UK general election 2024

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Latest stories

Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029

The new government has more important things to deal with first

Britain’s general election was its least representative ever

The rise of multi-party competition will build pressure for electoral reform


How the Gaza war affected the British election

Deciphering the striking success of independent candidates


The new front line of British politics is just lovely

From the “left-behind” to the “well-ahead”

Britain’s Labour government has declared war on NIMBYs

The battle is likely to define its success

What does Labour’s win mean for British foreign policy?

Continuity on NATO and Ukraine, and hopes for a reset with Europe

How did pollsters do in predicting the British election?



Polling and forecasts

Live results and analysis

See whether Labour will achieve a landslide victory

The Economist’s final prediction points to a Tory wipeout in Britain

Opposition parties are inflicting damage on the Conservatives from all directions


Can you build a British voter?

See how Britons might vote in the next general election


Labour

Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment

A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution

Labour is on course for a huge victory in the British election

An exit poll points to a collapse in the Tory vote


What the remaking of Labour reveals about Sir Keir Starmer

How might Britain’s would-be prime minister approach the job?


What taxes might Labour raise?

Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances



What’s at stake

Why the next Westminster scandal is already here

In British politics scandals are not exposed. They are simply noticed

What ails Britain’s left-behind places?

Two new books offer different views on the country’s troubled towns


In search of the white British voter

The most important ethnic group in British politics is the one nobody talks about


Can Britain’s economy grow as fast as it needs to?

Labour is banking on a big upswing in growth. It will struggle to get one

Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters

The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition

Brexit is the only big legacy of the 2019-24 parliament

An abrupt election crimps the Tories’ already-slim legislative record



Other parties

South-west England has become a three-way political battleground

The Tories will struggle to regain control of the West Country in Britain’s general election

1843 magazine | No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head

Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy



What are MRP polls and can they predict election results accurately?

How a novel technique to predict Britain’s general election works

The SNP feels the heat in Scotland’s election campaign

And Labour is not the only party to see the benefits

The return of the Farage ratchet

The Reform UK leader hopes to reshape the British political right again