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Constituencies which the Brexit Party contested at the election. In April 2019, party leader Nigel Farage said the Brexit Party intended to stand candidates at the next general election. [3] The same month, he promised not to stand candidates against the 28 Eurosceptic Conservative MPs who opposed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Parliament. [4]
Anderson only served as MEP from 28 January until the Brexit date on 31 January, a total of 4 days. Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Lance Forman, Lucy Harris and John Longworth left the Brexit Party and joined the Conservatives. Louis Stedman-Bryce and Andrew England Kerr changed their affiliation from the Brexit Party to be independent.
For the 2019 general election, the Brexit Party (the former name of Reform UK) did not stand candidates in seats where the Conservative party won in 2017. [114] Leader Richard Tice ruled out a similar arrangement for this election, [ 115 ] and stated his party's intention to stand in 630 seats.
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.
79 seats changed hands, neglecting any intervening by-elections since the 2017 general election. These are listed at 2019 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives gained 54 from Labour, 3 from the Lib Dems and 1 from Speaker. They lost 1 to Labour, 2 to the Lib Dems, and 7 to the SNP, giving them a net gain of 48 seats.
The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the United Kingdom was held on 23 May 2019. These were the last elections to the European Parliament to be held before Brexit. Only constituencies in Great Britain used party-list proportional representation, as in Northern Ireland the single transferable vote system ...
UK exited the EU Brexit Party: Lucy Harris: Yorkshire and the Humber: 2019: 2019: Left the Brexit Party, became an independent Independent: 2019 2020 Joined the Conservatives Conservative: 2020 UK exited the EU Labour: Jackie Jones: Wales: 2019: 2020 UK exited the EU Brexit Party: Christina Jordan: South West England: 2019: 2020 UK exited the ...
The Conservative Party put forward the most candidates, standing in 635 of the UK's 650 seats. The Labour Party contested 631, the Liberal Democrats 611, the various Green parties [n 1] (a total of 497), and the Brexit Party 275. [3] The total number of candidates by party is shown below: