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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 .
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 ...
Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime minister", beginning in the 18th century. Since 1902, prime ministers have always held the office of First Lord of the Treasury. [4]
The actual government majority is calculated as Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs less all other parties. This calculation excludes the Speaker, Deputy Speakers (two Labour and one Conservative) and Sinn Féin.
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 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 Liberal Democrats have made a gain of 8 seats since the opening of Parliament, including some former Change UK members. The government lost its majority on 3 September 2019, when the Conservative MP Phillip Lee defected to the Liberal Democrats. Later the same day, the Conservatives expelled 21 of their MPs for voting against the government ...
Working majority Con. Lab. SNP LD DUP PC SDLP Grn APNI Alba Rec. WPB Ref. Ind. SF Spkr Vacant 13 December 2019 Elected at general election: 87: 365 202 48 11 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7* 1** 0 Hanvey suspended from SNP 47 1 23 May 2020 Edwards (Plaid) loses whip 3 2 29 May 2020 Hanvey has SNP whip reinstated 48 1 15 July 2020 J Lewis (Con) loses whip ...