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What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years

The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election

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Behind Labour's UK win: Chaos reigns

Yes, Keir Starmer won a massive majority as the Tories collapsed — but the stage is set for a far-right comeback

Salon

Nigel Farage, Greens and 72 Liberal Democrats: inside Britain’s new multi-party parliament

Aside from Labour’s landslide victory, the other big story of the 2024 election is the fragmentation of the British parliament and the rise of smaller parties at the expense of the Conservatives.

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What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years

The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election

The Independent UK

Watch: Diane Abbott gives 'Mother of the House' speech after winning fight against Labour chiefs to be an MP

‘We are going into very tumultuous times,’ the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP said

Evening Standard

New MPs: after learning the ropes, they might shake up the House of Commons

A Labour landslide brings an influx of new MPs – and the potential for a seismic shift in the House of Commons. New MPs are likely to aspire for change in the Commons, an unequal environment that has seen numerous scandals and an attack on the expected standards of the…

The Conversation

UK election results 2024: Why do some popular parties win so few seats?

Reform UK has won just four seats with 14 percent of the vote, while Conservatives got 121 seats on 24 percent – why?

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Record Number Of Female Lawmakers Elected To UK Parliament

Record number of female lawmakers elected to the House of Commons signifies progress towards gender equality and diversity in politics.

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The UK election winner only becomes prime minister when King Charles III says so

The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years

The Independent UK

'Very tough time': John Swinney says sorry to SNP candidates who lost their seats

First Minister John Swinney has apologised to SNP candidates who did not retain their seats in the House of Commons.

The National (Scotland)

UK general election live results 2024: By the numbers

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has secured a landslide victory in the UK election.

Al Jazeera

General election 2024: when do polling stations close?

This is the first time since December 2019 that Brits have had the chance to deliver a major shake-up within the House of Commons

Evening Standard

How many seats does a party need to get a majority?

VOTERS will have heard a lot in recent days about whether any party is going to win a majority in the House of Commons.

The National (Scotland)

‘100% feminist’: how Eleanor Rathbone invented child benefit – and changed women’s lives for ever

She was an MP and author with a formidable reputation, fighting for the rights of women and refugees, and opposing the appeasement of Hitler. Why isn’t she better known today?

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Who’s who in the general election? An explainer for children by The Week Junior

The UK’s main political parties and what they stand for

The Independent UK

From red wall to King's Speech, UK elections have a vocabulary all their own. Here's what to know

Elections in the United Kingdom have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as the lexicon of U.S. politics and modern political spin

Al Jazeera

UK general election 2024 explained in maps and charts

Britons will head to the polls on July 4. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key issues.

Al Jazeera

What is the UK election betting scandal all about?

What is the scandal about, who is under investigation and what does it mean for the ruling Conservative Party?

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Latest polling shows UK Labour likely to win landslide at next week’s election, while Biden gains on Trump across the pond

The United Kingdom general election will be held in a week, on July 4. Polls close at 7am AEST on July 5. The 650 members of the House of Commons are elected by first-past-the-post, in which the candidate with the most votes wins the seat.

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After 14 years in opposition, Labour’s cabinet will be inexperienced – is that a problem?

It’s 100 years since the Labour party took office for the first time, back then with a minority government. Now, in 2024, it looks set to win an election with what will possibly the largest majority in history.

The Conversation

Nigel Farage’s Reform is in line for hundreds of thousands in public funding if it wins seats in the election

Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, has a reputation for being chaotic and even unprofessional. But winning seats in the House of Commons would be a significant step on the road to becoming a political party akin to all the others.

The Conversation

A British ‘supermajority’ is nonsense – but a Labour landslide still has consequences

In a somewhat unusual tactic for a governing party seeking re-election, senior Conservative figures have all but conceded defeat two weeks before polling day. Instead of campaigning on their plans for another term in government, cabinet ministers, from the prime minister down, have taken to warning of the dangers of…

The Guardian - UK

The women who came before: Rachel Reeves’s three Labour leading lights

Reeves, who could be Britain’s first female chancellor, has named three women on whose shoulders she would stand

Al Jazeera

In Scotland, support grows for Labour as SNP’s dominance looks set to fade

Although independence remains a popular idea, Labour is viewed by many as the strongest party to oust the Conservatives.

The Conversation

Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned

Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to the House of Commons despite years of trying, has again been allowed to set the agenda in the UK.

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