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Both Reform UK and the Green Party also gained from the Conservatives. The only Conservative gain in England, or anywhere in the UK, was Leicester East . The Liberal Democrats had their best ever result in England, and the best result for any liberal party in England since 1923 , they won 65 seats, 59 gains from 2019 .
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory .
The riots involved racist attacks, arson and looting, and were the worst disorder in the United Kingdom since 2011. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The riots were fuelled by underlying Islamophobic , [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] racist, [ 41 ] [ 42 ] anti-immigrant sentiments, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] fuelled by disinformation about the identity of the attacker.
5 July. Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election : Sir Keir Starmer becomes the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following a landslide victory for Labour in the general election. [ 567][ 568] The Conservatives are reduced to just 121 seats, the lowest number of MPs in their 190-year history.
5 July. Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election : Sir Keir Starmer becomes the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following a landslide victory for Labour in the general election. [ 586][ 587] The Conservatives are reduced to just 121 seats, the lowest number of MPs in their 190-year history.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, History of the formation of the United Kingdom and History of the United Kingdom
Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is being carried out continually by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2024 general election on 4 ...
The timetable for the October 2022 leadership election was much shorter than the July one. An expedited process was set out; candidates were required to obtain 100 nominations from fellow Conservative MPs before 2 pm on 24 October, and an MPs' ballot followed by a online members' ballot was to be held shortly thereafter if more than one candidate received more than 100 nominations.