UK general election 2024
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Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029
The new government has more important things to deal with first
Britain’s general election was its least representative ever
The rise of multi-party competition will build pressure for electoral reform
How the Gaza war affected the British election
Deciphering the striking success of independent candidates
The new front line of British politics is just lovely
From the “left-behind” to the “well-ahead”
Britain’s Labour government has declared war on NIMBYs
The battle is likely to define its success
What does Labour’s win mean for British foreign policy?
Continuity on NATO and Ukraine, and hopes for a reset with Europe
Polling and forecasts
Live results and analysis
See whether Labour will achieve a landslide victory
The Economist’s final prediction points to a Tory wipeout in Britain
Opposition parties are inflicting damage on the Conservatives from all directions
Can you build a British voter?
See how Britons might vote in the next general election
The Conservatives
A prime minister, a plotter and others say farewell as British MPs
Theresa May is one of 132 who are departing of their own volition
These charts show how Britain’s Tory party lost its way
Plus, a few things it got right
What now for Britain’s right-wing parties?
The Conservatives, Reform UK and the regressive dilemma
Two by-election defeats spell deep trouble for the Tories
Another terrible night for the Conservative Party
On shame, Liz Truss and the turnip Taliban
A local group is trying to eject the former prime minister from her seat
Labour
Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment
A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
Labour is on course for a huge victory in the British election
An exit poll points to a collapse in the Tory vote
What the remaking of Labour reveals about Sir Keir Starmer
How might Britain’s would-be prime minister approach the job?
What taxes might Labour raise?
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation
Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
Labour’s growth ambitions demand more radicalism on planning
Small tweaks to the existing system are unlikely to deliver a big change in housebuilding
What’s at stake
Why the next Westminster scandal is already here
In British politics scandals are not exposed. They are simply noticed
What ails Britain’s left-behind places?
Two new books offer different views on the country’s troubled towns
In search of the white British voter
The most important ethnic group in British politics is the one nobody talks about
Can Britain’s economy grow as fast as it needs to?
Labour is banking on a big upswing in growth. It will struggle to get one
Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters
The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition
Brexit is the only big legacy of the 2019-24 parliament
An abrupt election crimps the Tories’ already-slim legislative record
Other parties
South-west England has become a three-way political battleground
The Tories will struggle to regain control of the West Country in Britain’s general election
1843 magazine | No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head
Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy
Why this isn’t Britain’s TikTok election
And why the next one might be
What are MRP polls and can they predict election results accurately?
How a novel technique to predict Britain’s general election works
The SNP feels the heat in Scotland’s election campaign
And Labour is not the only party to see the benefits
The return of the Farage ratchet
The Reform UK leader hopes to reshape the British political right again