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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.
UK parliamentary election results, 1950–2024 UK general elections by popular vote (in millions, since 1945). United Kingdom general elections are held following a dissolution of Parliament . All the members of Parliament (MPs) forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected.
United Kingdom Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain were principally general elections and by-elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain . General elections did not have fixed dates, as parliament was summoned and dissolved within the royal prerogative , although on the advice of the ministers of the Crown.
This is an overview of United Kingdom general election results since 1922. The 1922 election was the first election in the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , after the creation of the Irish Free State removed Southern Ireland from the UK.
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.
The 1959 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 8 October 1959. As in the nation, in England, the Conservative Party registered a landslide victory over the Labour Party and its third consecutive victory overall.
Concurrently, this was the only election between 1945 and 1997 in which the Labour Party got a working majority in the House of Commons sufficient to last a full term in office. (In 1950, 1964 and October 1974, the Labour majority was 5, 4 and 3 seats respectively.)
The 1945 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 July 1945 to elect 640 members of the House of Commons, of which 510 constituencies were in England.It was the first general election held since the conclusion of the Second World War and nearly 10 years since the last general election in November 1935.