<Tr> <Td> 2015 election MPs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 election MPs </Td> </Tr> <P> The next general election in the United Kingdom is scheduled to be held on 5 May 2022 under the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 . The election may be held at an earlier date in the event of an early election motion being passed by a super-majority of two - thirds in the House of Commons, a vote of no confidence in the government or other exceptional circumstances . </P> <P> Under the current Brexit timetable, and should no snap election be called, it is scheduled to be the first general election since 1970 to be held with the United Kingdom outside the European Union and its predecessor the European Communities . </P>

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