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The dates of these opinion polls range from the previous general election on 4 July 2024 to the present. The next general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 .
When a poll result is a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded and displayed in bold. "Green" in these tables refers to combined totals for the green parties in the United Kingdom , namely the Green Party of England and Wales , the Scottish Greens , and, for polls of the entire UK, the Green Party Northern Ireland .
At various dates in the run up to the 2024 general election on 4 July 2024, various organisations have carried out opinion polling to gauge the opinions that voters hold towards political leaders. The polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.
UK Government borrowing was forecast to fall from 4.5% of GDP in 2023–24 to 3% in 2024–25, followed by 2.7% in 2025–26, 2.3% in 2026–27, 1.6% in 2027–28 and 1.1% in 2028–29. [ 19 ] Addressing the House of Commons , Hunt said his autumn statement would contain 110 growth measures, with the government having "taken difficult decisions ...
With no election date fixed in law, there was speculation as to when the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, would call an election. On 18 December 2023, Sunak told journalists that the election would take place in 2024 rather than January 2025. [64] On 4 January, he first suggested the general election would probably be in the second half of 2024. [65]
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [12] Farage and his party Reform UK have done well in opinion polls in expense of both Labour and the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats made significant gains to
England's NHS budget will increase by £3.3bn a year during 2023–24 and 2024–25, and spending on schools by £2.3bn over the same period [18] Defence spending to be maintained at 2% of national income [18] Overseas aid spending to remain at 0.5% until 2028, below the official 0.7% target [18]
The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. [3] In the 2019 general election, the Conservatives won 48 seats in the region and Labour won 6. [23] The Liberal Democrats held Bath. [24]