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Prior to 1945, electoral competition in the United Kingdom exhibited features which make meaningful comparisons with modern results difficult. Hence, unless otherwise stated, records are based on results since the 1945 general election, and earlier exceptional results are listed separately.
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.
Under current UK electoral law there is no upper or lower limit for candidature numbers, with the only required stipulation being the valid nomination of ten electors from the constituency. By-elections often attract "fringe" or novelty candidates, single-issue candidates, or independents.
The period from 2015 to 2019 was one of the most turbulent in British electoral history. Following the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition , the Conservatives , led by David Cameron , won the 2015 general election with a small majority, having promised to hold a referendum on continued membership of the European Union .
'Individual Electoral Registration' (IER) was introduced by the UK government through the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 with the first IER applications being made in England and Wales from 10 June 2014 and in Scotland from 19 September 2014 (the delay in Scotland was due to the Scottish Independence Referendum).
This is an annotated list of notable records from United Kingdom elections to the European Parliament, which were held from 1979 through 2019. European Parliament elections in Great Britain used two very different electoral systems.
UK Independence Party: Nick Tenconi (interim) 24 0 0 0 0.0 6,530 0.02 0.1 Liberal Party: Steve Radford 12 0 0 0 0.0 6,375 0.02 Ashfield Independents: Jason Zadrozny: 1 0 0 0 0.0 6,276 0.02 Monster Raving Loony: Howling Laud Hope: 22 0 0 0 0.0 5,814 0.02 Christian Peoples Alliance: Sidney Cordle 22 0 0 0 0.0 5,604 0.02 Scottish Family: Richard ...
British citizens (but not other categories of British nationals) residing outside the United Kingdom can register as an overseas voter provided that they were on the Electoral Register in the UK within the previous 15 years. [17] The 15-year period begins when they no longer appeared in the electoral register, not the date they moved abroad.