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The election with the largest number of candidates was the 2024 general election, with 4,515. [16] There have been 24 occasions when there were more than ten candidates on a single ballot in a general election. Large numbers of candidates are common in London seats and in the seat of the incumbent Prime Minister (marked in bold in the below list).
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 ...
Apart from the above example, it is common for UK mainland parties to schedule several by-elections on the same day. Motivations include attempting to divide opponents' resources and getting bad news (expected losses) out of the way. Since 1945, the largest number of simultaneous mainland by-elections has been 6, held on 16 November 1960.
In 1923, the Conservatives lost their majority, and the Labour Party were put into office for the first time with the support of the re-united Liberals. However, this minority government only lasted 10 months, and the Conservatives returned to power in 1924 with a large majority.
The majority of these defeats, 18 in total, occurred in June and July 1974, when Wilson did not have a majority in the House of Commons after the February 1974 general election produced a hung parliament. Wilson called a further general election in October 1974 in an attempt to gain a majority. He did, but this majority was just three seats.
Since the first-past-the-post electoral system is employed, the governing party often enjoys a large majority in the Commons, and ministers and departments practise defensive government, outsourcing key work to third parties. If the government has a large majority, it has no need or incentive to compromise with other parties. [clarification needed]
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
Office held whilst in Parliament Year elected Seat held by party since Defeated by Party Conservative: Bim Afolami [6] Hitchin [n 1] Economic Secretary to the Treasury: 2017: 1997: Alistair Strathern: Labour: Peter Aldous [7] Lowestoft [n 2] 2010: 2010: Jessica Asato: Labour: Caroline Ansell [8] Eastbourne: 2019: 2019: Josh Babarinde: Liberal ...