2024 general election: Turnout
Turnout at the 2024 general election was below 2019 levels across the UK. Seats won by Labour generally had lower turnout than seats won by the Conservatives.
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Candidate selection-Primaries (106 KB , PDF)
This Note looks at the possibility of introducing primaries into the candidate selection processes of UK political parties, following the experiment of an open primary in Totnes, Devon, by the Conservative Party. It also examines experience of primaries in the United States, where the procedure is well established.
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Candidate selection-Primaries (106 KB , PDF)
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2024 general election: Marginality
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2024 general election: Performance of Reform and the Greens
Reform UK won five seats in 2024 and the Green Party won four seats, which were records for their parties. But both won a larger share of votes than seats.
