The revolt against the establishment is underway
Nigel Farage, leader the Reform UK Party, 4.07.2024
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.