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Labour: Peter Aldous [7] Lowestoft [n 2] 2010: 2010: Jessica Asato: Labour: Caroline Ansell [8] Eastbourne: 2019: 2019: Josh Babarinde: Liberal Democrats: Sarah Atherton [9] Wrexham: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families (2022) 2019: 2019 Andrew Ranger: Labour: Shaun Bailey [10] Tipton and ...
^ ^^ In 1931 and 1935, the figures for the Conservatives relate to National Government candidates and comprise Conservative, National Labour, Liberal National and National vote share and seats. vii. ^ In 2015, Other included record vote shares for both the UK Independence Party (12.6%) and the Green Party (3.8%), each winning just one seat.
A party's share of the vote at a general election is not always matched at subsequent general elections, but given the five-year maximum term of a Parliament since 1911, reductions of 10% or more (on the national level) or around 30% or more (in individual constituencies) are unusual.
However, after winning the 1950 general election, Labour would lose the following election in 1951 to the Conservatives despite gaining their highest share of votes to date at 48.8%. [9] During the 1983 election, Labour posted their worst vote share in the post-war period at 27.6%. [9] In 1997, a party record of 418 Labour MPs were elected. [9]
Shares of the vote in general elections since 1832 received by Conservatives [note 1] (blue), Liberals/Liberal Democrats [note 2] (orange), Labour (red) and others (grey) [1] [2] [3] In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was ...
A 2020 Labour Party report argued that UK citizens above the age of 16 should have a right to vote “without qualification”. “This would include a right to vote for prisoners who are UK ...
The combined Labour and Conservative vote share was 57.4%, the lowest since the December 1910 general election. Smaller parties took a record 42.6% of the vote in the election: the Liberal Democrats , led by Ed Davey , made the most significant gains, of 72 seats, with a total of 3.5 million votes; like Labour, this represented a decline in ...
With 60% of ballots counted, Labour had won 21.8% of the vote, official data showed, down from 24.8% in 2019, while the Conservative Party stood at 25.8%, up from 20.1% four years ago.