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HISTORIC UK GENERAL ELECTION · 4 JULY 2024
2024 UK general election results
A huge majority on a fragmented vote
Largest party411 seats
Labour returned with 411 MPs as the Conservatives recorded their lowest seat total in their history.
What happened?
Labour was the largest grouping with 411 seats, ahead of Conservative on 121. 172-seat government majority.
Who formed the government?
Keir Starmer led the labour majority government after the election.
Was it a shock?
A Labour majority was expected. The Conservatives' record-low seat total and the precise distribution of a fragmented vote gave the result its historic scale.
CONTEXT
Britain before the vote
The Conservatives had governed for 14 years and changed prime minister three times during the Parliament. The opposition vote was split across Labour, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, Greens and nationalist parties.
RESULT
What the election changed
Labour won 411 seats, the Conservatives 121 and the Liberal Democrats 72. Reform won five seats despite a larger UK vote share than the Liberal Democrats, another sharp illustration of geographic efficiency under first past the post.
SWING
10.8-point swing to Labour
Two-party swing calculated from the 2019 and 2024 UK vote shares.
BOUNDARIES
How to read the seat total
This is the only result here fought on the current 650-seat boundary set. It is the correct geographic baseline for Road to 326's modern map and predictor.
SOURCES