On 19th of April Theresa May won backing from parliament for a snap general election on June 8th 2017.

We thought it was odd because the next general election should have been in 2020.

But the conservatives are in such a strong position that they hope to increase their number of MP’s, which could be risky as nobody knows what people will vote.

To find out why the main political parties think you should vote for them and what they are promising to do, please click here