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Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, the next general election was scheduled to be held no later than 5 May 2022, [1] and it was accelerated from that timetable by the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019, meaning polling day fell on 12 December 2019.
Welsh constituencies used in the election, labelled. The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, as amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, mandated the number of seats in Wales be reduced from 40 to 32 to more accurately reflect its share of registered voters, including one coterminous with the Isle of Anglesey.
The elections were marked by voter apathy, with turnout falling to 59.4%, the lowest (and first under 70%) since the Coupon Election of 1918. Throughout the election the Labour Party had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some bookmakers paid out for a Labour majority before election day.
Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election was carried out by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.
In other constituencies the Alliance vote was generally down slightly from their peak in 2019, but higher than any previous elections. The UUP gained a seat in the House of Commons for the first time since 2015 , with the election of Robin Swann in South Antrim , Swann achieved the highest majority in South Antrim since 1997 (7,512).
The 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 place in 650 constituencies [ note 2 ] across the United Kingdom under the first-past-the-post system.
The hypothetical results of the 2019 election, if they had taken place under boundaries recommended by the Sixth Periodic Review. Notional election results are calculations made, usually following boundary changes of electoral districts brought about by population shifts, to determine what election results would have been in previous elections had the newly created boundaries then been in place.
