2024 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:announced 22 May 2024
gptkbp:boundaryChanges implemented for 2024 election
gptkbp:campaignPeriod 30 May 2024 – 4 July 2024
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 4 July 2024
gptkbp:debatedBy ITV, BBC, Sky News
gptkbp:dissolutionAct gptkb:Dissolution_and_Calling_of_Parliament_Act_2022
gptkbp:dissolved 30 May 2024
gptkbp:district 650
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Electoral_Commission
gptkbp:firstElectionWithVoterID yes (for general election)
gptkbp:firstTimeVoters people born on or before 4 July 2006
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Commons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2024 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:majoritySeats 326
gptkbp:manifestosPublished June 2024
gptkbp:nextEdition TBD
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:business
climate change
education
housing
immigration
taxation
NHS
public services
Brexit legacy
cost of living
gptkbp:opinionPolls Labour Party leading as of June 2024
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm maximum 5 years
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkb:Ulster_Unionist_Party
gptkb:Reform_UK
gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkb:Plaid_Cymru
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkb:Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Democratic_Unionist_Party
gptkb:Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party
gptkb:Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:postalVotingDeadline 19 June 2024
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Rishi_Sunak
gptkbp:primeMinisterPartyBeforeElection gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 650
gptkbp:stateElectorate ~47 million
British, Irish, and qualifying Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterIDRequired yes
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clapham_and_Brixton_Hill
gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5