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24 January – Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, 85, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2020) and leader of the Kensington and Chelsea Council (1989–2000). [96] 1 February – John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, 81, British aristocrat, businessman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1995–2024). [97]
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025. [3] All seats on 14 county councils in England and eight unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They are expected to be the first local elections following the 2024 general election .
Most national opinion polls do not cover Northern Ireland, which has different major political parties from the rest of the United Kingdom. This distinction is made in the tables below in the area column, where "GB" means Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and "UK" means the entire United Kingdom .
The combined vote share for Labour and the Conservatives reached a record low, with smaller parties doing well. Labour returned to being the largest party in Scotland and remained so in Wales. The election was noted as the most disproportionate in modern British history, [2] mainly as a result of the first-past-the-post voting system.
Constituency Name Majority (vote) Majority (%) Aldridge-Brownhills: Wendy Morton: 4,231 10.3 Arundel and South Downs: Andrew Griffith: 12,134 22.2 Basildon and Billericay
British politicians today (15 January) discussed help for rich Americans who want to flee Donald Trump's impending rule in the US. Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat party ...
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The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 7 ] The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats , democratic socialists and trade unionists . [ 17 ]