2024 United Kingdom general election

2024 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons. Figures below show state of the Commons at dissolution. 326 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Conservative Rishi Sunak 345 Labour Keir Starmer 205 SNP John Swinney[a] 43 Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 15 DUP Gavin Robinson[b] 7 Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald[c] 7 Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth[d] 3 SDLP Colum Eastwood 2 Alba Alex Salmond[e] 2 Green Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay 1 Alliance Naomi Long 1 Workers Party George Galloway 1 Reform UK Richard Tice 1 Independent N/A 15 Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 Incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Conservative

The 2024 United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 4 July 2024.^[1] It will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which determines the Government of the United Kingdom. Significant constituency boundary changes will be in effect, the first such changes since before the 2010 general election. It will be the first UK general election where voter identification is required to vote in person in Great Britain.^[f]

The general election will be the first since Brexit, the UK's departure from the European Union, which took place on 31 January 2020, and the first to take place under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. At the beginning of the campaign, the Labour Party had a significant lead in polling over the Conservative Party.^[2] A record number of Conservative MPs will not stand for re-election.

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