UK/General election/2024
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| Date | 4 July 2024 |
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| Description | UK's 2024 election. |
The 2024 UK General Election is to take place on Thursday 4 July 2024.
Addressing the nation outside Downing Street, a rain-soaked Rishi Sunak said it was “the moment for Britain to choose its future” as he claimed the Tories could be trusted to lead the country during a time of global instability. He said:
“This election will take place at time when the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the cold war. These uncertain times call for a clear plan and bold action to chart a course to a secure future. You must choose in this election who has that plan.”[1]
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First nation-wide test
| Sky's economics editor Ed Conway looks at what factors that may have prompted Rishi Sunak to call a general election. |
The UK Conservative Party faces its first nation-wide election after selecting Rishi Sunak as British Prime Minister on 25 October 2022.[2]
Challenge for Starmer
Whereas the Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer is to be challenged in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency by the Independent candidate Andrew Feinstein, who is aiming to un-seat Starmer.[3]
Boundary changes
Constituency boundary changes will, in effect, be the first such changes since before the UK/General election/2010.[4]
Gamblegate
During the campaign, allegations were made that bets were placed on gambling sites by individuals with insider knowledge of the date of the general election before Rishi Sunak publicly announced when it would be held. On 12 June 2024, The Guardian reported that a Conservative candidate in the election and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Craig Williams, had put a £100 bet on a July election with gambling site Ladbrokes in a branch in his constituency of Montgomeryshire on 19 May, days before Rishi Sunak announced the election to the public. An apology followed, but everyone remained silent when asked who had given him this info. One week later, less than a month before the election, half a dozen more employees of Sunak were facing a police investigation for the same insider betting charges.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rishi Sunak takes gamble by calling UK general election for 4 July"
- ↑ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05085/
- ↑ "Andrew Feinstein announced as left-wing candidate to unseat Keir Starmer at general election"
- ↑ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?"
- ↑ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_date_betting_controversy
