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{{Infobox election <!-- A consensus has been reached to use this template. -->
{{Infobox election <!-- A consensus has been reached to use this template. -->
| election_name = 2029 United Kingdom general election
| election_name = 2029 United Kingdom general election
| country = United Kingdom
| country = Commonwealth
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no  
| ongoing = no  
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| majority_seats = 326{{efn|Given that Sinn Féin [[members of Parliament]] (MPs) practise [[abstentionism]] and do not take their seats, while the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is in practice slightly lower.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |title=Government majority |website=Institute for Government |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128063642/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |url-status=live }}</ref> Sinn Féin won seven seats, and including the speaker and their three deputy speakers, meaning a practical majority requires 320 seats.}}
| majority_seats = 326{{efn|Given that Sinn Féin [[members of Parliament]] (MPs) practise [[abstentionism]] and do not take their seats, while the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is in practice slightly lower.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |title=Government majority |website=Institute for Government |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128063642/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |url-status=live }}</ref> Sinn Féin won seven seats, and including the speaker and their three deputy speakers, meaning a practical majority requires 320 seats.}}
| opinion_polls = United Kingdom
| opinion_polls = United Kingdom
| registered = 48,208,507
| registered = 50,301,744
| turnout = 59.8% ({{decrease}} 8.4 [[Percentage point|pp]])<ref name="Report">{{cite report |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10009/CBP-10009.pdf |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905053140/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10009/CBP-10009.pdf |url-status=live |work=[[House of Commons Library]] |title=General election 2024 results |first1=Richard |last1=Cracknell |last2=Baker |first2=Carl |at=1.2 Turnout |date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
| turnout = 64.7% ({{increase}} 4.9 {{wp|John Prescott|pp}})<ref name="Report">{{cite report |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10009/CBP-10009.pdf |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905053140/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10009/CBP-10009.pdf |url-status=live |work=[[House of Commons Library]] |title=General election 2024 results |first1=Richard |last1=Cracknell |last2=Baker |first2=Carl |at=1.2 Turnout |date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
<!-- Labour -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 5|oLeft = 8}}
<!-- Labour -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 5|oLeft = 8}}
| image_size =  
| image_size =  
| leader1 = [[Keir Starmer]]
| leader1 = {{wp|John Prescott|Keir Starmer}}
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since1 = [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|4 April 2020]]
| leader_since1 = {{wp|John Prescott|4 April 2020}}
| leaders_seat1 = [[Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)|Holborn and<br/>St Pancras]]
| leaders_seat1 = {{wp|John Prescott|Holborn and<br/>St Pancras}}
| last_election1 = 202 seats, 32.1%
| last_election1 = 411 seats, 33.7%
| seats1 = '''411'''{{Efn|name =Speaker}}
| seats1 = '''411'''{{Efn|name =Speaker}}
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}} 211{{efn|Increase from the notional figure of 200 seats which Labour would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}} 211{{efn|Increase from the notional figure of 200 seats which Labour would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| popular_vote1 = '''9,708,716'''
| popular_vote1 = '''9,708,716'''
| percentage1 = '''33.7%'''
| percentage1 = '''33.7%'''
| swing1 = {{Increase}} 1.6 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing1 = {{Increase}} 1.6 {{wp|John Prescott|Percentage point|pp}}
<!-- Conservative -->| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg |bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
<!-- Conservative -->| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg |bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader2 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| leader2 = {{wp|John Prescott|Rishi Sunak}}
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader_since2 = [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|24 October 2022]]
| leader_since2 = {{wp|John Prescott|2 November 2024}}
| leaders_seat2 = [[Richmond and Northallerton]]
| leaders_seat2 = {{wp|John Prescott|Richmond and Northallerton}}
| last_election2 = 365 seats, 43.6%
| last_election2 = 121 seats, 23.7%
| seats2 = 121
| seats2 = 121
| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 251{{efn|Decrease from the notional figure of 372 seats which the Conservatives would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 251{{efn|Decrease from the notional figure of 372 seats which the Conservatives would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| popular_vote2 = 6,828,925
| popular_vote2 = 6,828,925
| percentage2 = 23.7%
| percentage2 = 23.7%
| swing2 = {{Decrease}} 19.9 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing2 = {{Decrease}} 19.9 {{wp|John Prescott|pp}}
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<!-- Liberal Democrat -->| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Ed Davey election infobox.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader3 = [[Ed Davey]]
| leader3 = {{wp|John Prescott|Ed Davey}}
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| leader_since3 = [[2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election|27 August 2020]]
| leader_since3 = {{wp|John Prescott|27 August 2020}}
| leaders_seat3 = [[Kingston and Surbiton]]
| leaders_seat3 = {{wp|John Prescott|Kingston and Surbiton}}
| last_election3 = 11 seats, 11.6%
| last_election3 = 72 seats, 12.2%
| seats3 = 72
| seats3 = 72
| seat_change3 = {{Increase}} 64{{efn|Increase from the notional figure of 8 seats which the Lib Dems would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| seat_change3 = {{Increase}} 64{{efn|Increase from the notional figure of 8 seats which the Lib Dems would be estimated to have won in 2019 with the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|constituency boundary changes]]}}<!--This is the correct figure per sources: see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results -->
| popular_vote3 = 3,519,143
| popular_vote3 = 3,519,143
| percentage3 = 12.2%
| percentage3 = 12.2%
| swing3 = {{Increase}} 0.6 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing3 = {{Increase}} 0.6 {{wp|John Prescott|Percentage point|pp}}
| map =  
| map =  
| map_upright =  
| map_upright =  
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| map2_image = House of Commons (2024 election).svg
| map2_image = House of Commons (2024 election).svg
| map2_size = 400px
| map2_size = 400px
| map2_caption = Composition of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] after the election
| map2_caption = Composition of the {{wp|John Prescott|House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons}} after the election
| title = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| title = {{wp|John Prescott|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister}}
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| before_election = {{wp|John Prescott|Rishi Sunak}}
| before_party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| before_party = {{wp|John Prescott|Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative}}
| after_election = [[Keir Starmer]]
| after_election = {{wp|John Prescott|Keir Starmer}}
| after_party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| after_party = {{wp|John Prescott|Labour Party (UK)|Labour}}
| seats_before1 = 205
| seats_before1 = 205
| seats_before2 = 344
| seats_before2 = 344
| seats_before3 = 15
| seats_before3 = 15
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 20:55, 13 September 2024

2029 United Kingdom general election
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[a] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered50,301,744
Turnout64.7% (Increase 4.9 pp)[2]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg
Ed Davey election infobox.jpg
Leader Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak Ed Davey
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 4 April 2020 2 November 2024 27 August 2020
Leader's seat Holborn and
St Pancras 		Richmond and Northallerton Kingston and Surbiton
Last election 411 seats, 33.7% 121 seats, 23.7% 72 seats, 12.2%
Seats before 205 344 15
Seats won 411[c] 121 72
Seat change Increase 211[d] Decrease 251[e] Increase 64[b]
Popular vote 9,708,716 6,828,925 3,519,143
Percentage 33.7% 23.7% 12.2%
Swing Increase 1.6 Percentage point Decrease 19.9 pp Increase 0.6 Percentage point
2024 United Kingdom general election - Result.svg
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency
House of Commons (2024 election).svg
Composition of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom after the election
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom before election

Rishi Sunak
Conservative Party (UK)

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour Party (UK)

  1. ↑ "Government majority". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Template:Cite report


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