2019 British Parliamentary Election - UK MPs back Boris Johnson's December 12 election plan by a mammoth majority

The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs backed Boris Johnson's call for an election following months of Brexit deadlock by a margin of 438 votes to 20, the House of Commons approved legislation paving the way for the first December election since 1923.

More than 100 Labour MPs did not take part or abstained in Tuesday Oct 29,2019's crucial vote, while 11 voted against an election.

A total of 127 Labour MPs, including its leader Jermy Corbyn, supported the election.

The Labour Party had so far refused to back an early poll until the threat of a no-deal crash out by  October 31,2019 had been taken off the table, a condition which was met with the new Brexit deadline now being January 31, 2020.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would "now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change that our country has ever seen".

It will mark the first December-poll since 1923 once the House of Lords passes the legislation and it becomes law by the end of the week. Once that happens, there will be a five-week campaign up to the polling day.

The development marks a win for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bid for a pre-Christmas poll to try and win a public mandate in favour of his BREXIT plan

The UK prime minister can only hold an early election with the support of MPs, who have previously blocked it three times. Efforts by Opposition MPs to lower the voting age to 16 and also allow EU nationals to take part had earlier failed as the changes were not selected for debate by the Deputy Speaker.

But with MPs overall backing a December poll, a pre-Christmas election was certain. One proposed change to the early election motion that was considered was a call by the Labour party, backed by the other Opposition parties, to hold the poll three days earlier, on Dec 09,2019