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As largely expected, the Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the general election. [7] Among its results the best were in Barnsley Central, where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote; [8] Hartlepool, where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote; [9] and Hull West and Hessle, where businesswoman and media ...
Founded in November 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating a no-deal Brexit, it won the most seats at the 2019 European Parliament election in the UK, but did not win any seats at the 2019 general election. The UK withdrew from the European Union (EU) in January 2020. A year later, in January 2021, the party was renamed Reform UK. [18]
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At the last general election in 2019, Farage's party decided not to contest seats held by the Conservatives, then led by Boris Johnson, to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote.
For elections pre-2021 as the "Brexit Party", see Brexit Party election results. This article lists the election results of the Reform UK in UK parliamentary elections and in local elections. By-elections, 2021–2024 Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes % Elected MP Ref 6 May 2021 Hartlepool, County Durham John Prescott 368 1.2 Jill Mortimer (Conservative) 13 May 2021 Airdrie and ...
Nigel Farage, the “architect” of Brexit and a perennially disruptive force in British politics, has announced his intention to stand as a candidate for the hard-right Reform UK party in the ...
15 September – At their annual party conference in Bournemouth, members of the Liberal Democrats vote to scrap Brexit without a second referendum if they win the next general election. [ 114 ] 17 September – The hearing of the prorogation of Parliament appeal begins at the Supreme Court in London, to decide whether the act of suspending ...
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.