What was the turnout in the 2019 general election?

Voters are heading to the polls today to choose who they want to represent them in Parliament.

Ballots will be cast in all 650 constituencies on July 4 after Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party, declared a summer general election back in May amid escalating calls for a vote.

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party has consistently maintained a double-digit lead over the Conservatives in opinion polls during the campaign and Labour looks set to win a large majority if the data proves to be accurate.

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This is the fourth time the UK voters have cast their ballots in a general election in less than a decade. The last time Brits voted in a general election was in December 2019, when Boris Johnson called a snap general election in a bid to increase his majority in Parliament amid the Brexit deal negotiations.

Here's a reminder of what happened last time Brits head to the polls to vote.

Boris Johnson won a landslide victory, with the Conservatives taking 365 seats - an increase of 48 - which gave them an 80-seat majority in Parliament. The Tories gained a large number of those seats in constituencies that were previously thought to be safe Labour seats. For example, the Tories took Bishop Auckland, a constituency which had never before elected a Conservative MP.

Meanwhile Labour won 202 seats, its fewest number since the 1935 general election. The party suffered a net loss of 60 seats. Then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn resigned following the results triggering a leadership election.

The Liberal Democrats increased their vote share, but won only 11 seats, a loss of one since the last election. Party leader at the time Jo Swinson lost her