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{{Infobox election
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| election_name = 2024 United Kingdom general election
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| country = United Kingdom
[[File:Beinisvord, westcoast of suduroy, faroe islands.JPG|thumb|West coast of [[Suðuroy]]]]
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2019 United Kingdom general election
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = 12 December 2024
| next_election = Next United Kingdom general election
| next_year = ''Next''
| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
| next_mps =
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
| seats_for_election = All [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|680 seats]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]
| majority_seats = 341{{refn|group=n|Given that Sinn Féin MPs [[Abstentionism#Sinn Féin|do not take their seats]] and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.<ref name=working>{{cite web |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/government-majority |title=StackPath |website=Institute for Government|date=20 December 2019 }}</ref> Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.}}
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2019 United Kingdom general election
| turnout = 48.3% ({{decrease}} 19 [[percentage point|pp]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results |title=Results of the 2019 General Election |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref>
| registered = 47,568,611
| 1blank = Exit poll


<!-- Conservative -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = PM Rishi Sunak (cropped 2).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader1 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader_since1 = [[2022 Conservative Party leadership election|24 October 2022]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Richmond (Yorks)]] (lost)
| last_election1 = 365 seats, 43.6%
| seats1 = 154
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 201
| popular_vote1 = 4,535,175
| percentage1 = 20.1%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 23.5 [[percentage point|pp]]


<!-- Labour -->| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn crop 3, 2020.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
'''Tourism in the Faroe Islands''' is a growing industry. The official tourist board is Visit Faroe Islands, which is overseen and organized by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
| leader2 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since2 = 10 February 2024
| leaders_seat2 = [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]]
| last_election2 = 202 seats, 32.1%
| seats2 = '''315'''
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 113
| popular_vote2 = '''9,070,350'''
| percentage2 = '''40.2%'''
| swing2 = {{increase}} 8.1 [[percentage point|pp]]


<!-- Reform -->| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Nigel Farage (45718080574) (cropped).jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 6}}
Tourism in the islands accounted for 0% of the total GDP in 2015.<ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |authors= |date= |title=Annual Report 2016 |url=https://visitfaroeislands.com/content/uploads/2017/06/visitfaroeislandsannualreport2016en.pdf |publisher=Visit Faroe Islands |page=10|docket= |access-date=7 February 2021 |quote="The incoming tourism has increased in relation to total GDP, from 1.2% in 2011 to 1.4% in 2015."}}</ref> Tourism is much smaller than other industries, like [[fishing]] and [[farming]], which have dominated the Faroese economy.<ref>https://www.visitfaroeislands.com/about/history-governance-economy/economy/</ref>
| leader3 = [[Nigel Farage]] & [[Mark Collett]]
| party3 = Reform UK
| leader_since3 = Both 7 July 2023
| leaders_seat3 = Ran in [[Braintree]] (won), Ran in [[Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Melton]] (won)
| last_election3 = none
| seats3 = 92
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 92
| popular_vote3 = 4,309,544
| percentage3 = 19.1%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 17.09 [[percentage point|pp]]


<!-- SNP -->| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Nicola Sturgeon January 2020.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 6}}
| leader4 = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
| party4 = Scottish National Party
| leader_since4 = [[2014 Scottish National Party leadership election|14 November 2014]]
| leaders_seat4 = ''Did not stand''{{refn|name=sturgeonseat|group=n|Nicola Sturgeon sits as an [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] in the [[Scottish Parliament]] for [[Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Southside]]. [[Ian Blackford]], MP for [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]], is the SNP leader at Westminster.}}
| last_election4 = 48 seats, 3.9%
| seats4 = 38
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 10
| popular_vote4 = 1,105,589
| percentage4 = 4.9%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 1 [[percentage point|pp]]


<!-- Lib Dem -->| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Sir_Edward_Davey_MP_crop_2.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
==History==
| leader5 = [[Ed Davey]]
| party5 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| leader_since5 = [[2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election|27 August 2020]]
| leaders_seat5 = [[Kingston and Surbiton]] (lost)
| last_election5 = 11 seats, 11.6
| seats5 = 14
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 3
| popular_vote5 = 2,098,364
| percentage5 = 9.3%
| swing5 = {{increase}} 2.3 [[percentage point|pp]]


<!-- People Before Profit -->| image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Sir Topham Hatt 1986.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader6 = [[Sir Percy Topham Hatt II]]
In 2014, a new terminal was opened in [[Vágar Airport]], in part due to the increase of tourism to the islands. <ref>http://www.fae.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=12476&NewsItemID=18764</ref>
| party6 = Sudragh Forever!

| leader_since6 = 10 April 2011
Visit Faroe Islands started a campaign called "Closed for Maintenance, Open for Voluntourism" which saw a crew of applicants travel to the Faroe Islands and work with locals to preserve ten locations across the islands, as well as create and maintain hiking paths and set up signposting. The first crew traveled to the islands in April, 2019. The next campaign has currently been postponed to September, 2021, for which around 5,800 people applied.<ref>https://www.visitfaroeislands.com/closed/</ref>
|leaders_seat6 = Peel Godred North

|last_election6 = 21 seats, 2.6
==Recognition==
|seats6 = 30
The Faroe Islands have become increasingly featured in international media, with companies like [[The Guardian]], [[Lonely Planet]], [[The Sunday Times]], and [[The Financial Times]] recommending the islands in 2019.<ref>https://www.faroeislands.fo/the-big-picture/news/faroe-islands-named-top-travel-destination-in-2019-by-international-media/</ref>
|seat_change6 = {{increase}} 9

|popular_vote6 = 767,144
In 2007, [[National Geographic Traveler]] ranked the Faroe Islands 1st out of 111 island communities around the world.<ref>https://www.faroeislands.fo/economy-business/tourism/</ref>
|percentage6 = 3.4%

|swing6 = {{increase}} 0.9
==Statistics==
| map =
Overnight stays statistics, since 2013.<ref name="Overnight Stays Stats">{{cite web |url=https://hagstova.fo/en/business/tertiary-sector/tourism |title=Overnight stays (annually) |publisher=Statistics Faroe Islands |accessdate=7 February 2021}}.</ref>
| map_upright =

| map_alt =
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| map_image = 2019UKElectionMap.svg
|-
| map_caption = A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.
! Overnight stays !! 2020 || 2019 || 2018 || 2017 || 2016 || 2015 || 2014 || 2013
| map2_image = File:UK House of Commons 2019.svg
|-
| map2_caption = Composition of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] after the election
| Total || {{hs|01}} {{decrease}} 108,653 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 197,886 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 185,360 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 176,798 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 161,224 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 151,751 || {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 139,250 || 132,265
| title = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
|-
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| Hotel/hostel and guest-house || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 94,940 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 166,452 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 153,113 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 144,626 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 128,731 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 118,885 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 105,468 ||100,173
| before_election = [[Boris Johnson]]
|-
| before_party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Bed and breakfast || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 365 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 2,120 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 2,447 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 2,539 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 2,633 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 3,438 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 2,064 || 1,919
| after_election = [[Boris Johnson]]
|-
| after_party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| House/apartment || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 7,869 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 13,233 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 16,782 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 17,650 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 17,851 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 22,446 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 25,216 || 27,313
}}
|-
| Camping || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 5,479 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 16,081 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 13,018 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 11,983 || {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 12,009 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 14,937 || {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 6,502 || 2,860
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 00:09, 11 December 2022

2024 United Kingdom general election

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All 680 seats in the House of Commons
341[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered47,568,611
Turnout48.3% (Decrease 19 pp)[2]
  First party Second party Third party
 
PM Rishi Sunak (cropped 2).jpg
Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn crop 3, 2020.jpg
Nigel Farage (45718080574) (cropped).jpg
Leader Rishi Sunak Jeremy Corbyn Nigel Farage & Mark Collett
Party Conservative Labour Reform UK
Leader since 24 October 2022 10 February 2024 Both 7 July 2023
Leader's seat Richmond (Yorks) (lost) Islington North Ran in Braintree (won), Ran in Rutland and Melton (won)
Last election 365 seats, 43.6% 202 seats, 32.1% none
Seats won 154 315 92
Seat change Decrease 201 Increase 113 Increase 92
Popular vote 4,535,175 9,070,350 4,309,544
Percentage 20.1% 40.2% 19.1%
Swing Decrease 23.5 pp Increase 8.1 pp Increase 17.09 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Nicola Sturgeon January 2020.jpg
Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Sir_Edward_Davey_MP_crop_2.jpg
Sir Topham Hatt 1986.jpg
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Ed Davey Sir Percy Topham Hatt II
Party SNP Liberal Democrats Sudragh Forever!
Leader since 14 November 2014 27 August 2020 10 April 2011
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 2] Kingston and Surbiton (lost) Peel Godred North
Last election 48 seats, 3.9% 11 seats, 11.6 21 seats, 2.6
Seats won 38 14 30
Seat change Decrease 10 Increase 3 Increase 9
Popular vote 1,105,589 2,098,364 767,144
Percentage 4.9% 9.3% 3.4%
Swing Increase 1 pp Increase 2.3 pp Increase 0.9

A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MP elected from each constituency.

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Boris Johnson
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Boris Johnson
Conservative

  1. ^ "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.


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