UK general election results 2024: live tracker
Changes in numbers are calculated using the results from 2019 and adjusted to fit the new boundaries of the constituencies. If the boundaries of a seat stayed the same, changes in numbers are based on the party currently holding the seat.
*326 seats are required to achieve a majority in Parliament. However, a working majority can be obtained with fewer seats as some MPs may abstain from voting.
We anticipate seeing the initial results at or around 11:30pm.
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"Social Democratic and Labour Party" can be rewritten as "Party for Social Democracy and Labor".
The UK Independence Party
Understanding The UK General Election
The House of Commons is the primary legislative branch for the UK, while the House of Lords is not elected. There are 650 members in the House of Commons, all elected to represent a specific area with a similar number of people.
In every district, the person who gets the most votes wins. It's not necessary to get half of the votes, and any votes for other candidates essentially don't count. This type of voting is called first-past-the-post.
The Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Commons play a role in selecting the prime minister. Traditionally, the monarch asks the leader of the biggest party to establish a government. For the potential prime minister to succeed, they must have the approval of most MPs. This can happen if they lead a party that holds the most seats or if they have the support of other parties.
In order to have a working majority in Parliament, a minimum of 326 Members of Parliament (half of all seats plus one) is needed. However, a few MPs, such as the speaker, his deputies, and the members of Sinn Féin, typically do not participate in votes. As a result, a working majority can be achieved with less than 50% of the total seats available.
This information is given by the Press Association.
Review of district lines After the 2019 vote, there has been a review of district lines, which means that this vote has mostly taken place in different voting districts. For these 573 positions, the 2019 outcome will be based on projected information that indicates how these new voting districts would have voted if they had existed back then. This projected information comes from analysis done by Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, David Denver, and Nicholas Whyte, who have combined the previous outcomes with the new district lines.
For the 77 districts that have stayed the same, the results provide an easy comparison with the party currently holding the seat in parliament before it was dissolved.
The number of seats allocated to each country has been adjusted following the boundary review. Now, England has 543 seats (+10), Scotland has 57 seats (-2), Wales has 32 seats (-8), and Northern Ireland remains at 18 seats.
Current Representatives The current representative for a seat is considered the sitting party in the recent 2019 election results for seats that were changed due to a boundary review. For seats that have remained the same since 2019, the party that was in power before the dissolution is considered the sitting party. This means that any changes in representation due to a byelection, MP suspension, or party switch will be reflected in the sitting party designation. However, if a seat is newly created due to boundary changes, the Press Association does not factor in any byelections or defections when determining the sitting party.
Voting shares The national voting share statistics are calculated using the predicted 2019 outcomes for districts with revised boundaries, and the actual 2019 results for districts with no boundary changes.
The numbers for how a seat's voting preferences have changed are compared to how it performed in 2019, unless it is the same seat as before, in which case they are compared to past election results.
Additional information This approach may vary from the guidelines of the TV stations, resulting in slight discrepancies in the number of seat changes for the parties or in the notifications of changes in party affiliation for specific districts.
The Chorley representative's position, if they win again, will contribute to the overall number of seats held by the Labour party.
The "proportional view" map is a special kind of cartogram where each voting district is the same size and importance. This results in highly populated regions like London appearing differently than they would on a regular map, but all voting districts are accurately placed within their respective areas or countries.
Artwork by Sam Kerr
