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THIS IS A PARODY AND NOT AN ACTUAL ELECTION THAT HAS HAPPENED (OBVIOUSLY AS IT IS NOT YET MAY 2ND!!)

2024 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered49,184,965
Turnout72.9% (Increase 5.6 pp)[2]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keir Starmer Ed Davey
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 4 April 2020 27 August 2020
Leader's seat Holborn and
St Pancras
Kingston and
Surbiton
Last election 197 seats, 32.1% 11 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 556 39
Seat change Increase 359 Increase 28
Popular vote 16,852,244 3,790,568
Percentage 47.0 9%
Swing Increase 14.9 pp Decrease 2.6 pp

  Third party Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Rishi Sunak Humza Yousaf Richard Tice
Party Conservative SNP Reform UK
Leader since 24 October 2022 27 March 2023 22 July 2019
Leader's seat Richmond and
Northallerton

(defeated)
Did not stand[a] Hartlepool
(did not win)
Last election 376 seats, 43.6% 48 seats, 3.9% 0 seats, 2.1%
Seats won 20 16 0
Seat change Decrease 356 Decrease 32 Steady
Popular vote 7,171,167 1,254,954 1,254,954
Percentage 20% 3.5% 13
Swing Decrease 23.6 pp Decrease 0.5 pp Increase 10.9 pp

 
Leader Richard Tice

A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency

Prime Minister before election

Rishi Sunak
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Keir Starmer
Labour

  1. ^ Given that Sinn Féin members of Parliament (MPs) practise abstentionism and do not take their seats, while the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is in practice slightly lower.[1] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.
  1. ^ "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.


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