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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.
Major party – A party that has a realistic chance of leading government. Since 1945, every UK government has been led by the Conservatives or Labour. Parties in electoral pacts whose members take the whip of a major party and have no de facto independence are also counted as part of the major parties. For Labour, this includes the Co ...
18 Oct: Death Palmerston dies: 29 Oct: Second Russell ministry — Earl Russell: 26 Jun: 1866 No confidence: Russell resigns: 28 Jun: Third Derby–Disraeli ministry — Earl of Derby: Conservative 25 Feb: 1868 Resignation Derby resigns: 27 Feb — Benjamin Disraeli: 1 Dec: Resignation Disraeli resigns: 3 Dec: First Gladstone ministry: General ...
Reform UK: Nigel Farage: 609 5 5 0 5 0.8 4,117,620 14.29 12.3 Liberal Democrats: Ed Davey: 630 72 64 0 64 11.1 3,519,143 12.22 0.7 Green Party of England and Wales: Carla Denyer & Adrian Ramsay: 574 4 3 0 3 0.6 1,841,888 6.39 3.8 Scottish National Party: John Swinney: 57 9 1 40 39 1.4 724,758 2.52 1.3 Independents — 459 6 6 0 6
A week before election day, former Conservative prime minister John Major warned the public against enabling a majority Conservative government, to avoid what he saw as the damage a Johnson-led government could do to the country through Brexit. Major encouraged voters to vote tactically and to back former Conservative candidates instead of ...
Today the UK has three distinct systems of law: English law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law. Recent constitutional changes saw a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom come into being in October 2009 that took on the appeal functions of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. [32]
National Government: 67.2% 37 1935 General election: MPs: Stanley Baldwin: National Government: 53.3% Edward VIII; George VI; Neville Chamberlain: Winston Churchill. 38 1945 General election: MPs: Clement Attlee: Labour: 49.7% 39 1950 General election: MPs: 46.1% 40 1951 General election: MPs: Winston Churchill [δ] Conservative: 48.0% ...
The Liberal Democrat manifesto For a Fair Deal was released on 10 June, [189] [190] which included commitments on free personal care in England, [191] investment in the NHS including more GPs, increased funding for education and childcare (including a tutoring guarantee for children from low-income families), increased funding for public ...