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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 .
2024 Blackpool South by-election. Council by-elections. 48 Council by-elections were also held on 2 May 2024 in authorities otherwise without elections scheduled: Bournbrook and Selly Park ward for Birmingham [ 4] Canford Cliffs ward for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council [ 5] Kemptown and Queen's Park wards for Brighton & Hove [ 6]
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.
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
Russia called on the British government to "refrain from any unjustified or unproportionate [sic] use of violence against protesters and ensure their right to freedom of assembly". [260] The visiting Sri Lanka national cricket team raised concerns about England Tests due to the riots. The England and Wales Cricket Board responded by reassuring ...
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [3] The Green Party of England and Wales also won a record number of seats alongside a number of independent MPs. [4] The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost around three quarters of its seats. [5]
Results of the July 2024 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [3] [4] [5] Affiliate Leader Candidates MPs Aggregate votes Total Gained [c] Lost [c] Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Labour: Keir Starmer: 631 411 218 7 211 63.2 9,708,716 33.70 1.6 Conservative: Rishi Sunak: 635 121 1 252 251 18.6 6,828,925 ...
List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2024–present) by region. 1801 to 1832. 1832 to 1868. 1868 to 1885. 1885 to 1918. 1918 to 1950. 1950 to 1974. 1974 to 1983. 1983 to 1997.