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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Advertisement in London publicised by the Electoral Commission encouraging voter registration ahead of the 2015 general election. The total number of names in the United Kingdom appearing in Electoral Registers published on 1 December 2010 and based on a qualifying date of 15 October 2010 was 45,844,691.
Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain were principally general elections and by-elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain. General elections did not have fixed dates, as parliament was summoned and dissolved within the royal prerogative , although on the advice of the ministers of the Crown.
Labour are one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [8] In all general elections since 1918, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. [9] There have been six Labour prime ministers. [7]
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties.Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, yellow for an SNP gain, green for a Plaid Cymru gain and grey for any other gain.
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.
English: An alternative map showing the results of the 2017 UK General Election showing constituencies as equal area hexagons and approximate geographic location. Date 8 June 2017
United Kingdom Election Results is an e-book and former website written by David Boothroyd, first published in 1994. [1] Boothroyd also wrote The History of British Political Parties , published in 2001. [ 2 ]