2024 United Kingdom general election
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 4 July 2024 to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. Labour are projected to have a landslide win, with significant gains also for the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK, and big losses for the Conservatives and the SNP.[1]
Significant constituency boundary changes were in effect – the first such changes since those implemented at the 2010 general election. It was the first general election in which photographic identification was required to vote in person in Great Britain.[2] The general election was the first since Brexit, the UK's departure from the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020, which was a major issue in the 2019 UK general election; it was also the first to take place under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022.[3]
Discussion around the campaign was focused on the prospect of a change in government, as the opposition Labour Party led by Keir Starmer maintained significant leads in opinion polling over the governing Conservative Party led by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak. Projections four weeks before the vote indicated a landslide victory for Labour that surpassed the one achieved by Tony Blair at the 1997 general election, while comparisons were made in the media to the 1993 Canadian federal election, due to the prospect of a potential Conservative wipeout.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "UK general election results live: Labour set for landslide as results come in across country". BBC News. 4 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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- ↑ "Boris Johnson pushes for power to call election at any time". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
The government has set in motion its plan for prime ministers to regain the power to call general elections whenever they like.
- ↑ Walker, Peter (20 February 2024). "Another Canada 93? Tory Sunak critics fear extinction-level election result". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ Hunt, Wayne (1 June 2024). "Can the Tories avoid the fate of Canada's Conservatives?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
Other notes
This summary of the British election was copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election&oldid=1232693615 shortly after the election.