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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Voting took place in the House of Commons of the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom.. Under the new rules for the election of the Speaker, introduced in 2001, [3] candidates needed to be nominated by at least twelve Members of Parliament, at least three of them members of a party different from that of the candidate.
The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The elections were due to be held on 7 May 2009, but were delayed in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament .
2009 Gosport Conservative primary; 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election; 2009 Totnes Conservative primary; 2009 UK Independence Party leadership election; 2009 United Kingdom local elections
In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP had only ever contested six Scottish seats – Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997), Glasgow North East (2005, 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997) – until the 2010 General election, when it contested 13 which covered all ...
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies [note 2] across the United Kingdom under the first-past-the-post system. This was the first election held after the age of candidacy was reduced from 21 to 18.
The first death in the United Kingdom related to the 2009 swine flu pandemic is confirmed by the Scottish Government at 20:30 BST. [113] There will eventually be 474 confirmed deaths in the UK. The Big Top 40 Show is the first real-time chart show ever to be broadcast in the United Kingdom, consisting of downloads and airplay. The show is ...
The voting system for general elections in the UK is the first past the post system. [11] The first general election the party faced, then the Labour Representation Committee, was only six months after the inauguration of the party. [12] Fifteen LRC candidates were put forward for the election, two of which were elected in 1900. [12]