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The 2024 general election was held on 4 July 2024. 57 Scottish Westminster seats were contested. The election saw a resurgence of Labour within Scotland, with the party winning 37 seats, an increase of 36 from the previous election and becoming the largest party in Scotland for the first time since 2010.
Constituency County Region 2019 seat 2024 seat Votes Turnout [a]; Party Candidate Votes Of total Margin, of total Lab. [b] Con. Ref. Lib. Dems Green Other [c] Total
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the fifty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2024–present). It includes MPs elected at the 2024 general election, held on 4 July 2024. The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this ...
Results of the July 2024 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [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 23. ...
The 2024 United Kingdom general election took place on 4 July 2024. [1] Counting began after conclusion of voting at 22:00 the same day and the results for almost all constituencies were declared in the early hours of 5 July. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party lost over 240 seats
General elections in the United Kingdom are organised using first-past-the-post voting. The Conservative Party, which won a majority at the 2019 general election, included pledges in its manifesto to remove the 15-year limit on voting for British citizens living abroad, and to introduce a voter identification requirement in Great Britain. [86]
2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire becomes the final constituency to declare its election results, and sees the number of Liberal Democrat MPs rise to 6 in Scotland after they defeat the SNP to win the seat. [195]
The list of candidates standing in the 2024 general election is published, with more than 4,500 candidates setting a new record for the number of people standing at an election. [480] Douglas Ross announces his resignation as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, triggering a leadership election. Ross says he will also resign from Holyrood if ...