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The manifesto was dubbed "the longest suicide note in history", and the election was won by the Conservatives, led by the incumbent prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. [9] Thatcher continued to serve as prime minister until she resigned on 22 November 1990, amid divisions within the Conservative Party over the UK's involvement in Europe. [10]
The Conservative Party won the election with a majority. Soon afterwards, the European Union Referendum Act 2015 was introduced into Parliament to enable the referendum. Cameron favoured remaining in a reformed EU, and sought to renegotiate on four key points: protection of the single market for non-eurozone countries, reduction of "red tape ...
The 230-vote margin of defeat was the worst for any government in modern Parliamentary history. [ 76 ] 196 Conservative MPs , 3 Labour MPs and 3 independent MPs supported the deal. Voting against the deal were 118 Conservative MPs, 248 Labour MPs, all 35 SNP MPs, all 11 Liberal Democrat MPs, all 10 DUP MPs, all 4 Plaid Cymru MPs, the sole Green ...
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.
Swing between the largest party at the previous election and the largest party at the next, or the second-largest party if there was no change. 2019 election (PR) – 27.0% swing from UKIP to Brexit 1; 1999 election (PR) – 11.5% swing from Labour to Conservative 2; 2014 election (PR) – 7.5% swing from Conservative to UKIP
As largely expected, the Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the general election. [7] Among its results the best were in Barnsley Central , where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote; [ 8 ] Hartlepool , where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote; [ 9 ] and Hull West and Hessle , where businesswoman ...
Proponents of free trade post-Brexit hoped to strike trade deals with nations outside of the EU. For instance, Nigel Farage argued that Brexit needed to happen in order for Britain to be free to make trade deals with countries such as the United States. He also stated that this negotiation is key for Britain as "Trump is the best ally in the ...
Brexit was the central issue of the election campaign; [7] arguments were made that it was a proxy for a second Brexit referendum. [8] [9] The election was won by the Brexit Party, which won the most votes and became the largest single national party in the European Parliament, being the dominant choice of those who had voted to leave the ...