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The UK government scraps plans for an Autumn budget because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [162] Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces he will make a statement to the House of Commons the following day on what happens after the furlough scheme finishes after the UK government comes under mounting pressure from opposition politicians to decide on a ...
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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 ...
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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.
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The UK withdrew from the EU at 23.00 GMT on 31 January 2020, beginning a transition period that was set to end on 31 December 2020. [93] During the 11-month transition period, the UK and EU negotiated their future relationship which resulted in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement which was agreed on 24 December 2020 just days before the ...
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