% | 1 – 3 | +1 to +3 |
| UUP | 9.1% | 0 – 2 | 0 to +2 |
Most Likely Result – DUP Plurality