Everything to Know About the U.K.’s General Election

Britain is going to the polls for the third time in just over two years on Thursday, for a snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May in a bid to strengthen her mandate during the upcoming Brexit negotiations.

Speaking outside Downing Street late last month, May said divisions among the parties in Parliament "will risk [the U.K.'s] ability to make a success of Brexit and... cause damaging uncertainty" to the country.