This is our latest forecast for the December 12th 2019 General Election in the UK.
Important – This is a FORWARDCAST for this election, predicting the result of the election on the 12th, rather than the result of an election 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 polling from multiple opinion poll firms
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 “Conservative Victory with good chance of landslide”.
Our forecast shows a Conservative lead over Labour, leading to a large working majority in the Commons. Due to improvements in the Conservative postion over the past few days, we now believe that this majority may be into three figures.
In England we continue to see a strong performance for the Conservatives, especially in key target seats. Liberal Democrat support after appearing to rise again is now falling. Labour support now appears to have peaked and we forecast a poor performance compared to 2017.
Although they now have a clear lead over the Brexit Party, we have downgraded the seat range for the Greens to 0-1. We do not expect them to win any other seats apart from Brighton Pavilion, but that seems fairly safe.
The Brexit Party continues to show extremely poor polling across the entire country. 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.
In Scotland we continue to see evidence that Remain and Leave support is coalescing around the SNP and the Conservatives repectively. We expect to see the SNP winning around 48 seats – an improvement from 2017 but nowhere near the success of 2015. Labour is now falling back again. The Conservatives will see modest losses, but will be in a clear second place in seats and votes.
Our Wales forecast is the weakest of all our regional positions. We have high confidence that the Conservatives will do very well on Thursday and will come close to challening Labour for first place in both seats and votes. We also have confidence that the Liberal Democrats will do badly.
A large area of uncertainty lies around the exact level of support for Plaid Cymru. There is polling evidence that PC support is being squeezed heavily in the Tory / Labour, Leave vs Remain battle. Just how far this squeeze will go is uncertain. We look for new polling in the next few days to help us firm up this forecast.
In London we expect Labour to see a dramatic fall in votes but end up with roughly the same number of seats. The Conservatives will retain their vote share and may increase by a seat or two. If the Conservatives can squeeze the Brexit Party vote in London then they may have more of an impact on the Labour position.
Our Northern Ireland forecast is based the latest poll from Lucid Talk.
UK Forecast
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 43.7% (+1.4%) | 371 – 383 | +54 to +66 |
| Labour | 30.6% (-9.4%) | 186 – 188 | -76 to -74 |
| SNP | 3.9% (+0.9%) | 47 – 49 | +12 to +14 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12.8% (+5.4%) | 13 – 22 | +1 to +10 |
| Brexit Party | 2.7% | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0.3% (-0.2%) | 0 – 2 | -4 to -2 |
| Green | 3.0% (+1.4%) | 0 – 1 | -1 to 0 |
| Independent | 0 – 1 | ||
| Speaker | 1 | – | |
| Northern Ireland | 18 |
Most likely result – Conservative Majority
Scotland
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 45.6% (+8.7%) | 47 – 49 | +12 to +14 |
| Conservatives | 26.6% (-2.0%) | 5 – 7 | -8 to -6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10.8% (+4.0%) | 3 – 5 | -1 to +1 |
| Labour | 15.9% (-11.2%) | 0 – 2 | -7 to -5 |
| Greens | 0.5% (+0.3%) | ||
| Brexit Party | 0.6% |
Most Likely Result – SNP Majority of Seats
Wales
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 40.7% (-8.3%) | 18 – 24 | -10 to -4 |
| Conservatives | 39.6% (+6.0%) | 13 – 22 | +5 to +14 |
| Plaid Cymru | 5.2% (-5.2%) | 0 – 2 | -4 to -2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4.8% (+0.3%) | 0 – 2 | 0 to +2 |
| Brexit Party | 8.1% | ||
| Greens | 1.7% (+1.4%) |
Most Likely Result – Labour Majority of Seats
London
| Party | % Vote | Forecast | Changes on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 43.8% (-11.7%) | 45 – 48 | -1 to +2 |
| Conservatives | 33.1% (nc) | 22 – 24 | +1 to +3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 15.6% (+6.8%) | 2 – 5 | -1 to +2 |
| Greens | 4.5% (+2.7%) | ||
| Brexit Party | 2.7% |
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
So fascinating! And you are predicting a bigger majority than almost anyone else?
I am riveted!!
What seats do u give lds and over 50 lercent chance of winning
Not sure I can answer that quickly. What I can do is give the list of constituencies from my Dec 8 forecast where the Lib Dems are in 2nd place by less than 5% of the vote (winner in brackets).
Winchester (Con)
Bermondsey (Lab)
North East Fife (SNP)
Cheadle (Con)
Cambridge (Lab)
Carshalton and Wallington (Con gain from LD)
Eastbourne (Con gain from LD)
North Norfolk (Con gain from LD)