Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Millions of voters to head to polls for UK general election. 04:02, Shweta Sharma. Millions of people across the UK will cast their voter today in the country’s first July general election since ...
Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government (2016–2021) 2015: 1955: Adnan Hussain: Independent: Khalid Mahmood [192] Birmingham Perry Barr: Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement (2020–2021) 2001: 1974: Ayoub Khan: Independent: Alba: Neale Hanvey [n 61] [193] Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Leader of the Alba Party in the House of ...
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%.
The Liberal Democrat manifesto For a Fair Deal was released on 10 June, [189] [190] which included commitments on free personal care in England, [191] investment in the NHS including more GPs, increased funding for education and childcare (including a tutoring guarantee for children from low-income families), increased funding for public ...
Major party – A party that has a realistic chance of leading government. Since 1945, every UK government has been led by the Conservatives or Labour. Parties in electoral pacts whose members take the whip of a major party and have no de facto independence are also counted as part of the major parties. For Labour, this includes the Co ...
"Green" in these tables refers to combined totals for the green parties in the United Kingdom, namely the Green Party of England and Wales, the Scottish Greens, and, for polls of the entire UK, the Green Party Northern Ireland. The three parties share a commitment to environmental policies, but are independent of one another, with each ...
Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 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 ...