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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 ...
DUP – C&S: 10 10: Sinn Féin: 7 7: Change UK — 5: 5 Plaid Cymru: 4 4: Green: 1 1: Others Independent: 1 21: 20 The Independents — 2: 2 BSJP — 1: 1 Suspended — 1: 1 Vacant — 2: 2 Total 650; Voting total 639 637 2 Safe majority 320 319 1 Gov short by 4 22 18 Gov + C&S total 326 307 19 Gov + C&S majority 13 -23 36
"Ministry" refers collectively to all the ministers of a government, including Cabinet members and junior ministers alike. Only the Civil Service is considered outside of the ministry. While the term was in common parlance in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it has become rarer, except in official and academic uses. [ 1 ]
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.
The Labour Party formed a majority government under the leadership of Keir Starmer, winning over 400 seats. Other parties including the Liberal Democrats , Reform UK and the Green Party saw an increase in their seat share in the House of Commons at expense of the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party .
The Conservative Party under Boris Johnson won a large majority at the 2019 general election and the new government passed the Brexit withdrawal agreement. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The COVID-19 pandemic saw the government institute extensive public health restrictions , including limitations on social interaction, that Johnson and some of his staff were ...
The constituency of Blyth was established under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election.Following the reorganisation of local authorities resulting from the Local Government Act 1972, it was renamed Blyth Valley for the 1983 general election to correspond with the newly formed Borough of Blyth Valley.
The Lib Dems gained 3 seats (2 Conservative and 1 SNP) and lost 4 (3 to Conservatives and 1 to SNP) leaving them 1 down. In Northern Ireland, the SDLP gained 2 seats (from Sinn Fein and DUP), Sinn Fein gained 1 (from DUP), and Alliance gained 1 (formerly independent Unionist).