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The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party , led by Keir Starmer , defeated the governing Conservative Party , led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak , in a landslide victory .
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
5 January – The UK government confirms it will not go ahead with a plan to privatise Channel 4. [2] 9 January – A new scheme to support businesses with the cost of energy bills is outlined in the House of Commons to replace existing support due to end in March. The scheme will replace capped energy bills with a wholesale discount on gas and ...
The timetable for the October 2022 leadership election was much shorter than the July one. An expedited process was set out; candidates were required to obtain 100 nominations from fellow Conservative MPs before 2 pm on 24 October, and an MPs' ballot followed by an online members' ballot was to be held shortly thereafter if more than one candidate received more than 100 nominations.
11–24 July 1865 The Viscount Palmerston [a] 59.5% 81 658 (The Earl Russell) [m] [17] N/A 11–24 July 1865 (The Earl of Derby) Conservative 40.5% N/A 658 (Benjamin Disraeli) 1868 19th 17 November – 7 December 1868 William Ewart Gladstone: Liberal 61.2% 115 658 1874 20th 31 January – 17 February 1874 Benjamin Disraeli Conservative 44.3% 49
[3] Financial Times: Labour Party: Last backed Labour in 2005. [4] i: None Have never endorsed a political party. [5] Morning Star: None Advocated for voting against the Conservatives, but did not endorse any specific party. [6] The Daily Telegraph: Conservative Party [7] The Guardian: Labour Party: Advocated tactical voting against the ...
In the opening months of 2025, there will be special legislative elections in Virginia, a race in battleground Wisconsin that will yet again determine the ideological balance of the state Supreme ...
The chart below shows opinion polls conducted since the 2024 general election. The trend lines are local regressions (LOESS). The bar on the left represents the previous election, and the bar on the right represents the latest possible date of the next election.