On the 4th July 2024, the UK held a general election. Here are my notes and links …
I celebrated/recorded the results in a blog article called “Labour Landslide“. See also, my diigo list tagged 2024, which includes some articles about the French election.
The definitive record of results
At the House of Commons Library, General election 2024 results and a page on the party results.
On the Politics
- What yougov has to say, “How Britain voted in the 2024 General Election“; I made a page specifically for the #sankey diagram.
- The politico.eu UK Polls page, shows a remarkable drop in Labour’s popularity during the campaign from 45% to 34%
- The House of Commons Library results page, and that of the BBC. Also the wikipedia page on the GE 2024.
- Announcing the Government and the FT’s comments on the unexpected appointments and demotions.
- Lewis Goodall, an awesome twitter thread.
- Tony Benn clips on the political shape of the PLP.
- Later in the year, Peter Kellner comments on his substack. Another analysis, showing that Labour’s vote was static at best, and the huge majority is based on a collapse of the Tory vote, mostly in favour of Reform, but many stayed at home.
Manifesto
- Labour’s Manifesto (HTML) or local (.pdf)
- The Green Party Manifesto (their web download page), or my mirror.
- Novara Media on the manifestos
On Votes
- At the House of Commons Library, General election 2024 results and a page on the party results.
- I have my notes on voting on a page, called, “Where did the votes come from?” on this wiki.
- John Burns Murdoch reviews the class or wealth composition of the electorate, showing that the poor aren’t voting Labour.
- Ben Walker of the New Statesman publishes his estimate of ward by ward results.
- Novara Media, in an article about the Greens, have a chart showing who came second and where.
On Money
- Labour Party raises 15 times more than Tories in donations during second week of campaign from Sky News
- UK political parties on track to spend £1m on election day online ads from the Guardian
More on my bookmarks
Here are the 20 most recent diigo bookmarks …
- by Peter Kellner, Labour did not do well in the Red Wall, although it did in East Anglia; the majority is caused by Tories switching to reform, or staying at home and the polls now point to, in fact, always have, that being pro-EU is good politics and good economics. […]
- "A new cross-party group of parliamentarians launched in Westminster yesterday evening, brandishing an ambitious catalogue of proposals to reform Britain’s reputedly stale constitution." Annotations: The new all-party caucus has three broadly related aims: (1), “Replacing First Past the Post (FPTP) with a proportional system that makes seats match votes”; (2), […]
- Curtice, J. (2024). General Election 2024: How Britain Voted. Political Insight, 15(3), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20419058241282452 Behind a paywall Tags: politics ge2024 johncurtice
- "Thin Ice: Why the UK’s progressive majority could stop Labour’s landslide melting away uses new polling and analysis to show that Labour’s majority is big but brittle. Our new polling reveals that 4 in 10 people who voted Labour in July 2024 do not consider themselves very strong supporters of the […]
- "The rocky start to Keir Starmer’s Government is no accident given who is running it, argues Mike Phipps." Annotations: Three months into a new Labour Government following a landslide victory, things are not going well. Keir Starmer’s personal ratings have fallen precipitously since the general election – by 45 points […]
- Labour dominance in terms of seats grew even greater, but beneath the headlines the story of Londoners' votes was remarkably complex. The political complexion of London has once again turned redder. Labour gained eight seats in the capital at the general election of 4 July, 2024 – highlighted in the […]
- Even the economist asks if Labour is being too timid Tags: politics labour ge2024 programme economist
- The FT film identifies several long term trends in the electorate, one of which is the increasing number of graduates, who are socially more liberal, another is the increasing volatility of voters. The latter suggests that the Tories can recover if they get their strategy right, after all, it is […]
- Local Labour Parties in non-target seats “resented” losing access to online campaigning tools during the general election campaign, a long-standing member of Labour’s national executive committee has warned. Annotations: Black added: “We are all volunteers, and punishing members will not move them en masse 50 miles down the road. Instead, […]
- Election results for the UK Parliament from 2010 to 2024. Compiled and made available by the House of Commons Library. Hosted by herokuapp.com Tags: politics ge2024 results elections results
- By Ben Walker, from the NS, offers a ward by ward analysis Tags: politics ge2024 results newstatesman
- Their landing page, they say, "Full results of the 4th July 2024 general election, where Labour won a majority in Parliament", and this page includes the spreadsheet. Tags: politics ge2024 results houseofcommonslibrary
- from the FT (£|(-)) Tags: politics labour ge2024 kingsspeech ft.com
- Candidates have raised tens of thousands for Nigel Farage's party despite failing to explain how they will vet donors, amid claims the party doesn't have 'millionaire' funders Tags: politics ge2024 reform
- The gulf in voter turnout between haves and have-nots has widened. The result is no politics for those who can’t afford it. This is an important article and cross references a chart from the FT, showing a declining support from the less well off. Annotations: It all feels oddly disconnected […]