Politics in the UK

Statistics report about politics in the United Kingdom

Politics in the UK

This report presents a range of statistics and facts about British politics. It includes election results, stats about MPs and political parties, and opinion polls on current issues.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Voting intention in the United Kingdom 2017-2024
  • Basic Statistic Prime Minister preference in the United Kingdom 2020-2024
  • Basic Statistic Most important issues facing Britain 2019-2024
  • Basic Statistic Share of people who think Brexit was the right or wrong decision 2020-2024
  • Basic Statistic Approval rating for the government of the UK 2019-2024
  • Basic Statistic Support for the monarchy in Great Britain 2011-2023
  • Basic Statistic Voting intention in a referendum on Scottish independence 2018-2023
  • Basic Statistic Voting intention in a referendum on Welsh independence 2020-2023

Elections

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  • Basic Statistic General election results in the United Kingdom 2019
  • Basic Statistic By-election results in the UK 2023-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of seats won in general elections in the UK 1918-2019
  • Basic Statistic Share of votes in UK elections 1918-2019
  • Basic Statistic Voter turnout in UK elections 1918-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of MEPs from the UK elected to the European parliament in 2019, by party
  • Basic Statistic Share of votes in UK European elections 1979-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of seats won in Scottish Parliamentary elections 1999-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of seats won in Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) elections 1999-2021

Brexit

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  • Basic Statistic Result of the Brexit referendum 2016, by percentage of votes
  • Basic Statistic Result of the Brexit referendum 2016, by number of votes cast
  • Basic Statistic Brexit votes in the United Kingdom by gender 2016
  • Basic Statistic Brexit votes in the UK by age 2016
  • Basic Statistic Brexit votes by region in the UK 2016
  • Basic Statistic Results of key votes on Brexit in the UK House of Commons 2019-2020

The UK parliament

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  • Basic Statistic Age of MPs in the UK Parliament 1979-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of female MPs in the UK parliament 1979-2019, by party
  • Basic Statistic Number of Black and minority MPs in the UK parliament 1987-2019, by party
  • Basic Statistic Number of LGBTQ+ MPs in the UK parliament 2017-2019, by party
  • Basic Statistic Longest serving MPs in the UK Parliament 2019
  • Basic Statistic Annual salary for MPs UK 2010-2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of members of the House of Lords in the UK 2024, by political party

Political Parties

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  • Basic Statistic Political party membership in the UK 2022
  • Basic Statistic Value of donations to political parties in the UK 2010-2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of Facebook likes for political parties in the UK 2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of X/Twitter followers for political parties in the UK 2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of Facebook likes for political party leaders in the UK 2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of Twitter followers for political party leaders in the UK 2024

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