British general election results for Parliament from 1802, the first election after the union between Great Britain and Ireland, right up to the 2019 election, which witnessed Boris Johnson's Conservatives claim a comfortable majority (the best since 1987).
Prior to 1832, when the Great Reform [...]
The video below features every British general election there has been under HM's government, starting in 1708 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. The video continues until the current most recent election in 2019. Enjoy!
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Exit polls, first results and the biggest winners and losers - here's how 'the most important election in a generation' unfolded overnight as it became clear the Conservative party was headed for a strong majority while Labour faced its worst results in decades.
What some of us already knew about t [...]
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Jang Tae-hyun fills us in [...]
Nearly one in three voters "held their nose" and voted for a party they considered the "lesser evil" in the last general election, according to a new report from the Electoral Reform Society.
The pro-democracy group claims December's election saw voters marginalised on an extraordinary scale, and l [...]
Boris Johnson confirmed plans to press ahead with new requirements for photographic ID at polling stations, in the face of accusations that the move is designed to suppress voting by young people and disadvantaged groups.
But another, and perhaps more worrying, part of the plan will mean th [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reflected on his catastrophic general election defeat while expressing his hope that there can still be a "better world".
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Mr Corbyn a [...]
Labour claimed back in October that workers' rights will be eroded under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal renegotiation
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