It could mean more than 100 MPs in the new parliament not belonging to either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party.

Curtice said, "If he (Johnson) does not get a majority or something very close to it, he will not be able to stay in government because the Conservatives do not have any friends elsewhere."

The Daily Telegraph newspaper commented Tuesday that a general election on a damp December day could actually be a boon for the Conservatives and see them returned to government with a majority.

Meanwhile, media reports said 10 Downing Street began Tuesday night re-admitting 10 of the 21 rebel Conservative MPs fired earlier this summer for voting against the government over Brexit.

If those re-admitted rebels are added to the parliamentary headcount, it would give Johnson's governing Conservatives 298 of the 650 MPs. Labour has 244, the Scottish National Party (SNP) 35, the Liberal Democrats 19 and the Northern Ireland-based Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 10.

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