UK general election seats won history 1918-2024| ��ƽ��

Number of seats won in general elections United Kingdom from 1918 to 2024, by political party

Characteristic	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	SNP	Plaid Cyrmu	Other
2024*	121	412	72	9	4	30
2019	365	203	11	48	4	19
2017	317	262	12	35	4	20
2015	330	232	8	56	3	21
2010	306	258	57	6	3	20
2005	198	355	62	6	3	22
2001	166	412	52	5	4	20
1997	165	418	46	6	4	20
1992	336	271	20	3	4	17
1987	376	229	22	3	3	17
1983	397	209	23	2	2	17
1979	339	269	11	2	2	12
October 1974	277	319	13	11	3	12
February 1974	297	301	14	7	2	14
1970	330	288	6	1	-	5
1966	253	364	12	0	-	1
1964	304	317	9	0	-	0
1959	365	258	6	0	-	1
1955	345	277	6	0	-	2
1951	321	295	6	0	-	3
1950	298	315	9	0	-	3
1945	210	393	12	0	-	25
1935	429	154	21	0	-	11
1931	522	52	36	0	-	5
1929	260	287	59	0	-	9
1924	412	151	40	-	-	12
1923	258	191	158	-	-	8
1922	344	142	115	-	-	14
1918	382	57	163	-	-	105

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July 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

1918 to 2019

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Between 1918 and 1981 the Liberal Democrats were known as the Liberal Party, and between 1981 and 1988 were the SDP/Liberal Alliance.

*The most recent election results from 2024 were taken from the .

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The Labour Party won 412 seats in the 2024 general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, after they won just 121 seats. Between 1918 and 2024, there have been 29 elections in the United Kingdom, resulting in 13 Conservative governments, 12 Labour governments, and four national or coalition governments. The Conservative Party won the most seats in the 1931 general elections at 522, by comparison, the Labour Party won 418 seats in the 1997 general elections, their largest number to date.