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Minor party and independent MPs have been rare in recent times: there were only 13 people elected as such in Great Britain between 1950 and 2023. However, there was a surge at the general election in 2024 , with 4 Green MPs, 5 Reform MPs, and 5 independent candidates elected in constituencies with large Muslim populations, where there was ...
The 2024 Ghanaian general election took place on 7 December 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 9th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. [1] [2]The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though must be qualified to stand for election as such.
The Independent Alliance was formed on 2 September 2024 by Jeremy Corbyn, formerly leader of the Labour Party, alongside Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Ayoub Khan and Iqbal Mohamed. All five members were elected as independent MPs in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The formation was in part to gain more time to speak in parliament. [1 ...
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 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
Four MPs — Nadine Dorries, [1] [2] Nigel Adams, [3] [4] Chris Skidmore [5] (all Conservative) and Chris Pincher [6] (independent, elected as Conservative) — announced their intention not to stand again, but later resigned from Parliament before the election, and are not included in the figures below.
This is the list of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2024–present. The Members of Parliament (MPs), who were elected in the 2024 general election and during the 59th Parliament, are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office in the House of Commons .
At the deadline on 7 June 2024, a total of 132 MPs announced they were standing down at the election. [3] This included a record number of Conservative MPs. 29 former Members of Parliament intend to stand in the election. [4] For the first time since 2015, there were no vacant seats at dissolution.