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The 2021 United Kingdom elections were several elections that took place in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2021 at the subnational and local levels. They have been colloquially referred to as Super Thursday. The elections that took place on this day are: 2021 Scottish Parliament election; 2021 Senedd election; 2021 Hartlepool by-election (for UK ...
6 May 2021: Hartlepool, County Durham: John Prescott 368 1.2 Jill Mortimer (Conservative) [1] 13 May 2021: Airdrie and Shotts, North Lanarkshire: Martyn Greene 45 0.2 Anum Qaisar [2] 17 June 2021: Chesham and Amersham, Buckinghamshire: Alex Wilson 414 1.1 Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat) [3] 2 December 2021: Old Bexley and Sidcup, London: Richard ...
The swing of 34.16% is the seventh largest in UK by-election history and the seat had been held by Conservatives since 1906. [ 436 ] 17 December – Simon Case recuses himself from his role of leading an inquiry into alleged government staff parties during lockdown, after it is reported that a similar event was also held in his own office.
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.
This distinction is made in the tables below in the area column, where "GB" means Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and "UK" means the entire United Kingdom. Plaid Cymru only stand candidates in Wales and the Scottish National Party only stand candidates in Scotland. Due to rounding total figures might not add up to 100%.
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Batley and Spen was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The most recent MP was Kim Leadbeater, a Labour politician, elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat had returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Ayr's Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) has been Siobhian Brown of the SNP. Her predecessor was the Conservative John Scott, who held the Ayr seat for 21 years. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley has been represented by the SNP since the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election.