A general election is set to take place on Thursday, December 12.
MPs had rejected three previous attempts by the prime minister to secure a general election because of fears he would use the election campaign period to take the UK out of the European Union without a deal. After the passage of the bill, Corbyn described the coming election as a "once-in-a-generation chance to transform our country and take on the vested interests holding people back."
Johnson's election bill will now pass to the House of Lords, which by convention is unlikely to amend it after it has passed the Commons. The returning members all backed Johnson on votes on his Brexit bill last week. Other former MPs, including the former Conservative chancellors Philip Hammond and Ken Clarke, have not been welcomed back.Johnson's Conservative Party goes into the 2019 UK general election campaign as the favourites to emerge as the winners of the contest.