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The result of the election as well as the corresponding contest for deputy leader was announced at 10:45 am on 4 April 2020. The announcement was originally due to take place at a special conference in London, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was cancelled in favour of a "scaled-back event".
7 January – The Labour Party leadership election formally begins, with the new leader scheduled to be announced on 4 April. [4] 8 January – Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announce that they plan to "step back as senior members" of Britain's royal family, and divide their time between the UK and North America. [5] 9 ...
This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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.
The London mayoral election originally due to take place in May 2020 was suspended for a year to 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [83] The mayoral race saw London Labour's Sadiq Khan win on second preferences with 55.2% of the vote. The 2021 London Assembly election took place on the same day.
Buckinghamshire County Council was replaced with a unitary authority, Buckinghamshire Council, on 1 April 2020; [50] the first election to the new unitary authority was scheduled for May 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic was rescheduled for May 2021. Subsequent elections are due to be held every four years from 2025. [46]
Turnout in UK general elections fell from 77% in 1992, and 71% in 1997, to a historic low of 59% in 2001. It has, however, increased, to 61% in 2005, 65% in 2010, 66% in 2015 and 69% in 2017. [156] Turnout has fallen since, to 67% in 2019 and to 59% in 2024. In other elections, turnout trends have been more varied.
This local electoral calendar for 2020 lists the subnational elections held in 2020. Referendums , recall and retention elections , and national by-elections (special elections) are also included. January