2024 United Kingdom general election in England

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2024 United Kingdom general election in England
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All 543 English seats in the House of Commons
Turnout60% (Decrease7.4 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg
Ed Davey election infobox.jpg
Leader Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak Ed Davey
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 4 April 2020 24 October 2022 27 August 2020[a]
Leader's seat Holborn and St Pancras Richmond and Northallerton Kingston and Surbiton
Last election 179 seats, 34.0% 349 seats, 47.2% 7 seats, 12.4%
Seats before 184 331 11
Seats won 347 116 65
Seat change Increase166 Decrease229 Increase59
Popular vote 8,365,122 6,279,411 3,199,060
Percentage 34.4% 25.9% 13.2%
Swing Increase0.5% Decrease21.3% Increase0.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Nigel Farage Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Party Reform UK Green
Leader since 3 June 2024 1 October 2021
Leader's seat Clacton Bristol Central and Waveney Valley
Last election 0 seats, 2.0% 1 seat, 3.0%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Increase5 Increase3
Popular vote 3,726,224 1,780,226
Percentage 15.3% 7.3%
Swing Increase13.3%[b] Increase4.3%
*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.

The 2024 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 4 July across 543 constituencies within the nine regions in England.

Electoral system

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The 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

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Party[6] Seats Aggregate votes
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Differ­ence
Labour 347 173 7 Increase166 63.9 8,339,884 34.34 Increase 0.5
Conservative 116 1 230 Decrease229 21.4 6,279,411 25.85 Decrease21.3
Reform UK 5 5 0 Increase  5 0.9 3,726,224 15.34 Increase13.3
Liberal Democrats 65 59 0 Increase 59 12.0 3,199,060 13.17 Increase 0.8
Green 4 3 0 Increase  3 0.7 1,780,226 7.33 Increase 4.3
Independent 5 5 0 Increase  5 0.9 513,266 2.11 Increase 1.4
Workers Party 0 New — 208,234 0.86 New
SDP 0 0 0 Steady — 33,385 0.14 Increase 0.1
Speaker 1 0 0 Steady 0.2 25,238 0.10 Steady
Yorkshire 0 0 0 Steady — 17,227 0.07 Steady
Ind. Network 0 Did not stand in 2019 — 13,663 0.06 —
TUSC 0 Did not stand in 2019 — 10,507 0.04 —
Rejoin EU 0 New — 9,245 0.04 New
Liberal 0 0 0 Steady — 5,894 0.02 Steady
UKIP 0 0 0 Steady — 5,617 0.02 Steady
CPA 0 0 0 Steady — 5,604 0.02 Steady
Heritage 0 New — 5,441 0.02 New
Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 Steady — 5,421 0.02 Steady
English Democrat 0 0 0 Steady — 5,182 0.02 Steady
Party of Women 0 New — 5,077 0.02 New
Hampshire Ind. 0 0 0 Steady — 2,872 0.01 Steady
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 2,397 0.01 Steady
Climate 0 New — 1,863 0.01 New
British Democrats 0 Did not stand in 2019 — 1,860 0.01 —
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 0 New — 1,586 0.01 New
Communist 0 Did not stand in 2019 — 1,585 0.01 —
English Constitution 0 New — 1,563 0.01 New
Animal Welfare 0 0 0 Steady — 1,486 0.01 Steady
True & Fair 0 New — 1,440 0.01 New
Workers Revolutionary 0 0 0 Steady — 1,190 0 Steady
Others 0 0 0 Steady — 76,474 0.3 Steady
Total 543 24,288,122 60.0 Decrease 7.4
Aggregate votes
Labour
 
 34.3%
Conservative
 
 25.9%
Reform UK
 
 15.3%
Liberal Democrats
 
 13.2%
Green
 
 7.3%
Independent
 
 2.1%
Other
 
 1.9%
Members of parliament
Labour
 
 64.1%
Conservative
 
 21.4%
Liberal Democrats
 
 12.0%
Reform UK
 
 0.9%
Independent
 
 0.9%
Green
 
 0.7%

Analysis

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The 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. Liz Truss lost her own seat of South West Norfolk to Labour.[7] The only Conservative gain in England was Leicester East, where a split Labour vote between the official labour candidate and former Labour MPs Claudia Webbe and Keith Vaz depressed the Labour vote.[8]

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

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East of England

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England
Results in the East of England

The East of England elected 61 MPs, 3 more than the 58 elected in 2019 general election.[9] 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.[10] Labour won 5 and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat (St Albans).[11]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[12]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 27 22 0 Increase22 44.3 834,896 29.4 Increase4.9
Conservative 23 0 29 Decrease29 37.7 869,395 30.6 Decrease26.6
Liberal Democrats 7 6 0 Increase6 11.5 375,641 13.2 Decrease0.2
Reform UK 3 3 0 Increase3 4.9 496,238 17.5 Increase17.1
Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.6 195,665 6.9 Increase4.0
  Others 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 68,331 2.4 Increase0.8
Total 61 Increase3 2,840,166
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § East of England

East Midlands

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands

The East Midlands elected 47 MPs, which is one more than the 46 elected in 2019 general election.[13] 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.[14]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[15]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 29 23 2 Increase21 61.7 753,722 35.3 Increase3.5
Conservative 15 1 24 Decrease23 31.9 626,568 29.4 Decrease25.5
Reform UK 2 2 0 Increase2 4.3 403,470 18.9 Increase17.4
  Others 1 1 0 Increase1 2.1 79,534 3.7 Increase2.1
Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 136,929 6.4 Decrease1.4
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 133,447 6.3 Increase3.8
Total 47 Increase 1 2,133,670
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § East Midlands

London

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Results by constituency
See also: Parliamentary constituencies in London

Greater London elected 75 MPs, which is 2 more than the 73 elected in 2019 general election.[16] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[17]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 59 11 1 Increase10 78.7 1,432,622 43.0 Decrease5.1
Conservative 9 0 12 Decrease12 12.0 685,082 20.6 Decrease11.4
Liberal Democrats 6 3 0 Increase3 8.0 367,424 11.0 Decrease3.9
  Others 1 1 0 Increase1 1.3 223,916 6.7 Increase6.2
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 334,791 10.0 Increase6.9
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 289,459 8.7 Increase7.3
Total 75 Increase2 3,333,294
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § London

North East England

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in North East England

North East England elected 27 MPs, which is two fewer than the 29 elected in 2019 general election.[18] 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.[19]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[20]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 26 7 0 Increase7 96.3 504,579 45.4 Increase2.8
Conservative 1 0 9 Decrease9 3.7 225,261 20.3 Decrease18.0
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 220,875 19.9 Increase12.0
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 66,618 6.0 Increase3.7
Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 64,845 5.8 Decrease1.1
  Others 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 29,447 2.6 Increase0.8
Total 27 Decrease 2 1,111,625
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § North East England

North West England

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in North West England

North West England elected 73 MPs, which is 2 less than the 75 elected in 2019 general election.[21] 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.[22]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[23]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 65 25 1 Increase24 87.7 1,335,978 43.3 Decrease2.3
Conservative 3 0 29 Decrease29 4.1 583,216 18.9 Decrease18.7
Liberal Democrats 3 2 0 Increase2 4.1 244,828 7.9 Steady
  Others 1 1 0 Increase1 2.7 173,159 5.6 Increase3.9
Speaker 1 0 0 Steady 1.23 25,238 0.82 Steady
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 509,997 16.5 Increase12.7
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 214,926 7.0 Increase4.6
Total 73 Decrease 2 3,087,342
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § North West England

South East England

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in South East England

South East England elected 91 MPs, which is 7 more than the 84 elected in 2019 general election.[24] 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.[25] The Liberal Democrats held Oxford West and Abingdon and the Greens held Brighton Pavilion.[26]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[27]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 36 28 0 Increase28 39.6 1,067,997 24.5 Increase2.4
Conservative 30 0 44 Decrease44 31.9 1,331,753 30.6 Decrease23.6
Liberal Democrats 24 23 0 Increase23 26.4 951,213 21.9 Increase3.6
Green 1 0 0 Steady 1.1 299,665 6.9 Increase3.0
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 609,281 14.0 Increase13.8
  Others 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 90,428 2.1 Increase0.8
Total 91 Increase 7 4,350,337
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § South East England

South West England

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in South West England

South West England elected 58 MPs, which is 3 more than the 55 elected in 2019 general election.[28] 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.[29] The Liberal Democrats held Bath.[30]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[31]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Liberal Democrats 22 21 0 Increase21 37.9 687,731 24.7 Increase6.6
Conservative 11 0 37 Decrease37 19.0 785,672 28.2 Decrease24.7
Labour 24 19 1 Increase18 41.4 682,093 24.5 Increase1.2
Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.7 206,780 7.4 Increase3.7
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 384,241 13.8 Increase13.5
  Others 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 39,737 1.4 Decrease0.1
Total 58 Increase 3 2,786,254
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § South West England

West Midlands

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands elected 57 MPs, which is 2 fewer than the 59 elected in 2019 general election.[32] The election was fought under the boundaries created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[33]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 38 24 1 Increase23 66.7 824,873 34.0 Increase0.1
Conservative 15 0 29 Decrease29 26.3 668,868 27.6 Decrease25.9
Liberal Democrats 2 2 0 Increase2 3.5 214,493 8.8 Increase0.9
Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.8 159,129 6.6 Increase3.7
  Others 1 1 0 Increase1 1.8 118,006 4.9 Increase4.5
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 439,268 18.1 Increase16.8
Total 57 Decrease 2 2,424,637
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

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See also: Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber elected 54 MPs, which is the same amount elected in 2019 general election.[34] 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.[35]

Party Seats Aggregate votes[36]
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 43 16 1 Increase15 79.6 907,767 40.9 Increase2.1
Conservative 9 0 17 Decrease17 16.7 506,450 22.8 Decrease20.2
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 Increase1 1.9 158,326 7.1 Decrease0.9
  Others 1 1 0 Increase1 1.9 110,087 5.0 Increase3.2
Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 371,658 16.7 Increase10.8
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 167,514 7.5 Increase5.3
Total 54 Steady 2,221,802
Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § Yorkshire and the Humber

Candidates

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Main articles: Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election and Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency

Opinion polling

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Compared to the Brexit Party

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