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The following notable deaths in the United Kingdom occurred in 2022.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
There have been ten instances of a death of a candidate during a British general election since 1918 [1] (the first election in which all constituencies in the United Kingdom voted on the same day). The rules governing the procedure for dealing with the death of a candidate occur in the Representation of the People Act 1983. Unless the deceased ...
15 February 2022 Eastleigh: 1994 (by-election), 1997, 2001: Jack Dromey [2022 3] (in office) Labour: 29 September 1948 7 January 2022 Birmingham Erdington: 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019: Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn [2022 4] Liberal Democrats [e] 6 February 1931 24 January 2022 Southport: 1987, 1997: Ben Ford [2022 5] Labour: 1 April 1925 17 April 2022 ...
The Green Party has one of its best ever results, with a net gain of 87 seats. In Scotland, the SNP gains 22 seats, while in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin receives the largest vote share. [3] [4] The 2022 Welsh local elections are contested under new boundaries.
This is a list of close election results on the national level and within administrative divisions.It lists results that have been decided by a margin of less than 1 vote in 1,000 (a margin of less than 0.1 percentage points): single-winner elections where the winning candidate was less than 0.1% ahead of the second-placed candidate, as well as party-list elections where a party was less than ...
Top stories of 2022: election turnout high; homes destroyed in storms, EMA confident it was by tornado.
17 July – The UK government confirms that every state school in England will have a defibrillator by summer 2023. [353] Weather warnings in the UK on 18 July 2022; 18 July 2022 United Kingdom heatwaves: The hottest day of the year is recorded by the Met Office, with a temperature of 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) in Santon Downham. [354]
The UK government announces a scheme that will freeze wholesale gas and electricity prices for businesses for six months from 1 October. [175] 22 September – The UK government reverses the ban on fracking in the UK. [176] UK interest rates rise from 1.75 to 2.25%, the biggest increase in 27 years, as the Bank of England attempts to curb ...