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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.
22 January: Greece, President; 23 January: Nepal, National Assembly; 17 February and 24 November: Austria, Federal Council [84] [85] 12 March: Isle of Man, Legislative Council [86] 26 March, 19 June and 2 November: India, Council of States; 27 March: Tajikistan, National Assembly [87] 30–31 March: Ireland, Senate; 1 April: San Marino ...
19 April – The House of Commons formally approves the calling of an early general election with the necessary two-thirds majority in a 522 to 13 vote. [22] 20 April – The 2017 Manchester Gorton by-election is cancelled following the announcement of an impending general election. This was the first time a UK by-election had been cancelled ...
The results of the 2017 general election indicate the tilting of Britain's political axis, which reflects long-term trends. [425] Looking at information of constituency-level voting in England between 2005 and 2017, patterns of voting confirm the relevance of identifying new categories of social class alongside traditional political divides. [425]
27–29 April 2017 Lucid Talk Archived 29 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine: 3,187 29.4%: 27.7% 14.8% 12.4% 10.2% 0.6% 1.8% 3.1% 1.7% 18 Apr 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May announces her intention to seek a general election to be held on 8 June 2017: 2 Mar 2017: 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election: 5 May 2016: 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly ...
The London mayoral election originally due to take place in May 2020 was suspended for a year to 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [83] The mayoral race saw London Labour's Sadiq Khan win on second preferences with 55.2% of the vote. The 2021 London Assembly election took place on the same day.
Turnout in UK general elections fell from 77% in 1992, and 71% in 1997, to a historic low of 59% in 2001. It has, however, increased, to 61% in 2005, 65% in 2010, 66% in 2015 and 69% in 2017. [156] Turnout has fallen since, to 67% in 2019 and to 59% in 2024. In other elections, turnout trends have been more varied.
19 April – The House of Commons formally approves the calling of an early general election with the necessary two-thirds majority in a 522 to 13 vote. [48] 21 April – Britain goes a full day without using coal power to generate electricity for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, according to the National Grid. [49]