UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023: A century of elections
Aug 9, 2023 — Labour became the largest party after winning 12 seats in the 2012 election and maintained its share in 2016 but lost one London-wide seat to the Conservative party in 2021. Table 20a (p. 76) in the Briefing Paper shows London Assembly seats by party, 2000-2021.
How Labour Beat the Conservatives in Britain After 14 Years, by …
Jul 5, 2024 — Labour's landslide brought a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. Parliament had been led by the center-right Conservatives since 2010. They had faced one challenge after another,...
How Labour beat the Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by …
Jul 5, 2024 — LONDON (AP) — Great Britain’s Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation’s government. With most votes counted, here’s a breakdown of the numbers: Labour has won 412 seats — a 63% majority — of the 650 seats in the lower house of Parliament. One seat remains undeclared.
FactCheck Q&A: Which party has a better track record on the economy?
May 26, 2017 — Median gross annual earnings grew by an average of £638 in the six Labour years from 2005-2010 (inclusive). Then, under the Conservatives, they grew by an average of just £389 per year...
Labour leadership: A century of ups and downs in charts - BBC
After 1983, it took the party a further 14 years to return to power - in 1997, Tony Blair won a landslide victory. The result ended 18 years of Conservative rule under Mrs Thatcher and John...
How Labour beat the Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by …
Jul 5, 2024 — Great Britain 's Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation's government. With most votes counted, here's a breakdown of the...
Labour are much better at running the economy than voters …
Jun 8, 2021 — In short, the economy grows at a very similar pace under Labour and the Conservatives, but Labour governments seem to do better at tackling recessions and achieve a more consistent performance.
How Labour beat the Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by …
Jul 5, 2024 — Labour’s landslide brought a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. Parliament had been led by the center-right Conservatives since 2010. They had faced one challenge after another,...
UK Election Results in Maps: How Labour’s Landslide Victory …
Jul 5, 2024 — Support for the Conservatives plummeted, propelling the Labour Party into power. Here’s how it happened. The election has dramatically reshaped Britain’s electoral map, with nearly half of...
Conservative vs Labour: A look at party economic policies
May 22, 2024 — Labour wants to decarbonise the power system by 2030, five years earlier than the Conservatives. It would make it easier to build new onshore wind farms, create a state energy firm and a...