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UK Election Result 2017 Live: PM Theresa May Moves To Form Government
The UK election ended in a hung parliament after Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives Party failed to win a majority in the poll, as predicted by the exit polls.
What happens next if exit polls are right?
- If this does translate into a hung parliament when results come through, Theresa May as incumbent prime minister will have the first shot at trying to form a government -- either as a minority or in coalition with others.
- If May did manage to do this, she would then go to the House of Commons to see if her government could survive a motion of confidence, probably after the state opening of parliament on June 19.
- But if May could not form a government or did not survive the motion of confidence, she would be expected to hand in her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.
- The monarch would then be likely to invite Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour party, to try to form a government. That, again, could be a minority or coalition administration.
- If no government can command the confidence of the House of Commons, parliament can be dissolved and another election held.
- If this does translate into a hung parliament when results come through, Theresa May as incumbent prime minister will have the first shot at trying to form a government -- either as a minority or in coalition with others.
- If May did manage to do this, she would then go to the House of Commons to see if her government could survive a motion of confidence, probably after the state opening of parliament on June 19.
- But if May could not form a government or did not survive the motion of confidence, she would be expected to hand in her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.
- The monarch would then be likely to invite Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour party, to try to form a government. That, again, could be a minority or coalition administration.
- If no government can command the confidence of the House of Commons, parliament can be dissolved and another election held.
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- Reuters | Sunday June 11, 2017 , London
The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said today that talks were ongoing with British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party with a view to supporting their minority government.
- Tim Ross, Svenja O'Donnell, Alex Morales, Bloomberg | Sunday June 11, 2017
It was 5:15 a.m. when an exhausted Theresa May entered the campaign war room at Tory headquarters to face her demoralized party workers
- Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 10, 2017 , London
British Prime Minister Theresa May's two closest aides announced their resignations Saturday after a crushing electoral setback that left her authority in tatters.
- Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 10, 2017 , London
British Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to name the rest of her cabinet on Saturday after a crushing election setback, just days before Brexit talks begin.
Amber Rudd
Conservative Party
Angus Robertson
Scottish National Party
Alex Salmond
Scottish National Party
Boris Johnson
Conservative Party
Caroline Lucas
Green Party of England and Wales
David Davis
Conservative Party
Diane Abbott
Labour Party
Emily Thornberry
Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour Party
John McDonnell
Labour Party
Paul Nuttall
UK Independence Party
Philip Hammond
Conservative Party
Theresa May
Conservative Party
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrats
Tom Watson
Labour Party
Vincent Cable
Liberal Democrats
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