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    The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house...
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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...
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  • The next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than Wednesday 15 August 2029. It will determine the composition of the House...
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    The 1859 United Kingdom general election returned the Liberal Party to a majority of seats (356 out of 654) in the House of Commons. The Earl of Derby's...
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  • In the run-up to the general election on 8 June 2017, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls...
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    The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted...
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  • of the 2017 United Kingdom general election, by parliamentary constituency were as follows: Results of the 2015 United Kingdom general election Results...
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    The 2017 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 8 June 2017 across 533 constituencies within England. The Conservatives retained...
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    2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons. The election took...
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  • Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is being carried out continually by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Results...
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    The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974. The Labour Party, led by Leader of the Opposition and former...
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  • In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament. Prior to 1945, electoral...
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  • election Endorsements Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2024 United Kingdom general...
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  • five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when all seats...
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    The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people...
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  • 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...
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