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The Brexit Party rebranded as Reform UK, and was initially led by Richard Tice in the years preceding the election before Nigel Farage resumed leadership during the election campaign. [39] Edwin Poots took over as the Democratic Unionist Party leader in May 2021 but lasted only 20 days.
Results of the July 2024 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [3] [4] [5] Affiliate Leader Candidates MPs Aggregate votes Total Gained [c] Lost [c] Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Labour: Keir Starmer: 631 411 218 7 211 63.2 9,708,716 33.70 1.6 Conservative: Rishi Sunak: 635 121 1 252 251 18.6 6,828,925 ...
On 7 June 2023, MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Gerald Jones defeated MP for Cynon Valley Beth Winter for his party's selection to become the Labour candidate for the new parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, which will be contested at the 2024 general election. [ 71]
Daily Mirror. Labour Party. [ 3] Daily Star. Count Binface Party. Endorsed "the most sane politician in the UK", Count Binface, who is only standing in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 's constituency of Richmond and Northallerton . [ 4] Financial Times. Labour Party.
Both Reform UK and the Green Party also gained from the Conservatives. The only Conservative gain in England, or anywhere in the UK, was Leicester East . The Liberal Democrats had their best ever result in England, and the best result for any liberal party in England since 1923 , they won 65 seats, 59 gains from 2019 .
Constituency County Region 2019 seat 2024 seat Votes Turnout [a]; Party Candidate Votes Of total Margin, of total Lab. [b] Con. Ref. Lib. Dems Green Other [c] Total
9 July 2024 –. 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 ]
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [3] The Green Party of England and Wales also won a record number of seats alongside a number of independent MPs. [4] The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost around three quarters of its seats. [5]