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| 2024 | Keir Starmer becomes the fourth prime minister in a two-year period. |
| 2024 | Jeremy Corbyn defeats the Labour candidate in Islington North with a majority of 7,247 votes. |
| 2024 | The Gallagher index scored the election at 23.67, making it the least proportionate election in modern UK history and the 5th least proportional result worldwide. |
| 2024 | Labour formed a majority government with the lowest share of the vote for any majority party on record, described by journalist Fraser Nelson as a 'Potemkin landslide'. |
| 2024 | Political figures including Nigel Farage, Adrian Ramsay, and Steve Gilmore called for electoral reform following the highly disproportionate election results. |
| 2024 | Labour wins a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, marking the worst result for the Conservatives since their formation in the early 19th century. |
| 2024 | Nigel Farage resumes leadership of Reform UK during the election campaign. |
| 2024 | United Kingdom general election took place, resulting in increased electoral marginality with 31% of seats won on margins up to 10%, compared to 22% of seats in the 2019 election. |
| 2024 | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, co-leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales, enter Parliament for the first time. |
| 2024 | Six independent MPs are elected across the UK, including Alex Easton in North Down. |
| 2024 | Four independent candidates (Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed, Shockat Adam) defeat Labour candidates in areas with large Muslim populations. |
| 2024 | Sinn Féin becomes the largest party in Parliament from Northern Ireland for the first time. |
| 2024 | Nigel Farage is elected to Parliament on his eighth attempt as the leader of Reform UK. |
| 2024 | Labour achieved a 174-seat majority, winning 411 seats, which is a single-party figure surpassed in modern times only by previous historical elections in 1924, 1931, 1997, and 2001. |
| 2024 | Political figures including Nigel Farage, Adrian Ramsay, and Steve Gilmore called for electoral reform following the highly disproportionate election results. |
| 2024 | The Gallagher index scored the election at 23.67, making it the least proportionate election in modern UK history and the 5th least proportional result worldwide. |
| 2024 | Nigel Farage is elected to Parliament on his eighth attempt as the leader of Reform UK. |
| 2024 | Jeremy Corbyn defeats the Labour candidate in Islington North with a majority of 7,247 votes. |
| 2024 | Sinn Féin becomes the largest party in Parliament from Northern Ireland for the first time. |
| 2024 | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, co-leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales, enter Parliament for the first time. |
| 2024 | Six independent MPs are elected across the UK, including Alex Easton in North Down. |
| 2024 | Four independent candidates (Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed, Shockat Adam) defeat Labour candidates in areas with large Muslim populations. |
| 2024 | Labour achieved a 174-seat majority, winning 411 seats, which is a single-party figure surpassed in modern times only by previous historical elections in 1924, 1931, 1997, and 2001. |
| July 17 2024 | State Opening of Parliament and King's Speech |
| July 17 2024 | State Opening of Parliament and King's Speech |
| July 9 2024 | First meeting of new Parliament. Sir Lindsay Hoyle re-elected as Speaker of the House of Commons unopposed |
| July 9 2024 | First meeting of new Parliament. Sir Lindsay Hoyle re-elected as Speaker of the House of Commons unopposed |
| July 6 2024 | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire becomes the last constituency to declare results, with Angus MacDonald winning for the Liberal Democrats after multiple recounts. |
| July 6 2024 | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire becomes the last constituency to declare results, with Angus MacDonald winning for the Liberal Democrats after multiple recounts. |
| July 5 2024 | Labour wins election with 174-seat majority. Sir Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by King Charles III, replacing Rishi Sunak |
| July 5 2024 | Labour wins election with 174-seat majority. Sir Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by King Charles III, replacing Rishi Sunak |
| July 4 2024 | Polling Day. Polls open from 7 am to 10 pm |
| July 4 2024 | Voting closed at 22:00, followed by an exit poll. |
| July 4 2024 | Election Maps UK and Electoral Calculus polls predict Labour majority of 214 and 256 seats respectively |
| July 4 2024 | General election polling day, with 4,515 candidates nominated - the most in any previous general election. Polling stations open from 7 am to 10 pm. |
| July 4 2024 | Sunak's government announced the 2024 Dissolution Honours, granting life peerages to 19 people, including former prime minister Theresa May and Cass Review author Hilary Cass, less than an hour before polls closed. |
| July 4 2024 | The United Kingdom general election was held, resulting in a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer, defeating the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| July 4 2024 | Houghton and Sunderland South becomes the first constituency to declare results, with Bridget Phillipson winning for Labour at 23:15. |
| July 4 2024 | Houghton and Sunderland South becomes the first constituency to declare results, with Bridget Phillipson winning for Labour at 23:15. |
| July 4 2024 | Election Maps UK and Electoral Calculus polls predict Labour majority of 214 and 256 seats respectively |
| July 4 2024 | Sunak's government announced the 2024 Dissolution Honours, granting life peerages to 19 people, including former prime minister Theresa May and Cass Review author Hilary Cass, less than an hour before polls closed. |
| July 4 2024 | General election polling day, with 4,515 candidates nominated - the most in any previous general election. Polling stations open from 7 am to 10 pm. |
| July 4 2024 | The United Kingdom general election was held, resulting in a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer, defeating the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| July 3 2024 | Political parties made closing campaign arguments, with Rishi Sunak stating he would 'take full responsibility' for the election result. Labour maintained a significant polling lead and received celebrity endorsements including from Elton John. |
| July 3 2024 | Multiple polls (More in Common, The Economist, Financial Times, YouGov, New Statesman) predict Labour majority ranging from 186 to 244 seats |
| July 3 2024 | Multiple polls (More in Common, The Economist, Financial Times, YouGov, New Statesman) predict Labour majority ranging from 186 to 244 seats |
| July 3 2024 | Political parties made closing campaign arguments, with Rishi Sunak stating he would 'take full responsibility' for the election result. Labour maintained a significant polling lead and received celebrity endorsements including from Elton John. |
| July 2 2024 | Survation poll predicts Labour majority of 316 seats in the United Kingdom general election |
| July 2 2024 | Green Party announced an £8 billion education package including scrapping tuition fees, providing free school meals, adding counsellors to schools, and ending formal testing in favor of continuous assessment. Former prime minister Boris Johnson campaigned for the Conservatives. |
| July 2 2024 | Survation poll predicts Labour majority of 316 seats in the United Kingdom general election |
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