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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.
After further government defeats, a general election was held in December 2019—the first December election since 1923—which resulted in an 80-seat majority for the Conservatives, gaining many seats that Labour had held since at least 1945. The United Kingdom formally left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
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.
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [2] The Green Party of England and Wales also won a record number of seats alongside a number of independent MPs. [3] The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost around three quarters of its seats. [4]
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.
Less than two months after the 2019 general election, cases of COVID-19 had reached the UK, and Boris Johnson himself was hospitalised with the disease in March 2020. [1] The government responded to the pandemic in March 2020 by enacting emergency powers and widespread societal measures including several lockdowns , and approved a vaccination ...
The 2019 UK general election vote in Great Britain [322] Social group % Con % Lab % Lib Dem % Others % Lead Total vote 45: 33 12 10 12: Gender Male 46: 31 12 11 15: Female 43: 34 12 11 9: Age 18–24 19 62: 9 10 43: 25–34 27 51: 11 11 24: 35–44 36 39: 13 12 3: 45–54 46: 28 14 12 18: 55–64 49: 27 11 13 22: 65+ 64: 17 11 8 47: Men by age ...
The dates of these opinion polls range from the previous general election on 4 July 2024 to the present. The next general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The Act mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met – unless it is ...