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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.
The number of workforce deaths in the coal industry is reported to have fallen to a record low since nationalisation two years ago. [20]With an average Central England temperature of 10.64 °C or 51.15 °F, the record for the hottest year in that series set in 1834 and equalled in 1921 is broken. 1949's record stands until 1990 by when anthropogenic global warming has come largely to control ...
Prior to 1945, electoral competition in the United Kingdom exhibited features which make meaningful comparisons with modern results difficult. Hence, unless otherwise stated, records are based on results since the 1945 general election, and earlier exceptional results are listed separately.
As a result, this year saw an end to the Great Plague of London due to extreme heat and fire. 1690s: Famine: Known as the seven ill years, it occurred throughout Scotland, killing 15% of the population. 1697: Hertfordshire hailstorm: The most severe hailstorm ever documented in the UK, travelling 25 km from Hitchin (Hertfordshire) to Potton ...
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.
A jackpot of €190 million (£170.2 million) was won by a single ticket holder in the UK bearing the winning numbers – 7, 10, 15, 44, 49 and the lucky stars were 3 and 12. The highest jackpot ever won in the UK, and second highest jackpot to date, was £195,707,000 (€230,300,000), on 19 July 2022.
The Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football Conference against the winner of the National Football Conference, with the victor receiving the Vince ...
The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.