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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
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 ...
Blair Babes or Blair's Babes was a term sometimes used to refer to the 101 female Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Labour Party elected to the House of Commons in Labour's landslide 1997 general election victory, after images of the new prime minister, Tony Blair, with 96 [1] of them on the steps of Church House in Westminster were widely publicised. [2]
Left Conservative Party, joined Change UK: Change UK: 2019 Left Change UK, became an Independent Independent: Joined the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats: 2019: Defeated Labour: Debbie Abrahams [fq] Oldham East and Saddleworth: 2011: Serving Labour Co-op: Seema Malhotra: Feltham and Heston: 2011: Serving Labour Co-op: Lucy Powell: Manchester ...
United Kingdom portal; Politics portal; Timeline of female MPs in the House of Commons; All-women shortlists; Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945) Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918; Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom § Women; Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The original release contained photos and videos of more than 100 individuals that were allegedly obtained from file storage on hacked iCloud accounts, [26] including some the leakers claimed were A-list celebrities. [27] Shortly after the photos were leaked, several affected celebrities issued statements either confirming or denying the photos ...
UK parliamentary election results, 1950–2024 UK general elections by popular vote (in millions, since 1945). United Kingdom general elections are held following a dissolution of Parliament . All the members of Parliament (MPs) forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected.
In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament. Prior to 1945, electoral competition in the United Kingdom exhibited features which make meaningful comparisons with modern results difficult.