Election history and upcoming elections connected to United Kingdom in the PoliticaHub knowledge graph.
UK general election expected by 2029. Next scheduled parliamentary election.
UK general election held July 2024. Labour won a landslide under Keir Starmer.
UK general election held December 2019. Boris Johnson won a large Conservative majority to break the Brexit deadlock.
UK general election held June 2017. Theresa May lost her majority and remained in office with support from the DUP.
UK general election held May 2015. David Cameron won a narrow Conservative majority over Labour under Ed Miliband.
UK general election held May 2010. It produced a hung parliament and led to a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition under David Cameron.
UK general election held May 2005. Tony Blair won a third consecutive Labour majority, though significantly reduced, against Michael Howard's Conservatives.
UK general election held June 2001. Tony Blair's Labour won a second landslide over William Hague's Conservatives, with the lowest turnout since 1918.
UK general election held May 1997. Tony Blair's New Labour won a historic landslide, ending 18 years of Conservative government. The biggest swing since 1945.
UK general election held April 1992. John Major won an unexpected Conservative majority, defying polls and giving the party a record fourth consecutive win.
UK general election held June 1987. Margaret Thatcher won a third consecutive majority over Neil Kinnock's Labour, cementing the longest continuous Conservative government since the Napoleonic Wars.
UK general election held June 1983. Margaret Thatcher won a landslide after the Falklands War, with Labour under Michael Foot suffering its worst post-war defeat.
UK general election held May 1979. Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's Labour after the Winter of Discontent, becoming the first female prime minister.