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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.
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
The following 650 seats were contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies. [1] England
This is an overview of United Kingdom general election results since 1922. The 1922 election was the first election in the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , after the creation of the Irish Free State removed Southern Ireland from the UK.
In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament.Prior to 1945, electoral competition in the United Kingdom exhibited features which make meaningful comparisons with modern results difficult.
South West England elected 58 MPs, which is 3 more than the 55 elected in 2019 general election. [9] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. [3] In the 2019 general election, the Conservatives won 48 seats in the region and Labour won 6. [23] The Liberal Democrats held Bath ...
0–9. 1802 United Kingdom general election; 1806 United Kingdom general election; 1807 United Kingdom general election; 1812 United Kingdom general election
The Conservative Party gained a majority of seats in the 2019 election. The Scottish National Party increased their number of seats and the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Alliance Party returned to the House of Commons for the first time since their defeats in the 2017 and 2015 general elections respectively.