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In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
First Minister: Michelle O'Neill: 3 February 2024 (10 months ago) () Sinn Féin [3] Deputy First Minister: Emma Little-Pengelly: Democratic Unionist Party Scotland: First Minister: John Swinney: 8 May 2024 (7 months ago) () Scottish National Party [4] Wales: First Minister: Eluned Morgan: 6 August 2024 (4 months ago) () Welsh Labour [5]
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.
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by English constituencies for the Fifty-Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024). It includes both MPs elected at the 2019 general election, held on 12 December 2019, and those subsequently elected in by-elections.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party: 169 The Rt Hon James Cleverly: Con Braintree: 4 Sep 1969: Former Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs: 170 Ruth Cadbury: Lab Brentford and Isleworth: 14 May 1959: 171 Carolyn Harris: Lab
Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party. As prime minister, Starmer is serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union.
Both Reform UK and the Green Party also gained from the Conservatives. Liz Truss lost her own seat of South West Norfolk to Labour. [ 6 ] The only Conservative gain in England was Leicester East , where a split Labour vote between the official labour candidate and former Labour MPs Claudia Webbe and Keith Vaz depressed the Labour vote.
One hundred and twenty one Conservative Party members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2024 general election, [1] the lowest number in history. [2] Party leader Kemi Badenoch is shown in bold.