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2024 United States presidential election

November 5, 2024
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	87.9% (21.3pp)
Nominee Charles III (Write-in) Kamala Harris Donald Trump Party Independent (UK Monarch) Democratic Republican Home state England California Florida Running mate William Windsor Tim Walz J.D. Vance Electoral vote 276 146 116 States carried 18 16 + DC + NE-02 15 + ME-02 Popular vote 56,330,440 42,141,412 36,040,130 Percentage 39.7% 29.7% 25.4%
Presidential election results map. Grey indicates states won by Windsor/Windsor, blue denotes states won by Harris/Walz and red denotes those won by Trump/Pence. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Charles III Independent

The 2024 United States presidential election was the last election held in the United States before its dissolution and later absorption into the Second British Empire (colloquially referred to as "The British Empire 2.0" or "The British Empire 2 - Electric Boogaloo". After a post from the official Twitter account of King Charles III of the United Kingdom announcing his candidacy for the election as a write-in candidate for the presidency, 56.33 million registered voters, purportedly upset by both the alleged rigging of the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, leading to voters being unable to affect the party's choice of presidential nominee, alongside their dissatisfaction with the first Trump administration, decided to write in the monarch's name as a protest vote.

After the results were published on election night, the candidates from both major parties denied the results while Charles released a statement thanking the American people for voting him in. He pledged to "do what is right for America, however that must happen" and that he "shan't interfere with the democratic process".

Shortly after being sworn in as President in January, he announced the dissolution of both the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the House of Commons, and the legislatures of all Commonwealth realms that recognise him as their monarch, and a return to absolute monarchist rule, formally establishing the Second British Empire.

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2024 United States presidential election

November 5, 2024
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Nominee Cave Johnson Wallace Breen Party Aperture Science Black Mesa Home state Michigan California Running mate Caroline Pinkerton TBA
2024 electoral map, based on the results of the 2020 census
Incumbent President Cave Johnson Aperture Science

Party or alliance				Proportional			FPTP			Aosta Valley
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Centre-right		Brothers of Italy	7,302,517	100.00	69	1	100.00	69	12	100.00	0
Total				7,302,517	100.00	69	1	100.00	69	12	100.00	0

total voters: 7,868,079
total votes: 6,396,812

2010 Danish General Election

First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Laugesson Lars Hesselboe Birgitte Nyborg Party Labour Liberal Moderates Seats before 47 48 16 Seats after 35 32 31 Seat change 10 12 15   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Svend Åge Saltum Yvonne Kjær Amir Diwan Party Freedom New Right Greens Seats before 25 19 16 Seats after 29 25 17 Seat change 4 6 1   Seventh party   Leader Anne Lindenkrone Party Solidarity Seats before 4 Seats after 6 Seat change 2

Elected Prime Minister TBD

Party		Votes	%
	CDU	331,067	42.58
	SPD	265,516	34.15
	GRU	74,472	9.58
	LEF	50,132	6.45
	FDP	36,953	4.75
	DVU	6,354	0.82
	OTH	13,037	1.68
Total		777,531	100.00

Party		Votes	%
	SPD	580,422	54.14
	CDU	200,700	18.72
	PDS	200,628	18.72
	DVU	0	0.00
	GRU	31,033	2.89
	FDP	23,541	2.20
	OTH	35,685	3.33
Total		1,072,009	100.00

Austria 2024

2024 Austrian legislative election

21 August 2024
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	81.3% ( 5.7pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Herbert Kickl Andreas Babler Karl Nehammer Party FPÖ SPÖ ÖVP Last election 16.2%, 31 seats 21.2%, 40 seats 37.5%, 71 seats Seats won 50 44 38 Seat change 19 4 33 Popular vote 1,669,568 1,464,870 1,266,569 Percentage 26.1% 22.9% 19.8% Swing 10.1pp 1.7pp 17.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Werner Kogler Beate Meinl-Reisinger Dominik Wlazny Party Greens NEOS BIER Last election 13.9%, 26 seats 8.1%, 15 seats 0.1%, 0 seats Seats won 19 19 13 Seat change 7 4 13 Popular vote 652,475 646,078 441,380 Percentage 10.2% 10.1% 6.9% Swing 3.7pp 2.0pp 6.8pp
Chancellor before election Karl Nehammer ÖVP Chancellor after election Andreas Babler SPÖ

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Freedom Party of Austria	1,669,568	26.14	9.97	50	19
	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,464,870	22.94	1.76	44	4
	Austrian People's Party	1,266,569	19.83	17.63	38	33
	The Greens – The Green Alternative	652,475	10.22	3.68	19	7
	NEOS	646,078	10.12	2.02	19	4
	BIER	441,380	6.91	6.81	13	13
	KPÖ Plus	236,043	3.70	3.01	0
	Others	10,025	0.16		–	–
Total		6,387,008	100.00	–	183	–
Valid votes		6,387,008	99.85
Invalid/blank votes		9,804	0.15
Total votes		6,396,812	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,868,079	81.30

Aftermath

The incumbent ÖVP-Greens government lost its majority, and a massive upset occurred with the Freedom Party of Austria being the party with the largest share of seats in the National Council. An unprecedented turn of events saw the formerly satirical Beer Party gain a shocking 13 seats in the Council, leading to speculation as to whether or not they may be part of the cabinet to provide a centre-left majority.

Following Beer Party leader's Dominik Wlazny's most recent bid for President being far more serious than satirical, as was his party's first run for the National Council in the 2019 election, his party's platform had become one of civil libertarianism, drug liberalisation, and social liberalism, placing it on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum for the 2024 election.

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler ruled out both a coalition with Kickl's FPÖ and a potential confidence and supply agreement, stating, "Kickl is a man who has no respect for rule of law and European values, I refuse to support him for the role of Chancellor." Shortly after, Greens leader Werner Kogler echoed Babler's sentiment, saying, "I don't believe there is any compromise that can be made with Kickl to allow me to support him as the leader of our country, his anti-environmentalist stances among many other issues disqualifies him from co-operating with the Greens.

President Alexander Van der Bellen appointed Herbert Kickl as the formateur, surprising the populace who'd assumed his overt criticism of Kickl and the FPÖ in the past would have stopped him from doing so.

Government formation

Kickl began by approaching the ÖVP, suggesting a repeat of the coalition following the 2017 election, but with the junior and senior partner positions reversed. Nehammer was hesitant to draw up any conclusive coalition agreements, claiming that he doesn't want to be part of a minority government, suggesting to Kickl to approach NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger about the possibility of forming a majority in the National Council.

Meinl-Resinger was brought into coalition talks the following week, and negotiations began between the 3 parties. Meinl-Reisinger strongly advocated for strengthening Austria's ties to the EU, while Kickl was firmly against it, sticking to his campaign promise of Austria withdrawing from the Eurozone. Nehammer tried to find an even compromise that all three parties could agree upon, but failed, with NEOS leaving the coalition talks only 2 weeks after they began. Nehammer subsequently broke off negotiations as well, his desire to have a majority in the National Council being the stated reason.

Kickl informed Van der Bellen that he was unable to form government, and recommended Nehammer for the position in his place. This was frowned upon as Babler of the SPÖ had more seats than Nehammer's ÖVP, leading to speculation that Kickl's recommendation was out of spite for Babler, due to the remarks he made about Kickl after the election.

Van der Bellen opted to appoint Babler as the next formateur, against the recommendation of Kickl.

Coalition talks re-opened with the SPÖ approaching the Greens and NEOS, to discuss a potential centre-left minority government with support from the Beer Party. NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger was hesitant to ally solely with left-wing parties, instead suggesting a grand coalition with SPÖ, NEOS, and the ÖVP.

Discussion began with the three parties despite Meinl-Reisinger's concerns, and preliminary agreements were drawn up. However, Meinl-Reisinger was still reluctant to form a minority cabinet, especially with only left-wing parties, so in a controversial move, Babler added Wlazny to the negotiations, discussing a majority cabinet, alleviating Meinl-Reisinger's concerns about a minority government, whilst providing another party closer to the centre to the discussions.

The second round of negotiations were a success, with a centre-left majority coalition being formed. Babler presented his government to President Van der Bellen and was sworn in as Chancellor, with Meinl-Reisinger being his pick for Vice-Chancellor.

2022 Australian federal election

2022 Australian federal election

21 May 2022
All 250 seats in the House of Representatives
Opinion polls
Registered	17,228,900 4.90%
Turnout	89.82% ( 2.07 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Anthony Albanese Scott Morrison Adam Bandt Party Labor Liberal Greens Leader since 23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Last election 32.80%, 99 seats 27.54%, 83 seats 10.24%, 28 seats Seats won 99 76 34 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 4,776,030 3,502,713 1,795,985 Percentage 34.40% 25.23% 12.94% Swing 1.60% 2.31% 2.70%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader David Crisafulli Pauline Hanson Clive Palmer Party Queensland Conservatives One Nation Party United Australia Leader since 12 November 2020 29 November 2014 12 December 2018 Last election 8.53%, 25 seats 3.03%, 4 seats 3.37%, 0 seats Seats won 23 9 6 Seat change 2 5 6 Popular vote 1,172,515 727,464 604,536 Percentage 8.45% 5.24% 4.35% Swing 0.08 2.21% 0.98   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Barnaby Joyce Lia Finocchiaro Party National Country Party Leader since 21 June 2021 1 February 2020 Last election 4.43%, 10 seats 0.27%, 1 seat Seats won 5 1 Seat change 5 Popular vote 528,442 29,664 Percentage 3.81% 0.21% Swing 0.62% 0.06%
Cabinet before election Shorten II Cabinet Labor-Greens coalition Subsequent Cabinet Albanese Cabinet Labor-Greens coalition

The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Prime Minister Bill Shorten stated he was not seeking another term as Prime Minister and had stepped down as Labor leader 3 months before the election due to personal reasons, however he agreed to remain Prime Minister in the interim. Labor Left leader Anthony Albanese was quickly elected leader of the Labor Party, and sought to win a third consecutive term for his party and second consecutive term for the government coalition.

Opposition leader Scott Morrison of the Liberal Party wished to defeat the Labor Party and secure the first Liberal government with support from their historical allies, the Queensland Conservatives, Nationals, and perhaps minor parties such as the Country Party and the United Australia Party.

The election took place under party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt Method with a 4% national threshold and a 4% threshold in each of the 6 States and 2 self-governing Territories. 99 seats are won from the national total of each party's votes, while the remaining 151 are won in each state or territory, 47 in New South Wales, 38 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 16 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the Australian Capital Territory, and 2 in the Northern Territory.

The Incumbent Labor-Greens coalition government maintained its majority, with Labor retaining all 99 of its seats and the Greens gaining 6.

The voter turnout of 89.82% in this election was the lowest in modern history, falling below 90% for the first time since 1922, prior to the introduction of Compulsory voting in Australia.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	4,776,030	34.40	1.60	99	1
	Liberal	3,502,713	25.23	2.31	74	7
	Greens	1,795,985	12.94	2.70	34	5
	Queensland Conservatives	1,172,515	8.45	0.08	23	2
	One Nation Party	727,464	5.24	2.21	9	5
	United Australia Party	604,536	4.35	0.98	6	6
	National	528,442	3.81	0.62	5	5
	Country	29,664	0.21	0.06	1	0
	Others	745,524	5.37		–	–
Total		13,882,873	100.00	–	251	–
Valid votes		13,882,873	89.79
Invalid/blank votes		1,579,467	10.21
Total votes		15,462,340	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,213,433	89.83

Aftermath

Immediately following the election, the incumbent Labor/Greens coalition agreement was renegotiated between Bandt and Albanese, with the Greens gaining the Ministry for Agriculture from Labor. Psephologist Antony Green called the election for the current coalition government while 60% of the votes were counted, and while opposition leader Morrison was initially optimistic that his party could still command a right-leaning majority, he eventually conceded and stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party, with Josh Frydenberg being elected as Liberal leader shortly after.

In Queensland, David Crisafulli stepped down as leader of the Queensland Conservatives due to his party's third consecutive election without a role in government, allegedly leading to uproar within the party and amongst the right-wing populace of the state about them once again having no sway in parliament. Conservative veteran Peter Dutton replaced him as party leader, marking a sharp rightward shift for the QCP, with Dutton's politics being described as "nationalist" and "right-wing populist" by members of the federal government parties, and even by some anonymous moderate sources within his own party.

2019 Australian federal election (coming soon)

2019

National

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party of Australia	3,989,404	27.54	33
	National Party of Australia	642,233	4.43	5
	Australian Labor Party	4,752,160	32.80	39
	Country Liberal Party	38,837	0.27	0
	Conservative	1,236,401	8.53	10
	One Nation	438,587	3.03	0
	United Australia Party	488,817	3.37	0
	Australian Greens	1,482,923	10.24	12
	Others	1,418,658	9.79	–
Total		14,488,020	100.00	99

NSW

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,461,560	35.59	18
	National Party of Australia	468,866	11.42	5
	Australian Labor Party	1,568,223	38.19	19
	One Nation	59,464	1.45	0
	United Australia Party	153,477	3.74	0
	Australian Greens	395,238	9.62	5
Total		4,106,828	100.00	47

VIC

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal	1,288,805	46.24	16
	National	136,737	4.91	0
	Labor	1,361,913	48.86	17
	One Nation			0
	United Australia			0
	Greens			5
Total		2,787,455	100.00	38

QLD

Party		Seats
	Conservative	15
	Labor	9
	One Nation	3
	United Australia	0
	Greens	3
Total		30

WA

Party		Seats
	Liberal	8
	National	0
	Labor	5
	One Nation	1
	United Australia	0
	Greens	2
Total		16

SA

Party		Seats
	Liberal	5
	National	0
	Labor	4
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	1
Total		10

TAS

Party		Seats
	Liberal	2
	Labor	3
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		5

NT

Party		Seats
	Country	1
	Labor	1
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		2

ACT

Party		Seats
	Liberal	1
	Labor	2
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		3

2024 United Kingdom general election

2024 United Kingdom general election

4 July 2024
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	48,208,507
Turnout	28,530,621 57.1% ( 10.2 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak Nigel Farage Party Labour Conservative Reform UK Leader since 4 April 2020 24 October 2022 3 June 2024 Leader's seat London Yorkshire and the Humber East of England Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6% 0 seats, 2.0% Seats won 238 157 96 Seat change 36 208 96 Popular vote 9,758,393 6,809,928 4,112,730 Percentage 35.6% 24.9% 15.0% Swing 3.5 pp 18.7 pp 13.0 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ed Davey Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay John Swinney Party Liberal Democrats Green SNP Leader since 27 August 2020 1 October 2021 8 May 2024 Leader's seat London South West England East of England Member of the Scottish Parliament Last election 11 seats, 11.6% 1 seat, 2.6% 48 seats, 3.9% Seats won 76 76 18 Seat change 65 75 30 Popular vote 3,524,447 3,524,447 3,524,447 Percentage 12.9% 6.6% 12.9% Swing 1.3 pp 0.0 pp 1.3 pp
A map presenting the results of the election, by party with a plurality votes in each constituency
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Rishi Sunak Conservative Prime Minister after election Keir Starmer Labour

East of England

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party (UK)	869,448	31.40	19
	Labour Party (UK)	834,896	30.16	19
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	375,642	13.57	8
	Reform UK	493,011	17.81	11
	Green Party of England and Wales	195,665	7.07	4
Total		2,768,662	100.00	61

East Midlands

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party (UK)	626,568	30.16	14
	Labour Party (UK)	777,001	37.40	18
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	136,929	6.59	3
	Reform UK	403,470	19.42	9
	Green Party of England and Wales	133,447	6.42	3
Total		2,077,415	100.00	47

London

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party (UK)	683,468	22.03	16
	Labour Party (UK)	1,429,461	46.07	35
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	366,670	11.82	9
	Reform UK	289,070	9.32	7
	Green Party of England and Wales	334,252	10.77	8
Total		3,102,921	100.00	75

North East England

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	504,569	46.63	13
	Conservative Party (UK)	224,584	20.75	6
	Reform UK	220,875	20.41	6
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	65,385	6.04	1
	Green Party of England and Wales	66,671	6.16	1
Total		1,082,084	100.00	27

North West England

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	1,390,497	47.23	40
	Conservative Party (UK)	581,099	19.74	16
	Reform UK	512,115	17.40	14
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	243,199	8.26	7
	Green Party of England and Wales	217,092	7.37	6
Total		2,944,002	100.00	83

South East England

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	1,067,997	25.06	23
	Conservative Party (UK)	1,332,755	31.28	29
	Reform UK	609,281	14.30	13
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	951,222	22.32	20
	Green Party of England and Wales	299,668	7.03	6
Total		4,260,923	100.00	91

South West England

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	682,103	24.99	12
	Conservative Party (UK)	768,841	28.17	14
	Reform UK	384,240	14.08	7
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	687,731	25.19	12
	Green Party of England and Wales	206,780	7.58	3
Total		2,729,695	100.00	48

West Midlands

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	824,496	35.69	20
	Conservative Party (UK)	669,368	28.97	17
	Reform UK	438,013	18.96	11
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	219,204	9.49	5
	Green Party of England and Wales	159,140	6.89	4
Total		2,310,221	100.00	57

Yorkshire and the Humber

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	907,840	42.99	24
	Conservative Party (UK)	506,450	23.98	13
	Reform UK	371,658	17.60	9
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	158,326	7.50	4
	Green Party of England and Wales	167,514	7.93	4
Total		2,111,788	100.00	54

Scotland

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	851,897	35.81	21
	Scottish National Party	724,758	30.47	18
	Conservative Party (UK)	307,344	12.92	7
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	234,228	9.85	5
	Reform UK	167,979	7.06	4
	Scottish Greens	92,685	3.90	2
Total		2,378,891	100.00	57

Wales

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party (UK)	487,636	37.71	13
	Conservative Party (UK)	240,003	18.56	6
	Reform UK	223,018	17.25	5
	Plaid Cymru	194,811	15.07	5
	Liberal Democrats (UK)	85,911	6.64	2
	Wales Green Party	61,662	4.77	1
Total		1,293,041	100.00	32

Northern Ireland

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sinn Féin	210,891	28.87	6
	Democratic Unionist Party	172,058	23.55	4
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	86,861	11.89	2
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	117,191	16.04	3
	Ulster Unionist Party	94,779	12.98	2
	Traditional Unionist Voice	48,685	6.66	1
Total		730,465	100.00	18

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	9,758,393	35.08	+3.00	238	+36
	Conservative Party	6,809,928	24.48	−19.15	157	−208
	Reform UK	4,112,730	14.79	+12.78	96	+96
	Liberal Democrats	3,524,447	12.67	+1.12	76	+65
	Green Party of England and Wales	1,841,891	6.62	+4.01	40	+39
	Scottish National Party	724,758	2.61	−1.27	18	−30
	Sinn Féin	210,891	0.76	+0.19	6	−1
	Plaid Cymru	194,811	0.70	+0.22	5	+1
	Democratic Unionist Party	172,058	0.62	−0.14	4	−4
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	117,191	0.42	0.00	3	+2
	Ulster Unionist Party	94,779	0.34	+0.05	2	+2
	Scottish Greens	92,685	0.33	+0.24	2	+2
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	86,861	0.31	−0.06	2	0
	Traditional Unionist Voice	48,685	0.18	+0.18	1	+1
	Other parties	23,485	0.08		–	–
Total		27,813,593	100.00	–	650	–
Valid votes		27,813,593	99.58
Invalid/blank votes		116,063	0.42
Total votes		27,929,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,208,507	57.94

Aftermath

Exit polls in each of the newly-established multi-member constituencies showed a less promising result for Labour than had been expected based on the opinion polling in the run-up to the election. It was expected that Labour would either be able to govern as either a single-party minority government or a two-party majority coalition, likely with either the Green Party of England and Wales or the Liberal Democrats (either as coalition partners or providing confidence and supply). However, after the seats were called, it became clear Labour would need a three party coalition to govern in majority unless a grand coalition was formed with its traditional rival the Conservative Party.

Starmer was given the mandate to form a government by King Charles III and invited the party leaders of the Conservative Party, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, and the Scottish National Party to negotiations, with the intent to form a majority government "without backing down on [Labour's] campaign promises."

Sunak refused the invitation to coalition negotiations, claiming "it would be a betrayal of our voters to support a socialist government". Upon meeting with Starmer on 14 July, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, presented Starmer with a list of demands that must be met if his party were to be part of a Labour-led government. Chief among these was a commitment to holding a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16, as well as requiring the government to implement greater environmental protections, and for Labour to support their policies towards the decriminalisation of cannabis for personal use, among other promises.

Starmer met with the leaders of the Green Party and the Scottish National Party on 21 July, after his initial consultations with Davey were seemingly successful, allowing the two party leaders to sign a preliminary accord expressing their intent to form a coalition. Swinney of the SNP ruled out forming a coalition without guarantees that a second independence referendum would be held, but expressed his willingness for the party to provide confidence and supply in exchange for greater devolved powers for the Scottish Parliament. Meanwhile Denyer and Ramsay of the Green Party expressed concerns about "losing [their] party's independence by becoming Labour's lackeys". Starmer criticised this remark and suspended negotiations with the party for a week.

On 31 July, the Green Party officially dropped out of coalition negotiations, citing Starmer's "lack of respect for the party" and his "refusal to compromise with our party's policies". The policies that Starmer is alleged to have refused to compromise on have not been revealed, but it is suspected that it was the Green Party's plans for nuclear disarmament.

After weeks of negotiations between Starmer and Swinney, it was announced that the two had come to a confidence and supply agreement by which Starmer would grant the Scottish Parliament (as well as the Welsh Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly) greater devolved powers, including the ability to hold binding independence with the caveat that they must be approved by a 2/3 majority in each nation's respective parliaments. Alongside this was a guarantee that Starmer's government would amend Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 so that UK secretaries of state can no longer outright veto bills passed by the Scottish Parliament, and instead only be given a suspensatory veto, forcing another reading of the bill by the Scottish Parliament.

This has been seen as a response to Alister Jack, the former Secretary of State for Scotland's, vetoing of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, by stopping it from receiving royal assent under the provisions of Section 35. In effect, the amendment means that should the UK government wish to stop a bill passed by the Scottish Parliament from becoming law, their only course of action would be to refer said bill to the UK Supreme Court instead.

The minority Starmer ministry made up of ministers from the Starmer's own Labour Party and Deputy Prime Minister Davey's Liberal Democrats was sworn in on 3 September 2024, marking the first minority coalition government in the history of the United Kingdom.

Starmer ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2024–2029
Prime Minister Starmer (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Davey (right)
Date formed	3 September 2024 (2024-09-03)
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Keir Starmer
Deputy Prime Minister	Ed Davey
Member parties	Labour Party   Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) 314 / 650 (48%)
Opposition cabinet	Sunak Shadow Cabinet Badenoch Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Conservative Party
Opposition leader	Rishi Sunak (2024) Kemi Badenoch (2024-present)
History
Election	2024 general election
Outgoing election	Next
Legislature terms	2024–2029
Budget	2024 budget
Incoming formation	2024 government formation
Predecessor	Sunak ministry

2026 United Kingdom EEA/EFTA referendum

3 May 2026 (2026-05-03)
Should the United Kingdom rejoin the European Economic Area and European Free Trade Association?
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 20,125,593 52.64% No 18,105,505 47.36% Valid votes 38,231,098 99.89% Invalid or blank votes 43,372 0.11% Total votes 38,274,470 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 49,257,006 77.7%
Results by HoC constituency + Gibraltar Yes:   50–55%   55–60%   >60% No:   50–55%   55-60%   >60%

2025 United Kingdom voting age referendum

3 February 2025 (2025-02-03)
Should the national voting age for all elections held in the UK be lowered from 18 years to 16 years?
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 20,125,593 51.17% No 19,205,505 48.83% Valid votes 39,331,098 99.91% Invalid or blank votes 34,211 0.09% Total votes 39,365,309 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 48,931,634 80.45%
Results by HoC constituency + Gibraltar Yes:   50–55%   55–60%   >60% No:   50–55%   55-60%   >60%

Gender Recognition and Medical Reform Act

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to ensure each UK citizen's right to self-identification and for their identity to be recognised by the UK government and for the citizen to be guaranteed access to medical care applicable to their gender identity.
Citation	2027 c. 2
Introduced by	Ed Davey, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	17 January 2027
Commencement	1 February 2027
Other legislation
Amends	Gender Recognition Act 2004
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Cabinet

September 2024 – present

Starmer Cabinet

Post	Portrait	Incumbent		Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union			The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP	3 September 2024 – present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government			The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury			The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for the Home Department			The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero			The Rt Hon Daisy Cooper MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs			The Rt Hon David Lammy MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations			The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor			The Rt Hon Sarah Olney KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care			The Rt Hon Munira Wilson MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade			The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions			The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Defence			The Rt Hon Richard Foord MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Transport			The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology			The Rt Hon Victoria Collins MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland			The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Scotland			The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities			The Rt Hon Layla Moran MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport			The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP	3 September 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal			The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC	3 September 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council			The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Wales			The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs			The Rt Hon Manuela Perteghella OBE MP	3 September 2024 – present
Also attending Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons			The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury			The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP	3 September 2024 – present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland			The Rt Hon The Lord Hermer PC KC	3 September 2024 – present
Minister of State for Development Minister of State for Women and Equalities			The Rt Hon Wera Hobhouse MP	3 September 2024 – present
Minister of State without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party			Ellie Reeves MP	2 December 2024 – present

Changes

Changes from Starmer's final Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.

• Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat and Lisa Nandy was appointed in her place.
• Nandy's role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government and not reformed by Starmer. Anneliese Dodds attends Cabinet as Minister of State for Development.
• Dodds served in Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary and party chair, and she is also the junior Minister of State for Women and Equalities, while Bridget Phillipson succeeds her as the senior Minister for Women and Equalities.
• Ellie Reeves (Deputy National Campaign Coordinator) was a member of Shadow Cabinet in her previous role that has no government counterpart, and was appointed to succeed Dodds' role as party chair and Minister without Portfolio outside Cabinet.
• Jonathan Ashworth (Shadow Paymaster General) lost his seat. Nick Thomas-Symonds (Shadow Minister without Portfolio) was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office as well as Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, but will not attend Cabinet.
• Emily Thornberry (Shadow Attorney General) was not appointed to Cabinet nor any junior ministerial role and returns to the backbenches. Richard Hermer was appointed Attorney General from outside parliament and will be given a life peerage to the House of Lords to serve.
• Hermer (Attorney General), Alan Campbell (Commons Chief Whip) and Darren Jones (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) merely attend Cabinet, roles that were full members of the Shadow Cabinet.
• The Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lords Chief Whip) was a member of Shadow Cabinet, but he not was appointed to Cabinet while remaining in the same role.

  Changes from Autumn 2024 reshuffle.

• Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary on 28 November 2024, and was replaced by Heidi Alexander the following day.
• Ellie Reeves was promoted to attend Cabinet in her existing role as Minister of State without Portfolio on 2 December 2024.

Cabinet

September 2024 – present

Starmer Cabinet

Post	Portrait	Incumbent		Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union			The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP	3 September 2024 – present
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government			The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury			The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for the Home Department			The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero			The Rt Hon Daisy Cooper MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs			The Rt Hon David Lammy MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations			The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor			The Rt Hon Sarah Olney KC MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care			The Rt Hon Munira Wilson MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade			The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions			The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Defence			The Rt Hon Richard Foord MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Transport			The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology			The Rt Hon Victoria Collins MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland			The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Scotland			The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP	5 July 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities			The Rt Hon Layla Moran MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport			The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP	3 September 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal			The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC	3 September 2024 – present
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council			The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Wales			The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP	3 September 2024 – present
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs			The Rt Hon Manuela Perteghella OBE MP	3 September 2024 – present
Also attending Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons			The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP	3 September 2024 – present
Chief Secretary to the Treasury			The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP	3 September 2024 – present
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland			The Rt Hon The Lord Hermer PC KC	3 September 2024 – present
Minister of State for Development Minister of State for Women and Equalities			The Rt Hon Wera Hobhouse MP	3 September 2024 – present
Minister of State without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party			Ellie Reeves MP	2 December 2024 – present

2025 Danish general election

2025 Danish general election

12 January 2025
All 179 seats in the Folketing 175 from Denmark, 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.70% ( 5.00pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Parties in Denmark Green Left Pia Olsen Dyhr 19.53 35 +20 Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 18.14 32 −18 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 11.86 21 +7 Denmark Democrats Inger Støjberg 11.65 21 +7 Venstre Troels Lund Poulsen 9.46 17 −6 Red–Green Pelle Dragsted 7.25 13 +4 Conservatives Mona Juul 5.55 10 0 DPP Morten Messerschmidt 4.55 8 +3 Social Liberals Martin Lidegaard 4.36 7 0 Moderates Lars Løkke Rasmussen 3.87 6 −10 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 2.82 5 0 Parties in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Aksel V. Johannesen 31.20 1 0 Republic Sirið Stenberg 27.92 1 +1 Parties in Greenland Siumut Erik Jensen 35.73 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit Múte Bourup Egede 29.81 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mette Frederiksen Social Democrats Pia Olsen Dyhr Green Left

The 2025 Danish general election was held on 12 January 2025 after the Second Frederiksen government collapsed following policy disagreements between the three government (Social Democrats, Venstre, and the Moderates), largely on environmental and economic issues. A snap election was called after Venstre left the governing coalition on 20 December 2024, reducing the government to a two-party minority that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described as "unworkable".

The election was a historic upset for both major parties, with the Green Left party obtaining the most seats for the first time, knocking the Social Democrats into second place, with Venstre receiving its worst result ever, being reduced to 17 seats. After the finalised results were released, King Frederick tasked Pia Olsen Dyhr with forming a government. After several months of negotiations, a minority government was sworn in made up of ministers from Green Left and the Social Democrats, with confidence and supply from the Red-Green Alliance, the Social Liberals, The Alternative, and the centre-left to left-wing politicians from the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Green Left	741,377	19.53	35	+20
	Social Democrats	688,611	18.14	32	-18
	Liberal Alliance	450,217	11.86	21	+7
	Denmark Democrats	442,245	11.65	21	+7
	Venstre	359,110	9.46	17	–6
	Red–Green Alliance	275,217	7.25	13	+4
	Conservative People's Party	210,683	5.55	10	0
	Danish People's Party	172,722	4.55	8	+3
	Social Liberals	165,510	4.36	7	0
	Moderates	146,909	3.87	6	-10
	The Alternative	107,050	2.82	5	-1
	Independent Greens	18,980	0.50	0	0
	Christian Democrats	9,111	0.24	0	0
	Independents	8,351	0.22	0	0
Total		3,796,093	100.00	175	0
Valid votes		3,796,093	99.08
Invalid votes		14,935	0.39
Blank votes		20,154	0.53
Total votes		3,831,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,319,140	88.70
Source: DST
Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic Party	9,032	31.20	1	0
	Republic	8,083	27.92	1	+1
	Union Party	6,716	23.20	0	-1
	People's Party	3,885	13.42	0	0
	Centre Party	996	3.44	0	0
	Progress	237	0.82	0	0
Total		28,949	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		28,949	99.20
Invalid votes		69	0.24
Blank votes		163	0.56
Total votes		29,181	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,544	73.79
Source: kvf.fo
Greenland
	Siumut	7,968	35.73	1	0
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	6,648	29.81	1	0
	Democrats	4,496	20.16	0	0
	Naleraq	2,669	11.97	0	0
	Atassut	511	2.29	0	0
	Cooperation Party	9	0.04	0	0
Total		22,301	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		22,301	97.85
Invalid votes		197	0.86
Blank votes		293	1.29
Total votes		22,791	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,291	53.89
Source: Qinersineq

Results by party

Aftermath

After the results were called, Dyhr held a press conference thanking the Danish voters for their "clear demand for a new government" and for "making history" by "granting Green Left a mandate to govern".