2024 United Kingdom general election

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2024 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom
← 2019 4 July 2024
All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
Conservative Rishi Sunak 346
Labour Keir Starmer 205
Scottish National John Swinney[a] 43
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 15
Democratic Unionist Gavin Robinson (interim) 7
Sinn Féin Michelle O'Neill 7
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth[b] 3
Social Democratic and Labour Colum Eastwood 2
Alba Alex Salmond[c] 2
Green Carla Denyer and
Adrian Ramsay 		1
Alliance Naomi Long 1
Workers Party George Galloway 1
Reform UK Richard Tice 1
Independent N/A 15
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Conservative

The 2024 United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 4 July 2024.[1] It will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which determines the Government of the United Kingdom. Significant constituency boundary changes will be in effect, the first such changes since before the 2010 general election. In addition, it will be the first UK general election where physical forms of voter identification will be a legal requirement to vote at a polling station in Great Britain.[d]

The election will be the first since Brexit, the UK's departure from the European Union, which took place on 31 January 2020.


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Background[edit]

The results of the 2019 general election are given below, alongside the current numbers in the House of Commons. Seat counts have changed through 23 by-elections and a number of defections and suspensions of members from their party that have taken place throughout the present parliament.

Affiliation Members
Elected in 2019[2] Current[3] Change
Conservative 365 346 Decrease 19
Labour[e] 202 205 Increase 3
Scottish National 48 43 Decrease 5
Liberal Democrats 11 15 Increase 4
Democratic Unionist 8 7 Decrease 1
Sinn Féin 7 7 Steady
Plaid Cymru 4 3 Decrease 1
Social Democratic and Labour 2 2 Steady
Alba N/A[f] 2[g] Increase 2
Green 1 1 Steady
Alliance 1 1 Steady
Workers Party N/A[f] 1 Increase 1
Reform UK 0 1 Increase 1
Speaker 1 1 Steady
Independent 0 15[h] Increase 15
Total 650 650 Steady
Voting total[i] 639 638 Decrease 1[j]
Vacant 0 0 Steady
Government majority 87 44[8] Decrease 43
This table:

For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see By-elections and Defections, suspensions and resignations.

When local elections were held in 2021 the Conservative Party made gains, mainly at the expense of the Labour Party. Since then, the Conservative Party has had several high-profile political scandals and crises and has seen a decrease in their popularity in opinion polling. This was reflected in the poor results for the Conservative Party at both the 2022, 2023 and 2024 local elections. As a result of the 2023 local elections, Labour became the party with most members elected to local government for the first time since 2002.

In March 2022 the Labour Party abandoned all-women shortlists, citing legal advice that continuing to use them for choosing parliamentary candidates would be an unlawful practice under the Equality Act 2010, since the majority of Labour MPs were now women.[9]

In September 2022, Liz Truss became Prime Minister, resigning after 49 days, becoming the shortest serving Prime Minister.[10] In October 2022, Rishi Sunak became the third Prime Minister of the Parliament.[10]

In March 2024, Reform UK announced an electoral pact with the Northern Irish unionist party TUV.[11] The parties will stand mutually agreed candidates in Northern Ireland constituencies in the election.[12] Reform UK also announced a pact with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a minor socially conservative party.[13]

On 22 May 2024 Rishi Sunak announced that he had advised the King to order the dissolution of Parliament and called a general election for 4 July 2024.[14]

The election will be the first July general election since 1945,[15] and the first to take place under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, as well as the first under the reign of King Charles III.

Electoral system[edit]

See also: Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and Politics of the United Kingdom

General elections in the United Kingdom are organised using first-past-the-post voting. The Conservative Party, which won a majority at the 2019 general election, included pledges in its manifesto to remove the 15-year limit on voting for British citizens living abroad, and to introduce a voter identification requirement in Great Britain.[16] These changes were included in the Elections Act 2022.

Boundary reviews[edit]

Main article: List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2024 to present) by region

The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which proposed reducing the number of constituencies from 650 to 600, commenced in 2011 but temporarily stopped in January 2013. Following the 2015 general election, each of the four parliamentary boundary commissions of the United Kingdom recommenced their review process in April 2016.[17][18][19] The four commissions submitted their final recommendations to the Secretary of State on 5 September 2018[20][21] and made their reports public a week later.[22][23][24][20] However, the proposals were never put forward for approval before the calling of the general election held on 12 December 2019, and in December 2020 the reviews were formally abandoned under the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020.[25]

A projection by psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher of how the 2017 votes would have translated to seats under the 2018 boundaries suggested the changes would have been beneficial to the Conservative Party and detrimental to the Labour Party.[26][27]

In March 2020, Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith confirmed that the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies would be based on retaining 650 seats.[28][29] The previous relevant legislation was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[30] and the four boundary commissions formally launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021.[31][32][33][34] They were required to issue their final reports prior to 1 July 2023.[25] Once the reports have been laid before Parliament, Orders in Council giving effect to the final proposals must be made within four months, unless "there are exceptional circumstances". Prior to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, boundary changes could not be implemented until they were approved by both Houses of Parliament.

The boundary changes were approved at a meeting of the Privy Council on 15 November 2023[35] and came into force on 29 November 2023,[36] meaning that the election will be contested on these new boundaries.[37]

Notional 2019 results[edit]

Main article: Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency
The notional results of the 2019 election, if they had taken place under boundaries recommended by the Sixth Periodic Review.

The election will be contested under new constituency boundaries established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Consequently, media outlets tend to report seat gains and losses as compared to notional results. These are the results if all votes cast in 2019 were unchanged, but regrouped by new constituency boundaries.[38] Notional results in the UK are always estimated, usually with the assistance of local election results, because vote counts at parliamentary elections in the UK do not yield figures at any level more specific than that of the whole constituency.[39]

In England, seats will be redistributed towards Southern England, away from Northern England, due to the different rates of population growth. North West England and North East England will lose two seats each whereas South East England will gain seven seats and South West England will gain three seats.[40] Based on historical voting patterns, this is expected to help the Conservatives.[41] Based on these new boundaries, different parties would have won several constituencies with unchanged names but changed boundaries in 2019. For example, the Conservatives would have won Wirral West and Leeds North West instead of the Labour Party, but Labour would have won Pudsey and Heywood & Middleton instead of the Conservatives. Westmorland and Lonsdale, the constituency represented by former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, is now notionally a Conservative seat.

In Scotland, 57 MPs will be elected, down from the 59 in 2019, with the following notional partisan composition of Scotland's parliamentary delegation:[42] The Scottish National Party would remain steady on 48 seats, despite two of their constituencies being dissolved. The Scottish Conservatives' seat count of six would likewise remain unchanged. Scottish Labour would have retained Edinburgh South, the sole constituency they won in 2019. Had the 2019 general election occurred with the new boundaries in effect, the Scottish Liberal Democrats would have only won two seats (Edinburgh West and Orkney and Shetland), instead of the four they did win that year, as the expanded electorates in the other two would overcome their slender majorities.

Under the new boundaries, Wales will lose eight seats, electing 32 MPs instead of the 40 they elected in 2019. Welsh Labour would have won 18 instead of the 22 MPs they elected in 2019, and the Welsh Conservatives 12 instead of 14. Due to the abolition and merging of rural constituencies in West Wales, Plaid Cymru would have only won two seats instead of four. Nonetheless, the boundaries are expected to cause difficulty for the Conservatives as more pro-Labour areas are added to some of their safest seats.[43]

In Northern Ireland, the notional results are identical to the actual results of the 2019 general election in Northern Ireland.

Notional 2019 results on 2023 boundaries[39]
Party MPs
2019 actual result 2019 notional result Change
Conservative 365 372 Increase 7
Labour 202 200 Decrease 2
Scottish National 48 48 Steady
Liberal Democrats 11 8 Decrease 3
Democratic Unionist 8 8 Steady
Sinn Féin 7 7 Steady
Plaid Cymru 4 2 Decrease 2
Social Democratic and Labour 2 2 Steady
Green 1 1 Steady
Alliance 1 1 Steady
Speaker 1 1 Steady

Date of the election[edit]

Originally the next election was scheduled to take place on 2 May 2024 under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.[k] However, at the 2019 general election, in which the Conservatives won a majority of 80 seats, the party's manifesto contained a commitment to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.[45] In December 2020, the government duly published a draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, later retitled the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022.[46] This entered into force on 24 March 2022. Thus, the prime minister can again request the monarch to dissolve Parliament and call an early election with 25 working days' notice. Section 4 of the Act provided: "If it has not been dissolved earlier, a Parliament dissolves at the beginning of the day that is the fifth anniversary of the day on which it first met."

The Electoral Commission confirmed that the 2019 Parliament would, therefore, have to be dissolved, at the latest, by 17 December 2024, and that the next general election had to take place no later than 28 January 2025.[47][48]

With no election date fixed in law, there was speculation as to when Rishi Sunak, as prime minister, would call an election. On 18 December 2023, Sunak told journalists that the election would take place in 2024 rather than January 2025.[1] On 4 January, he first suggested the general election would probably be in the second half of 2024.[49] On 22 May 2024, after much speculation through the day,[50][51][52] Sunak confirmed the election would be held on 4 July.[53]

Timetable[edit]

Key dates[54]
Date Event
Wednesday 22 May Prime Minister Rishi Sunak requests a dissolution of parliament from King Charles III and announces the date of polling day for the general election as 4 July.
Friday 24 May Last sitting day of business. Parliament prorogued.
Thursday 30 May Dissolution of parliament and official start of the campaign. Beginning of purdah. Royal Proclamation issued dissolving the 58th Parliament, summoning the 59th Parliament and setting the date for its first meeting.
Friday 7 June Nominations of candidates close.
Thursday 13 June Deadline to register to vote at 5pm in Northern Ireland.
Tuesday 18 June Deadline to register to vote at 5pm in Great Britain.
Wednesday 19 June Deadline to apply for a postal vote.
Wednesday 26 June Deadline to register for a proxy vote at 5pm. Exemptions applied for emergencies.
Thursday 4 July Polling Day – polls open from 7am to 10 pm.
Thursday 4 July–Friday 5 July Results announced for all 650 constituencies. End of purdah.
Tuesday 9 July First meeting of the new Parliament of the United Kingdom, for the formal election of Speaker of the House of Commons.
Wednesday 17 July State Opening of Parliament and King's Speech.

Campaign[edit]

On the afternoon of 22 May 2024, Sunak announced that the general election would be held on 4 July 2024.[55] The calling of the election was welcomed by Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition and the Labour Party,[56] and by Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats.[57]

On 23 May 2024, Sunak said that before the election there would be no flights to Rwanda for those seeking asylum.[58] Immigration figures were published for 2023 showing immigration remained at historically high levels, but had fallen compared to 2022.[59] Nigel Farage, the former leader of Reform UK, said on 23 May that he would not stand as a candidate in the election. Reform UK said they would stand in 630 seats across England, Scotland and Wales.[60] On 23 May, Ed Davey launched the Liberal Democrat campaign in Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.[61] The SNP campaign launch the same day was overshadowed over a dispute around leader John Swinney's support for Michael Matheson and developments in Operation Branchform.[62]

Debates[edit]

Media speculation of a record number of televised debates has been reported.[63] The Conservatives challenged Keir Starmer to six debates.[64]

Endorsements[edit]

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

Newspapers, organisations, and individuals have endorsed parties or individual candidates for the election.

Candidates[edit]

Main article: Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

Details on MPs deselected or seeking a new constituency, MPs standing under a different political affiliation, former MPs seeking to return to Parliament, MPs changing constituencies, and incumbent MPs standing against each other are in the articles on Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

MPs not standing for re-election[edit]

As of 24 May 2024 a total of 116 current members of Parliament have announced their intention not to stand for re-election. Four MPs — Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams, Chris Skidmore (all Conservative) and Chris Pincher (independent, elected as Conservative) — announced their intention not to stand again but later resigned from Parliament before the election.[65][66][67][68][69][70]

Number of MP retirements by party affiliation
Party MPs retiring
Elected[l] Current
Conservative 78 73
Labour 22 22
Scottish National 10 9
Independent 0 7
Sinn Féin 3 3
Green 1 1
Plaid Cymru 1 1
Democratic Unionist 1 0
Total 114
Members of Parliament not standing for re-election
MP Seat First elected Party Date announced
Douglas Ross Moray 2017 Conservative 14 October 2021[71]
Alex Cunningham Stockton North 2010 Labour 25 November 2021[72]
Margaret Hodge Barking 1994 Labour 2 December 2021[73]
Barry Sheerman Huddersfield 1979[m] Labour 4 December 2021[74]
Harriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham 1982[n] Labour 7 December 2021[75]
Alan Whitehead Southampton Test 1997 Labour 14 January 2022[76]
Charles Walker Broxbourne 2005 Conservative 1 February 2022[77]
Ben Bradshaw Exeter 1997 Labour 3 February 2022[78]
Wayne David Caerphilly 2001 Labour 11 February 2022[79]
Paul Blomfield Sheffield Central 2010 Labour 21 February 2022[80]
Rosie Winterton Doncaster Central 1997 Labour 27 February 2022[81]
Margaret Beckett Derby South 1974[o] Labour 25 March 2022[82]
Crispin Blunt Reigate 1997 Independent[p] 1 May 2022[83]
Mike Penning Hemel Hempstead 2005 Conservative 17 May 2022[84]
Adam Afriyie Windsor 2005 Conservative 22 July 2022[85]
Jon Cruddas Dagenham and Rainham 2001 Labour 28 July 2022[86]
Colleen Fletcher Coventry North East 2015 Labour 5 September 2022[87]
Andrew Percy Brigg and Goole 2010 Conservative 8 November 2022[88]
Hywel Williams Arfon 2001 Plaid Cymru 11 November 2022[89]
Chloe Smith Norwich North 2009 Conservative 22 November 2022[90]
William Wragg Hazel Grove 2015 Independent[p] 22 November 2022[91]
Gary Streeter South West Devon 1992[q] Conservative 25 November 2022[92]
Dehenna Davison Bishop Auckland 2019 Conservative 25 November 2022[93]
Sajid Javid Bromsgrove 2010 Conservative 2 December 2022[94]
Mark Pawsey Rugby 2010 Conservative 5 December 2022[95]
Matt Hancock West Suffolk 2010 Conservative 7 December 2022[96]
George Eustice Camborne and Redruth 2010 Conservative 18 January 2023[97]
Edward Timpson Eddisbury 2008[r] Conservative 1 February 2023[98]
Jo Gideon Stoke-on-Trent Central 2019 Conservative 9 February 2023[99]
Paul Beresford Mole Valley 1992[s] Conservative 13 February 2023[100]
Stephen McPartland Stevenage 2010 Conservative 13 February 2023[101]
Robin Walker Worcester 2010 Conservative 3 March 2023[102]
Graham Brady Altrincham and Sale West 1997 Conservative 7 March 2023[103]
Pauline Latham Mid Derbyshire 2010 Conservative 9 March 2023[104]
Gordon Henderson Sittingbourne and Sheppey 2010 Conservative 17 March 2023[105]
Craig Whittaker Calder Valley 2010 Conservative 21 March 2023[106]
Nicola Richards West Bromwich East 2019 Conservative 28 March 2023[107]
Henry Smith Crawley 2010 Conservative 31 March 2023[108]
John Howell Henley 2008 Conservative 11 April 2023[109]
Robert Goodwill Scarborough and Whitby 2005 Conservative 13 April 2023[110]
Julian Knight Solihull 2015 Independent[p] 21 April 2023[111]
Jonathan Djanogly Huntingdon 2001 Conservative 21 April 2023[112]
Matthew Offord Hendon 2010 Conservative 2 May 2023[113]
Conor McGinn St Helens North 2015 Independent[t] 5 May 2023[114]
Alister Jack Dumfries and Galloway 2017 Conservative 17 May 2023[115]
Richard Bacon South Norfolk 2001 Conservative 19 May 2023[116]
Dominic Raab Esher and Walton 2010 Conservative 22 May 2023[117]
Philip Dunne Ludlow 2005 Conservative 22 May 2023[118]
Margaret Greenwood Wirral West 2015 Labour 23 May 2023[119]
Andy Carter Warrington South 2019 Conservative 30 May 2023[120]
George Howarth Knowsley 1986[u] Labour 5 June 2023[121]
Ian Blackford Ross, Skye and Lochaber 2015 SNP 6 June 2023[122]
Caroline Lucas Brighton Pavilion 2010 Green Party 8 June 2023[123]
Will Quince Colchester 2015 Conservative 9 June 2023[124]
Royston Smith Southampton Itchen 2015 Conservative 9 June 2023[125]
Bill Cash Stone 1984[v] Conservative 10 June 2023[126]
Lucy Allan Telford 2015 Conservative 15 June 2023[127]
Peter Grant Glenrothes 2015 SNP 21 June 2023[128]
Angela Crawley Lanark and Hamilton East 2015 SNP 23 June 2023[129]
Steve Brine Winchester 2010 Conservative 23 June 2023[130]
Douglas Chapman Dunfermline and West Fife 2015 SNP 26 June 2023[131]
Chris Clarkson Heywood and Middleton 2019 Conservative 27 June 2023[132]
Greg Knight East Yorkshire 1983[w] Conservative 27 June 2023[133]
Stewart Hosie Dundee East 2005 SNP 28 June 2023[134]
Mhairi Black Paisley and Renfrewshire South 2015 SNP 4 July 2023[135]
John McNally Falkirk 2015 SNP 10 July 2023[136]
Ben Wallace Wyre and Preston North 2005[x] Conservative 15 July 2023[137]
Philippa Whitford Central Ayrshire 2015 SNP 18 July 2023[138]
Trudy Harrison Copeland 2017 Conservative 24 July 2023[139]
Stephen Hammond Wimbledon 2005 Conservative 14 September 2023[140]
David Jones Clwyd West 2005 Conservative 20 September 2023[141]
Alok Sharma Reading West 2010 Conservative 26 September 2023[142]
Chris Grayling Epsom and Ewell 2001 Conservative 6 October 2023[143]
Lisa Cameron East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 2015 Conservative[y] 17 October 2023[144]
John Baron Basildon and Billericay 2001[z] Conservative 25 October 2023[145]
Patrick Grady Glasgow North 2015 SNP 7 November 2023[146]
Nick Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 1997 Conservative 13 November 2023[147]
Bob Stewart Beckenham 2010 Conservative 18 November 2023[148]
James Duddridge Rochford and Southend East 2005 Conservative 20 November 2023[149]
Nick Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East 1983 Independent[t] 12 December 2023[150]
Karen Buck Westminster North 1997[aa] Labour 19 January 2024[151]
Oliver Heald North East Hertfordshire 1992[ab] Conservative 22 January 2024[152]
Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green 2010 Conservative 31 January 2024[153]
Christina Rees Neath 2015 Labour 1 February 2024[154]
Bob Neill Bromley and Chislehurst 2006 Conservative 1 February 2024[155]
Kwasi Kwarteng Spelthorne 2010 Conservative 6 February 2024[156]
Nickie Aiken Cities of London and Westminster 2019 Conservative 7 February 2024[157]
Tracey Crouch Chatham and Aylesford 2010 Conservative 12 February 2024[158]
Francie Molloy Mid Ulster 2013 Sinn Féin 13 February 2024[159]
Kieran Mullan Crewe and Nantwich 2019 Conservative 13 February 2024[160]
Mickey Brady Newry and Armagh 2015 Sinn Féin 19 February 2024[161]
Ian Mearns Gateshead 2010 Labour 21 February 2024[162]
Paul Scully Sutton and Cheam 2015 Conservative 4 March 2024[163]
Theresa May Maidenhead 1997 Conservative 8 March 2024[164]
Brandon Lewis Great Yarmouth 2010 Conservative 14 March 2024[165]
James Heappey Wells 2015 Conservative 15 March 2024[166]
Robert Halfon Harlow 2010 Conservative 26 March 2024[167]
Tim Loughton East Worthing and Shoreham 1997 Conservative 13 April 2024[168]
Mark Menzies Fylde 2010 Independent[p] 21 April 2024[169]
Dan Poulter Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 2010 Labour[p] 27 April 2024[170]
Natalie Elphicke Dover 2019 Labour[p] 8 May 2024[171]
Nadhim Zahawi Stratford-on-Avon 2010 Conservative 9 May 2024[172]
Chris Heaton-Harris Daventry 2010 Conservative 18 May 2024[173]
Jeffrey Donaldson Lagan Valley 1997 Independent[ac] 22 May 2024[174]
Holly Lynch Halifax 2015 Labour 22 May 2024[175]
Yvonne Fovargue Makerfield 2010 Labour 22 May 2024[176]
James Grundy Leigh 2019 Conservative 22 May 2024[176]
Jo Churchill Bury St Edmunds 2015 Conservative 23 May 2024[177]
Eleanor Laing Epping Forest 1997 Conservative 23 May 2024[178]
Michelle Gildernew Fermanagh and South Tyrone 2001 Sinn Féin 23 May 2024[179]
Huw Merriman Bexhill and Battle 2015 Conservative 23 May 2024[180]
Kevan Jones North Durham 2001 Labour 23 May 2024[181]
Michael Ellis Northampton North 2010 Conservative 23 May 2024[182]
John Redwood Wokingham 1987 Conservative 24 May 2024[183]
Craig Mackinlay South Thanet 2015 Conservative 24 May 2024[184]
Greg Clark Tunbridge Wells 2005 Conservative 24 May 2024[185]

Opinion polling[edit]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election
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This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election § Graphical summary.[edit]

The chart below shows opinion polls conducted for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The trend lines are local regressions (LOESS).

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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.
  4. ^ In Northern Ireland, voter ID was already required at elections before it was introduced in the rest of the UK.
  5. ^ Includes 24 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[4]
  6. ^ a b At the time of the 2019 election this party did not exist.
  7. ^ Both of the Alba Party's MPs, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[5]
  8. ^ Six were elected as Conservative MPs at the 2019 general election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and now sits as an independent. The remaining 9 independent MPs all come from the opposition benches.
  9. ^ The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[6] the Speaker and deputy speakers (currently three Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[7]
  10. ^ Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con, Chair of Ways and Means) was on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con) has served as an additional acting Deputy Speaker since.
  11. ^ The Fixed-term Parliaments Act automatically scheduled general elections for the first Thursday in May of the fifth year after the previous general election.[44] The previous election was held in December 2019.
  12. ^ Party affiliation of retiring MPs at the time of the 2019 general election.
  13. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Huddersfield East.
  14. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Peckham in the 1982 by-election.
  15. ^ Originally elected the MP for Lincoln in the October 1974 election but lost her seat in the 1979 general election; elected for Derby South at the 1983 general election.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Elected as Conservative.
  17. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Plymouth Sutton.
  18. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Crewe and Nantwich in the 2008 by-election but lost his seat in the 2017 general election; elected for Eddisbury at the 2019 general election.
  19. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Croydon Central.
  20. ^ a b Elected as Labour.
  21. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Knowsley North in the 1986 by-election.
  22. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Stafford in a by-election in 1984.
  23. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Derby North in the 1983 general election but lost his seat in the 1997 general election; elected for East Yorkshire at the 2001 general election.
  24. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Lancaster and Wyre.
  25. ^ Elected as SNP.
  26. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Billericay.
  27. ^ Originally elected as the MP for Regent's Park and Kensington North.
  28. ^ Originally elected as the MP for North Hertfordshire.
  29. ^ Elected as DUP.

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