2024 United Kingdom general election in England
The 2024 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 4 July across 543 constituencies within the nine regions in England.
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![]() *Seat figure does not include Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, who was included in the Labour seat total by some media outlets. |
Electoral system
editThe election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3] Due to population growth, England elected 10 more MPs than in 2019.[4] The North East, North West, and West Midlands lost seats, while the East Midlands, East, London, South East, and South West gained seats.[5]
Results
editParty[6] | Seats | Aggregate votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 347 | 173 | 7 | 166 | 63.9 | 8,339,884 | 34.3 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | 116 | 1 | 230 | 229 | 21.4 | 6,279,411 | 25.9 | 21.3 | |
Reform UK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 3,726,224 | 15.3 | 13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 65 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 12.0 | 3,199,060 | 13.2 | 0.8 | |
Green | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.7 | 1,780,226 | 7.3 | 4.3 | |
Independent | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 513,266 | 2.1 | 1.4 | |
Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 208,234 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 25,238 | 0.1 | |||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33,385 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Yorkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17,227 | 0.0 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10,507 | 0.0 | |||
Rejoin EU | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9,245 | 0.0 | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,894 | 0.0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,617 | 0.0 | |||
CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,604 | 0.0 | |||
Heritage | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,441 | 0.0 | |||
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,421 | 0.0 | |||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,182 | 0.0 | |||
Party of Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5,077 | 0.0 | |||
Hampshire Ind. | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2,872 | 0.0 | |||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2,397 | 0.0 | |||
Climate | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1,863 | 0.0 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1,585 | 0.0 | |||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 99,262 | 0.9 | |||
Total | 543 | 24,288,122 | 60.0 | 7.4 |
Analysis
editThe Labour Party won the majority of seats in England for the first time since 2005, with a net gain of 166 seats for a total of 348. Labour won the most seats in every region of England for the first time, Labour also won the most votes in all but two regions, coming second behind the Conservatives in South East England and third behind the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in South West England. Every Labour gain in England was from the Conservatives compared to 2019, this does not include seats that Labour lost due to defections and by-elections during the Parliament but regained in this election, such as Rochdale from the Workers Party. Labour's seven losses were all in England, five to independents including former leader Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North, one to the Green Party in Bristol Central and one to the Conservative Party in Leicester East.
The Conservative Party had their worst ever result in England, being reduced to 116 seats following a net loss of 229. The Conservatives lost the majority of their seats in every region of England, and lost most of their 'red wall' seats which they had gained from Labour in 2019, for example only one Conservative MP was elected in North East England (Stockton West), and only three Conservative MPs were elected in North West England. Nearly a third of Conservative losses in England were to the Liberal Democrats, particularly in South East England and South West England. Both Reform UK and the Green Party also gained from the Conservatives. The only Conservative gain in England, or anywhere in the UK, was Leicester East.
The Liberal Democrats had their best ever result in England, and the best result for any liberal party in England since 1923, they won 65 seats, 59 gains from 2019. Every Liberal Democrat gain was from the Conservatives, and were mainly in the south of England. The Liberal Democrats came second in terms of votes and seats in South West England, outpolling Labour on votes and the Conservatives on seats. The only regions in England without any Liberal Democrat MPs are East Midlands and North East England.
Reform UK won five seats, all in England, three in East of England and two in East Midlands, all five were gains from the Conservatives. Party leader Nigel Farage was elected in Clacton, former leader Richard Tice was elected in Boston and Skegness, and Lee Anderson who had defected from the Conservatives, was re-elected in Ashfield, the other two Reform seats were Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) and South Basildon and East Thurrock (James McMurdock). All five seats were strongly pro-Brexit, each voting more than 70% to Leave in 2016. Reform finished in third place in terms of votes in East of England, North East England (just 0.4% behind the Conservatives), North West England, East Midlands, West Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber. Most of the seats where Reform UK came second were in England, particularly in the north behind Labour and ahead of the Conservatives.
The Green Party had their best ever result. They won four seats, Siân Berry defended Brighton Pavilion after Caroline Lucas did not stand again, while co-leader Carla Denyer gained Bristol Central from Labour, co-leader Adrian Ramsay gained Waveney Valley from the Conservatives, and Ellie Chowns gained North Herefordshire from the Conservatives. The Green Party therefore has MPs across four English regions: one each in East of England, South East England, South West England and West Midlands. The Green Party also came second in many safe Labour seats for the first time, including most seats in central London, and every other seat in Bristol.
Five independent MPs were elected in England, the highest number of independent MPs since 1945. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn held his seat in Islington North, after being expelled from the party. The other four independent gains were in previously safe Labour seats: Blackburn, Birmingham Perry Barr, Dewsbury and Batley and Leicester South. Each constituency had a large Muslim population, and these independents were elected in opposition to Labour's stance on the Israel-Gaza war.
By region
editEast of England
editThe East of England elected 61 MPs, 3 more than the 58 elected in 2019 general election.[7] 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 52 seats in the region.[8] Labour won 5 and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat (St Albans).[9]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[10] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 27 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 44.3 | 834,896 | 29.4 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | 23 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 37.7 | 869,395 | 30.6 | 26.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11.5 | 375,641 | 13.2 | 0.2 | |
Reform UK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4.9 | 496,238 | 17.5 | 17.1 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 195,665 | 6.9 | 4.0 | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68,331 | 2.4 | 0.8 | ||
Total | 61 | 3 | 2,840,166 |
East Midlands
editThe East Midlands elected 47 MPs, which is one more than the 46 elected in 2019 general election.[11] 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 38 seats in the region and Labour won 8.[12]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[13] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 29 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 61.7 | 753,722 | 35.3 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | 15 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 31.9 | 626,568 | 29.4 | 25.5 | |
Reform UK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 403,470 | 18.9 | 17.4 | |
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 79,534 | 3.7 | 2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 136,929 | 6.4 | 1.4 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 133,447 | 6.3 | 3.8 | ||
Total | 47 | 1 | 2,133,670 |
London
editGreater London elected 75 MPs, which is 2 more than the 73 elected in 2019 general election.[14] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[15] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 59 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 78.7 | 1,432,622 | 43.0 | 5.1 | |
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | 685,082 | 20.6 | 11.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8.0 | 367,424 | 11.0 | 3.9 | |
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 223,916 | 6.7 | 6.2 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 334,791 | 10.0 | 6.9 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 289,459 | 8.7 | 7.3 | ||
Total | 75 | 2 | 3,333,294 |
North East England
editNorth East England elected 27 MPs, which is two fewer than the 29 elected in 2019 general election.[16] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3] In the 2019 general election, Labour won 19 seats and the Conservatives won 10.[17]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[18] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 26 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 96.3 | 504,579 | 45.4 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3.7 | 225,261 | 20.3 | 18.0 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 220,875 | 19.9 | 12.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66,618 | 6.0 | 3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64,845 | 5.8 | 1.1 | ||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29,447 | 2.6 | 0.8 | ||
Total | 27 | 2 | 1,111,625 |
North West England
editNorth West England elected 73 MPs, which is 2 less than the 75 elected in 2019 general election.[19] 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 32 seats in the region and Labour won 41.[20]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[21] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 64 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 87.7 | 1,335,978 | 43.3 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 4.1 | 583,216 | 18.9 | 18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 244,828 | 7.9 | ||
Others | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 173,159 | 5.6 | 3.9 | |
Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 25,238 | 0.82 | |||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 509,997 | 16.5 | 12.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 214,926 | 7.0 | 4.6 | ||
Total | 73 | 2 | 3,087,342 |
South East England
editSouth East England elected 91 MPs, which is 7 more than the 84 elected in 2019 general election.[22] 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 74 seats in the region and Labour won 8.[23] The Liberal Democrats held Oxford West and Abingdon and the Greens held Brighton Pavilion.[24]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[25] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 36 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 39.6 | 1,067,997 | 24.5 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | 30 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 31.9 | 1,331,753 | 30.6 | 23.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 26.4 | 951,213 | 21.9 | 3.6 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 299,665 | 6.9 | 3.0 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 609,281 | 14.0 | 13.8 | ||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 90,428 | 2.1 | 0.8 | ||
Total | 91 | 7 | 4,350,337 |
South West England
editSouth West England elected 58 MPs, which is 3 more than the 55 elected in 2019 general election.[26] 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.[27] The Liberal Democrats held Bath.[28]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[29] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Liberal Democrats | 22 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 37.9 | 687,731 | 24.7 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | 11 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 19.0 | 785,672 | 28.2 | 24.7 | |
Labour | 24 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 41.4 | 682,093 | 24.5 | 1.2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 206,780 | 7.4 | 3.7 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 384,241 | 13.8 | 13.5 | ||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39,737 | 1.4 | 0.1 | ||
Total | 58 | 3 | 2,786,254 |
West Midlands
editThe West Midlands elected 57 MPs, which is 2 fewer than the 59 elected in 2019 general election.[30] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[31] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 38 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 66.7 | 824,873 | 34.0 | 0.1 | |
Conservative | 15 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 26.3 | 668,868 | 27.6 | 25.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | 214,493 | 8.8 | 0.9 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 159,129 | 6.6 | 3.7 | |
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 118,006 | 4.9 | 4.5 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 439,268 | 18.1 | 16.8 | ||
Total | 57 | 2 | 2,424,637 |
Yorkshire and the Humber
editYorkshire and the Humber elected 54 MPs, which is the same amount elected in 2019 general election.[32] 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 26 seats in the region and Labour won 28.[33]
Party | Seats | Aggregate votes[34] | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 43 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 79.6 | 907,767 | 40.9 | 2.1 | |
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 16.7 | 506,450 | 22.8 | 20.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 158,326 | 7.1 | 0.9 | |
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 110,087 | 5.0 | 3.2 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 371,658 | 16.7 | 10.8 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 167,514 | 7.5 | 5.3 | ||
Total | 54 | 2,221,802 |
Candidates
editOpinion polling
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ Davey served as Acting Leader from 13 December 2019 to 27 August 2020 alongside the Party Presidents Baroness Sal Brinton and Mark Pack, following Jo Swinson's election defeat in the 2019 general election. Davey was elected Leader in August 2020.[2]
- ^ Compared to the Brexit Party
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The maximum term of a Parliament is five years from the day on which it first met. The current Parliament first met on Tuesday 17 December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on Tuesday 17 December 2024, unless it has been dissolved sooner by the King.
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