2024 United Kingdom General Election
United Kingdom
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.9% (Decrease 7.4 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Labour Keir Starmer 33.8 411 +209
Conservative Rishi Sunak 23.7 121 −244
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 12.2 72 +61
Scottish National John Swinney 2.5 9 −39
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 2.5 7 0
Reform UK Nigel Farage 14.3 5 +5
Democratic Unionist Gavin Robinson 0.8 5 −3
Green Party of England and Wales Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay
6.4 4 +3
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth 0.7 4 0
Social Democratic and Labour Colum Eastwood 0.3 2 0
Alliance Naomi Long 0.4 1 0
Ulster Unionist Doug Beattie 0.3 1 0
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 0.2 1 0
Independent 2 6 +6
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 0.1 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
A hex map of the results of the election
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Rishi Sunak
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Elaborate foliate capitals in Southwell Minster, England, often praised for their beauty and accurate depiction of foliage.

Romanesque and Gothic capitals are the distinctive forms of capital used in the columns of these two two architectural styles. In architecture, a capital is the section of a column between the abacus and the column proper.

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History

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Various capitals:

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Types

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Scallop

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Scalloped capital at St Peter's Church, Conisbrough, England

Romanesque

Cushion

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Romanesque

Bell

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Early English

Crocket

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A crocket capital in the Collegiate Church of Our Lady, Semur-en-Auxois, France.

Gothic

Stiff-leaf

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Stiff-leaf carving at St Lawrence's Church, Thornton Curtis, England.

Gothic transitonal C12-C13

Water-leaf

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Water-leaf carving at St Peter's Church, Creeton, England.

Gothic transitional

Moulded

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  1. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006), "capital", A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606789.001.0001/acref-9780198606789-e-832?rskey=lnkzja&result=3, ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9, retrieved 31 July 2023