2024 United Kingdom general election

The next United Kingdom general election will be held on 4 July 2024.[1] It will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which determines the next Government of the United Kingdom.[2][3] In addition, this will be the first UK general election where physical forms of voter identification will be a legally needed to vote in Great Britain.[4]

2024 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom
4 July 2024
All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
Conservative Rishi Sunak
Labour Keir Starmer
SNP John Swinney[lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey
DUP Gavin Robinson
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth[lower-alpha 2]
SDLP Colum Eastwood
Alba Alex Salmond[lower-alpha 3]
Green Carla Denyer and
Adrian Ramsay
Alliance Naomi Long
Workers Party George Galloway
Reform UK Nigel Farage
Independent Jeremy Corbyn
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle
Incumbent Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Conservative

Notes
  1. Stephen Flynn leads the SNP in the House of Commons.
  2. Liz Saville Roberts leads Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons.
  3. Neale Hanvey leads Alba in the House of Commons.

References
  1. "UK PM Rishi Sunak set to announce surprise July election as his party seeks to defy dire polls". CNN. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. Kelly, Richard (20 April 2023). "Dissolution of Parliament". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. "Rishi Sunak confirms election will be next year, despite legal right to wait until January 2025". Politics.co.uk. 18 December 2023.
  4. "Our Plan - Conservative Manifesto 2019". Conservative Party. Retrieved 17 December 2019.




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