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The largest majority received by an individual is also Sir Cooper Rawson, re-elected with a majority of 62,253 (35.2% of votes) at Brighton in 1931. [ 1 ] : 101 The largest majority received by a woman is 38,823 (71.4% of votes) by the Countess of Iveagh elected MP for Southend in 1931.
A negative majority means that there was a hung parliament (or minority government) following that election. For example, at the 1929 general election, Labour was 42 seats short of forming a majority, and so its majority is listed as −42. If the party in office changed the figure is re-calculated, but no allowance is made for changes after ...
In 1923, the Conservatives lost their majority, and the Labour Party were put into office for the first time with the support of the re-united Liberals. However, this minority government only lasted 10 months, and the Conservatives returned to power in 1924 with a large majority.
Office held whilst in Parliament Year elected Seat held by party since Defeated by Party Conservative: Bim Afolami [6] Hitchin [n 1] Economic Secretary to the Treasury: 2017: 1997: Alistair Strathern: Labour: Peter Aldous [7] Lowestoft [n 2] 2010: 2010: Jessica Asato: Labour: Caroline Ansell [8] Eastbourne: 2019: 2019: Josh Babarinde: Liberal ...
The centre-left Labour won a massive majority in the 650-seat parliament. Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffered the worst performance in the party's long history as voters punished them for a cost ...
3.6 Largest numerical majority overturned. 3.7 Lowest winning share of the vote. 3.8 Lowest share of the vote. ... When the UK Parliament was established in 1801, ...
This table relates to the composition of the House of Commons after the 2024 UK general election and summarises the changes in party affiliation that took place during the 2024–present Parliament. Affiliation
At the start of the election period, Labour-supporting organisation Momentum held what was described as "the largest mobilising call in UK history", involving more than 2,000 canvassers. [130] The organisation challenged Labour supporters to devote a week or more to campaigning full-time; by 4 December, 1,400 people had signed up.