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
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First party Second party Third party   Leader Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak Ed Davey Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 4 April 2020 24 October 2022 27 August 2020 [lower-alpha 1] 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 166 229 59 Popular vote 8,365,122 6,279,411 3,199,060 Percentage 34.4% 25.9% 13.2% Swing 0.5% 21.3% 0.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   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 5 3 Popular vote 3,726,224 1,780,226 Percentage 15.3% 7.3% Swing 13.3% [lower-alpha 2] 4.3%
*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

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]

Analysis

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. ^[6] 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. ^[7]

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.

Results

Party [8]		Seats					Aggregate votes
		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	New			—	208,234	0.9	New
	SDP	0	0	0		—	33,385	0.1	0.1
	Speaker	1	0	0		0.2	25,238	0.1
	Yorkshire	0	0	0		—	17,227	0.1
	Ind. Network	0	Did not stand in 2019			—	13,663	0.1	—
	TUSC	0	Did not stand in 2019			—	10,507	0	—
	Rejoin EU	0	New			—	9,245	0	New
	Liberal	0	0	0		—	5,894	0
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	5,617	0
	CPA	0	0	0		—	5,604	0
	Heritage	0	New			—	5,441	0	New
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0		—	5,421	0
	English Democrat	0	0	0		—	5,182	0
	Party of Women	0	New			—	5,077	0	New
	Hampshire Ind.	0	0	0		—	2,872	0
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	2,397	0
	Climate	0	New			—	1,863	0	New
	British Democrats	0	Did not stand in 2019			—	1,860	0	—
	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	0	New			—	1,586	0	New
	Communist	0	Did not stand in 2019			—	1,585	0	—
	English Constitution	0	New			—	1,563	0	New
	Animal Welfare	0	0	0		—	1,486	0
	True & Fair	0	New			—	1,440	0	New
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		—	1,190	0
	Others	0	0	0		—	76,474	0.3
Total		543					24,288,122	60.0	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%

By region

East of England

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
	Conservative	23	0	29	29	37.7	869,395	30.6	26.6
	Labour	27	22	0	22	44.3	834,896	29.4	4.9
	Reform UK	3	3	0	3	4.9	496,238	17.5	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	7	6	0	6	11.5	375,641	13.2	0.2
	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

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § East of England

East Midlands

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	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
	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
	Others	1	1	0	1	2.1	79,534	3.7	2.1
Total		47			1		2,133,670

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § East Midlands

London

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	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
	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
	Others	1	1	0	1	1.3	223,916	6.7	6.2
Total		75			2		3,333,294

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § London

North East England

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	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

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § North East England

North West England

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	24	87.7	1,335,978	43.3	2.3
	Conservative	3	0	29	29	4.1	583,216	18.9	18.7
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	509,997	16.5	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	0	2	4.1	244,828	7.9
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	214,926	7.0	4.6
	Speaker	1	0	0		1.2	25,238	0.8
	Others	1	1	0	1	2.7	173,159	5.6	3.9
Total		73			2		3,087,342

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § North West England

South East England

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
	Conservative	30	0	44	44	31.9	1,331,753	30.6	23.6
	Labour	36	28	0	28	39.6	1,067,997	24.5	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	24	23	0	23	26.4	951,213	21.9	3.6
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	609,281	14.0	13.8
	Green	1	0	0		1.1	299,665	6.9	3.0
	Others	0	0	0		0.0	90,428	2.1	0.8
Total		91			7		4,350,337

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § South East England

South West England

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
	Conservative	11	0	37	37	19.0	785,672	28.2	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	22	21	0	21	37.9	687,731	24.7	6.6
	Labour	24	19	1	18	41.4	682,093	24.5	1.2
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	384,241	13.8	13.5
	Green	1	1	0	1	1.7	206,780	7.4	3.7
	Others	0	0	0		0.0	39,737	1.4	0.1
Total		58			3		2,786,254

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § South West England

West Midlands

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	23	66.7	824,873	34.0	0.1
	Conservative	15	0	29	29	26.3	668,868	27.6	25.9
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	439,268	18.1	16.8
	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
Total		57			2		2,424,637

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

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	15	79.6	907,767	40.9	2.1
	Conservative	9	0	17	17	16.7	506,450	22.8	20.2
	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
	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
Total		54					2,221,802

Further information: Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency § Yorkshire and the Humber

Candidates

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

Opinion polling

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

See also

• Politics portal
• England portal
• United Kingdom portal

• 2024 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
• 2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
• 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales
• Clacton in the 2024 general election
• Islington North in the 2024 general election
• South West Norfolk in the 2024 general election

Notes

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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