title: Candidates in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
text: # Candidates in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
  
  3,322 candidates stood in the 2019 general election, which was held on 12 December 2019. The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 16:00 on 14 November 2019.
  
  ## Gender
  
  A record number of women took part, with 1,120 female candidates in total (34%). The election also saw the highest ever number of transgender and non-binary candidates, ten overall.
  
  ## Political parties
  
  The Conservative Party put forward the most candidates, standing in 635 of the UK's 650 seats. The Labour Party contested 631, the Liberal Democrats 611, the various Green parties (a total of 472), and the Brexit Party 275. The total number of candidates by party is shown below:
  
  | Party | Candidates |
  | - | - |
  | Conservative and Unionist Party | 635 |
  | Labour Party | 631 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 629 |
  | Green Party of England and Wales | 472 |
  | Brexit Party | 275 |
  | Independent | 187 |
  | Scottish National Party | 59 |
  | UKIP | 44 |
  | Plaid Cymru | 36 |
  | Yorkshire Party | 28 |
  | Christian Peoples Alliance | 27 |
  | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 24 |
  | Scottish Green Party | 22 |
  | Social Democratic Party | 20 |
  | Liberal Party | 19 |
  | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 18 |
  | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 14 |
  | Democratic Unionist Party | 17 |
  | Ulster Unionist Party | 16 |
  | Sinn Féin | 15 |
  | Aontú | 7 |
  | Animal Welfare Party | 6 |
  | Libertarian Party | 5 |
  | Advance Together | 5 |
  | Renew Party | 4 |
  | English Democrats | 4 |
  | Workers Revolutionary Party | 4 |
  | Green Party Northern Ireland | 3 |
  | Women's Equality Party | 3 |
  | The Independent Group for Change | 3 |
  | Gwlad Gwlad | 3 |
  | The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 3 |
  | Young People's Party | 3 |
  | Alliance for Green Socialism | 3 |
  | Socialist Equality Party | 2 |
  | Scottish Family Party | 2 |
  | Communities United Party | 2 |
  | North East Party | 2 |
  | People Before Profit | 2 |
  | Christian Party | 2 |
  | Socialist Party of Great Britain | 2 |
  | Veterans and People's Party | 2 |
  | Peace Party | 2 |
  | Yeshua | 2 |
  | British National Party | 1 |
  | Mebyon Kernow | 1 |
  | Putting Cumbria First | 1 |
  | Scottish Libertarian Party | 1 |
  | Speaker | 1 |
  
  ### Withdrawn or disowned candidates
  
  The following candidates withdrew from campaigning or had support from their party withdrawn after the close of nominations and so will remain on the ballot paper in their constituency.
  
  | Candidate | Party | Constituency | Reason for withdrawal | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Safia Ali | Labour | Falkirk | Prior antisemitic posts on Facebook | 28 November |
  | Amjad Bashir | Conservative | Leeds North East | Made antisemitic comments in 2014 | 20 November |
  | Sophie Cook | Independent | East Worthing and Shoreham | Reported experience of abuse and harassment | 19 November |
  | Victor Farrell | Brexit Party | Glenrothes | Homophobic comments in 2017 | 18 November |
  | Neale Hanvey | SNP | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Allegations of antisemitism in a 2016 Facebook post | 28 November |
  | Ryan Houghton | Conservative | Aberdeen North | Antisemitic, Islamophobic and homophobic tweets in 2012 | 19 November |
  | Ivan Lewis | Independent | Bury South | Urged voters to vote Conservative | 4 December |
  | Ben Mathis | Liberal Democrats | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Offensive tweets up to 2018 | 24 November |
  | Waheed Rafiq | Liberal Democrats | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Antisemitic comments up to 2014 | 20 November |
  | Flora Scarabello | Conservative | Glasgow Central | Islamophobic comments | 27 November |
  