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The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 4 July 2024 with 49,913,198 registered voters; 35,039,065 of which voted to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer and a wipeout for the Conservatives, with the Labour party gaining a majority of 250 seats. The turnout of 70.2% was the highest of any United Kingdom general election in the 21st century.
The Labour Party formed a government alone, with the Liberal Democrats becoming the official opposition. This was the first time any party besides Labour or the Conservatives became the opposition since the 1918 general election. The election was one of political realignment, with the Conservative Party collapsing months after, as the majority of it's MPs left to join either the Liberal Democrats or Reform. The party would dissolve before shortly thereafter being refounded as the Unified Conservative Party The large majority alongside ongoing tensions between the Labour Party's factions also resulted in a party split 2 years into Starmer's government, which resulted in a snap election.
The Greens won 4 seats, initially only being expected to win 2-3 seats, alongside a large increase in their popular vote share, partially due to the party running candidates in every constituency for the first time. Reform acted as a spoiler for the Conservatives, and obtained 12.8% of the popular vote despite only being able to gain 4 seats, including Clacton, where party leader Nigel Farage ran. The SNP lost nearly half of it's seats to Labour, while being able to flip some from the Conservatives.
6 pro-Palestinian Independents won seats, including Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader who was expelled from the party.
In Northern Ireland, the UUP gained 1 seat, South Antrim, from the DUP. Alliance also gained 2 seats from the DUP, and held their 1st seat. The SDLP and Sinn Féin maintained their seat count, at 2 and 7 respectively, while the DUP fell to 5 seats. Notably, the nationalists obtained a larger share of the popular vote than the unionists.
The Scottish National Party had their seat count nearly halved, due to Labour surging in the Tartan wall.
Rishi Sunak and Josh Swinney were both ousted from their positions as party leaders, though John Swinney stayed as the First Minister of Scotland.
| Party | Leader | MPs | Votes | ||||
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| Labour Party | Keir Starmer | 450 | 69.8% | 450 / 650
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14,471,134 | 41.3% | 41.3 / 100
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| Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 79 | 12.2% | 79 / 650
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5,045,625 | 14.4% | 14.4 / 100
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| Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak | 59 | 9.1% | 59 / 650
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5,756,133 | 16.2% | 15.7 / 100
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| Scottish National Party | John Swinney | 25 | 3.8% | 25 / 650
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756,789 | 2.7% | 3.7 / 100
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| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 7 | 1.1% | 7 / 650
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280,312 | 0.8% | 0.8 / 100
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| Democratic Unionist Party | Gavin Robinson | 5 | 0.8% | 5 / 650
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210,234 | 0.6% | 0.6 / 100
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| Green Party of England and Wales | Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay |
4 | 0.6% | 4 / 650
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3,045,125 | 8.5% | 8.0 / 100
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| Plaid Cymru | Rhun ap Iorwerth | 4 | 0.6% | 4 / 650
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212,467 | 0.6% | 0.6 / 100
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| Reform UK | Nigel Farage | 4 | 0.6% | 4 / 650
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4,485,001 | 12.8% | 12.8 / 100
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| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | 3 | 0.4% | 3 / 650
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140,156 | 0.4% | 0.4 / 100
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| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Colum Eastwood | 2 | 0.3% | 2 / 650
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138,639 | 0.4% | 0.4 / 100
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| Ulster Unionist Party | Doug Beattie | 1 | 0.2% | 1 / 650
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87,597 | 0.2% | 0.2 / 100
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| Independents | 6 | 0.9% | 6 / 650
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207,546 | 0.6% | 0.6 / 100
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| Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | 1 | 0.2% | 1 / 650
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25,436 | 0.1% | 0.1 / 100
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| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 650
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134.215 | 0.4% | 0.4 / 100
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