It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
Alfred Adler, Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology, 1870-1937
The United Kingdom held its General Election on July 4th, 2024. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party achieved a significant victory, securing 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons with 33.7% of the vote. This election marked the end of turbulent 14 years of Conservative rule, with the party, led by Rishi Sunak, obtaining only 121 seats and 23.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats improved their standing, winning 72 seats with 12.2% of the vote, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured 9 seats (2.5% of the overall vote in the UK, but only standing in Scotland). Sinn Fein secured 7 seats with a 0.7% vote share (only standing in Northern Ireland). Reform UK gained 5 seats (14.3% vote share), as did the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland (with an overall vote share of 0.6%). 4 seats went to both the Green party (6.7% vote share) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (overall vote share of 0.7%). Further seats were taken by the Social Democratic & Labour Party (2), the Alliance Party (1), the Ulster Unionist Party (1) and the Workers Party of Britain (1). 7 seats were taken by Independent candidates without a national party affiliation. Voter turnout was 60%, down by 7.6% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2001.
This map series illustrates the election results in three formats: a conventional land area map showing the winning party in each area, a hexagon cartogram where each parliamentary constituency is represented by a hexagon reflecting the new parliament’s composition, and a gridded population cartogram resizing each area based on its population.
