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As largely expected, the Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the general election. [7] Among its results the best were in Barnsley Central , where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote; [ 8 ] Hartlepool , where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote; [ 9 ] and Hull West and Hessle , where businesswoman ...
Parliamentary votes on Brexit, sometimes referred to as "meaningful votes", were the parliamentary votes under the terms of Section 13 of the United Kingdom's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which requires the government of the United Kingdom to bring forward an amendable parliamentary motion at the end of the Article 50 negotiations ...
The Conservative Party won the election with a majority. Soon afterwards, the European Union Referendum Act 2015 was introduced into Parliament to enable the referendum. Cameron favoured remaining in a reformed EU, and sought to renegotiate on four key points: protection of the single market for non-eurozone countries, reduction of "red tape ...
What began with the people’s Brexit referendum in June 2016 that turned into a three-and-a-half-year quagmire has finally ended the right way – at the ballot box with the people’s choice.
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English voters punished the Conservatives and the main opposition Labour Party in Thursday's elections for local authorities, early results showed. UK's May says local election results show Brexit ...
Part of a series of articles on Brexit Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms Background European Communities Act 1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. Maastricht Rebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union Act 2011 UK opt-outs from EU legislation Euroscepticism in the UK UK opinion polling on EU ...
1 A majority of UKIP MEPs defected to the Brexit Party over the course of the 2014-2019 Parliament, and both UKIP in 2014 and the Brexit Party in 2019 were led by Nigel Farage. 2 The first election held under PR, swing is compared to previous FPTP election. 3 At least one major party was not in the top two.