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The Labour Party formed a majority government under the leadership of Keir Starmer, winning over 400 seats. Other parties including the Liberal Democrats , Reform UK and the Green Party saw an increase in their seat share in the House of Commons at expense of the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party .
in 2024 [1] Current [2] Difference Labour [a] 411 [b] 404 7 Conservative: 121 121 Liberal Democrats: 72 72 Independent: 6 13 [c] 7 SNP: 9 9 Sinn Féin: 7 7 DUP: 5 5 Reform UK: 5 5 Green (E&W) 4 4 Plaid Cymru: 4 4 SDLP: 2 2 Alliance: 1 1 TUV: 1 1 UUP: 1 1 Speaker: 1 1 Vacant: 0 0 Total 650 650 Total voting [d] 639 639 Majority of voting 181 165 [6
A negative majority means that there was a hung parliament (or minority government) following that election. For example, at the 1929 general election, Labour was 42 seats short of forming a majority, and so its majority is listed as −42. If the party in office changed the figure is re-calculated, but no allowance is made for changes after ...
"Ministry" refers collectively to all the ministers of a government, including Cabinet members and junior ministers alike. Only the Civil Service is considered outside of the ministry. While the term was in common parlance in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it has become rarer, except in official and academic uses. [1]
The largest majority received by an individual is also Sir Cooper Rawson, re-elected with a majority of 62,253 (35.2% of votes) at Brighton in 1931. [ 1 ] : 101 The largest majority received by a woman is 38,823 (71.4% of votes) by the Countess of Iveagh elected MP for Southend in 1931.
The Conservative Party under Boris Johnson won a large majority at the 2019 general election and the new government passed the Brexit withdrawal agreement. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The COVID-19 pandemic saw the government institute extensive public health restrictions , including limitations on social interaction, that Johnson and some of his staff were ...
37.1% 36 1931 General election: MPs: 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 ...
The Liberal Democrats have made a gain of 8 seats since the opening of Parliament, including some former Change UK members. The government lost its majority on 3 September 2019, when the Conservative MP Phillip Lee defected to the Liberal Democrats. Later the same day, the Conservatives expelled 21 of their MPs for voting against the government ...