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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2024 United Kingdom general election
| election_name = 2022 United Kingdom general election
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
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| previous_election = 2019 United Kingdom general election
| previous_election = 2019 United Kingdom general election
| previous_year = 2019
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = 22 November 2024
| election_date = 20 October 2022
| next_election = 2029 United Kingdom general election
| next_election = 2026 United Kingdom general election
| next_year = 2029
| next_year = 2026
| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
| next_mps =  
| next_mps =  
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2022 United Kingdom general election
| seats_for_election = All {{wp|John Prescott|Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|650 seats}} in the {{wp|John Prescott|House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons}}
| seats_for_election = All {{wp|John Prescott|Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|650 seats}} in the {{wp|John Prescott|House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons}}
| majority_seats = 326{{refn|group=n|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 name=working>{{cite web |title=Government majority |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |website=Institute for Government|date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning that a practical majority required 322 MPs.}}
| majority_seats = 326{{refn|group=n|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 name=working>{{cite web |title=Government majority |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |website=Institute for Government|date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning that a practical majority required 322 MPs.}}
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| after_election = {{wp|John Prescott|Keir Starmer}}
| after_election = {{wp|John Prescott|Keir Starmer}}
| after_party = {{wp|John Prescott|Labour}}
| after_party = {{wp|John Prescott|Labour}}
}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = October-December 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = July-September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| previous_year = {{nowrap|{{#time:M|October}} 2022}}
| next_election =
| next_year =
| election_date = {{Start and end dates|2024|11|20|2024|12|11|df=y}}
| turnout = 72.8%<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/02/tory-party-membership-slumps-amid-reform-uk-threat/</ref> (members' vote)
| votes_for_election = {{crossreference|[[#Results|Full results for all candidates below]]|selfref=no}}
| 1blank = {{Nowrap|Fourth MPs' ballot}}
| 2blank = {{Nowrap|Members' vote}}
| candidate1 = '''{{wp|Rishi Sunak}}'''
| image1 = Rishi Sunak Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg
| 1data1 = '''133 (35.0%)'''
| 2data1 = '''53,806 (56.5%)'''
| candidate2 = {{wp|Kemi Badenoch}}
| image2 = Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch MP crop 3, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| 1data2 = 80 (34.2%)
| 2data2 = 41,388 (43.5%)
| title = Leader
| before_election = {{wp|Rishi Sunak}}
| after_election = {{wp|Kemi Badenoch}}
}}
}}

Revision as of 00:07, 7 January 2025

2022 United Kingdom general election

← 2019 20 October 2022 2026 →
← List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
List of MPs elected in the 2022 United Kingdom general election →

All Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered47,562,702
Turnout65.2% (Decrease 2.1 pp)[2]
  First party Second party
 
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Official portrait of Liz Truss (cropped).jpg
Leader Keir Starmer Liz Truss
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 4 April 2020 23 July 2019
Leader's seat Holborn and
St Pancras
South West
Norfolk
Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6%
Seats won 339 218
Seat change Increase 137 Decrease 147
Popular vote 13,966,454 10,269,051
Percentage 42.3% 31.5%
Swing Increase 0.8 pp Decrease 12.1 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
John Swinney - First Minister (53720492021) (cropped).jpg
Ed Davey election infobox.jpg
Leader John Swinney Ed Davey
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader since 6 May 2024 27 August 2020
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 2] Kingston and Surbiton
Last election 48 seats, 3.0% 11 seats, 11.6
Seats won 46[n 3] 21
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 11
Popular vote 1,242,380 3,696,419
Percentage 3.0% 13.5%
Swing Decrease 0.9 pp Increase 1.9 pp

2024 UK ELECTION BORIS.PNG
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency

UK House of Commons 2019.svg
Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Liz Truss
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour

October-December 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
← Oct 2022 20 November – 11 December 2024 (2024-11-20 – 2024-12-11)

Full results for all candidates below
Turnout72.8%[3] (members' vote)
  Rishi Sunak Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch MP crop 3, 2024 (cropped).jpg
Candidate Rishi Sunak Kemi Badenoch
Fourth MPs' ballot 133 (35.0%) 80 (34.2%)
Members' vote 53,806 (56.5%) 41,388 (43.5%)

Leader before election

Rishi Sunak

Elected Leader

Kemi Badenoch

  1. "Government majority". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
  2. "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/02/tory-party-membership-slumps-amid-reform-uk-threat/


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