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 UNITED KINGDOM

King: Charles III. · Prime Minister: Rishi Sunak (CON) · Governing party: CON
Legislative elections: House of Commons, 5-year term, 650 seats, FPTP:

  2024 2019 2017 2015
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
  
Conservatism
Economic liberalism

Euroscepticism
    43,6 365 42,4 318 36,9 331
Labour Party (LAB)  
  
Social democracy            32,1 203 40,0 262 30,4 232
Liberal Democrats (LD)  
 
Liberalism
Social liberalism
    11,5 11 7,4 12 7,9 8
Scottish National Party (SNP)  
 
Separatism
Social democracy
    3,9 48 3,0 35 4,7 56
Green Party (GP)  
 
Green politics     2,7 1 1,6 1 3,8 1
Reform UK (REFORM UK)
(a)
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
    2,0 - - - - -
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
  
Unionism
National conservatism

Social conservatism
    0,8 8 0,9 10 0,6 8
Sinn Féin (SF)  
  
United Ireland
Democratic socialism      
    0,6 7 0,7 7 0,6 4
Plaid Cymru-Party of Wales (PC)  
   
Separatism
Social democracy
    0,5 4 0,5 4 0,6 3
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)  
  
United Ireland
Social democracy
    0,4 2 0,3 - 0,3 3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
 
Liberalism      0,4 1 0,2 - 0,2 -
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
  
Unionism
Conservatism
    0,3 - 0,3 - 0,4 2
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
   
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
    0,1 - 1,8 - 12,6 1
Independents     1,1 1 0,9 1 1,0 1
Others - - -
Total     - 650 - 650 - 650
Turnout   67,3 68,7 66,1

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (www.bbc.com).  For full coverage, click here (1945-present). Note: (a) 2019: The Brexit Party (BREXIT PARTY).