General Election 2019: Results hard to predict, says Sir John Curtice
Even allowing for losses to the SNP and a resurgent Liberal Democrat party, that should be more than enough for a secure overall majority.
However, Britain’s voters are as volatile as they have ever been. According to the British Election Study, nearly half (49 per cent) of all those who voted in 2017 voted for a different party from the one that they backed in 2015. Never have so many voters changed their minds from one election to the next. Indeed, many changed their minds during the two months between Theresa May instigating the 2017 election and polling day.
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