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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 Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory .
Council by-elections. 48 Council by-elections were also held on 2 May 2024 in authorities otherwise without elections scheduled: Bournbrook and Selly Park ward for Birmingham [4] Canford Cliffs ward for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council [5] Kemptown and Queen's Park wards for Brighton & Hove [6]
The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2024 general election on 4 July to the present day. Under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, the next general election must be held no later than Wednesday 15 August 2029. The Act mandates that, if it has not already been dissolved at the request of the prime minister, Parliament ...
Paul Waugh. Labour Co-op. Defeated incumbent, George Galloway, who had been elected four months prior in the 2024 by-election for the Workers Party. Rochester and Strood. Conservative. Lauren Edwards. Labour. Defeated incumbent, Kelly Tolhurst. Romford.
The 2024 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 4 July across 543 constituencies within the nine regions in England. Electoral system [ edit ] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies . [3]
Executive, Legislative and Referendum. This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/ federal elections held, and scheduled to be held, in 2024 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.
Candidates might have been selected on either the old or the new boundaries. [2] At the deadline on 7 June 2024, a total of 132 MPs announced they were standing down at the election. [3] This included a record number of Conservative MPs. 29 former Members of Parliament intend to stand in the election. [4]
The 2024 United Kingdom general election took place on 4 July 2024. Counting began after conclusion of voting at 22:00 the same day and the results for almost all constituencies were declared in the early hours of 5 July. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party lost over 240 seats and its 14-year long tenure in government.