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1. news.sky.com › story › labour-and-lib-dem-voteThis was one of the most remarkable collapses for a political ...

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   Jul 5, 2024 · Despite the success of smaller parties including Reform and the Green Party, the number of votes per elected candidate far outweighs Labour and the Lib Dems.

2. blogs.qub.ac.uk › pb-happ › 2024/02/28Size matters? The role of small parties in the UK’s two-party ...

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   Feb 28, 2024 · This blog post presents a detailed analysis of the shifting dynamics in the UK political system, especially by highlighting the challenges that smaller parties face as the Conservatives and Labour usually dominates the two-party system.

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4. www.politico.eu › article › britain-uk-election-keirWhy a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change – POLITICO

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   Jul 5, 2024 · Labour lost a slew of formerly safe seats on Thursday to independents or left-wing Green Party candidates protesting about his position on Gaza. The Labour leader was slow to call for an immediate ceasefire in the region.

5. www.reuters.com › world › ukUK Labour landslide comes at expense of smaller party ...

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   Jul 5, 2024 · LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Keir Starmer's Labour won one of the largest parliamentary majorities with the second lowest share of the vote of any winning party in modern British history,...

6. blogs.qub.ac.uk › pb-happ › 2024/03/02Breakthrough: Can Smaller Parties Really Change the UK’s ...

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   Mar 2, 2024 · The first-past-the-post electoral system does not usually allow smaller parties to enter government or even win seats in parliament despite a relatively high number of popular votes. For example, in 2015 UKIP won 12.6% of the popular vote but this didn’t result in any seats in parliament.

7. news.sky.com › story › what-happens-when-an-mpWhat happens when an MP defects to another party?

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   May 9, 2024 · Defecting to smaller parties happens more often, such as moves from both Conservative and Labour to Change UK during the Brexit years, or Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless heading over to UKIP ahead of the referendum.

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   What was Labour's vote share?

   • Labour's share of the national vote at this election at 33.7% was only 1.6 percentage points higher than in 2019 when the party had its worst election result since 1935. The party's vote share on Thursday was also smaller than the 40% achieved by leftwing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in his 2017 election defeat.

   UK Labour landslide comes at expense of smaller party representation

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   Did Labour win a parliamentary majority?

   • REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Keir Starmer's Labour won one of the largest parliamentary majorities with the second lowest share of the vote of any winning party in modern British history, underscoring how the electoral system favours established parties over smaller ones.

   UK Labour landslide comes at expense of smaller party representation

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   Why did Labour lose a slew of formerly safe seats?

   • Labour lost a slew of formerly safe seats on Thursday to independents or left-wing Green Party candidates protesting about his position on Gaza. The Labour leader was slow to call for an immediate ceasefire in the region. The anger at some of his pro-Israel remarks has been visceral. Somehow he needs to rebuild trust with those communities.

   Why a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change – POLITICO

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   How many seats did Labour win in the House of Commons?

   • With 648 of the 650 seats in parliament's House of Commons declared on Friday, Labour won 412 seats with 9.7 million votes, while the Conservative Party's vote collapsed, giving it 121 seats with 6.8 million votes.

   UK Labour landslide comes at expense of smaller party representation

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   Will Jeremy Corbyn change the party's voting system?

   • The party's vote share on Thursday was also smaller than the 40% achieved by leftwing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in his 2017 election defeat. However, any change to the system is unlikely to be on the agenda of a party that has just achieved power under the existing rules.

   UK Labour landslide comes at expense of smaller party representation

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   Is Britain wedded to Labour?

   • Britain is not wedded to Labour, nor any other political party. “Party de-alignment has been happening at pace,” said Katwala. Faith, ethnic background and the places where people live are all less likely to determine the way people vote than they were a generation ago.

   Why a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change – POLITICO

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9. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk › explainer › mpsMPs who change party allegiance | Institute for Government

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Many MPs who leave their party either stand down at the next election or find they are unsuccessful in retaining their seat. Others are more successful in extending their parliamentary career. Alan Howarth left the Conservatives to join Labour in 1995, and was re-elected as a Labour MP in 1997.