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Live polling records and results from the 2024 general election.

2026 POLLING DATABASE

Living polling records

Automatically calculated from every national Westminster voting-intention poll in the UKDecides database.

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239Polls loggedPublished records in the 2026 database.
16Pollsters trackedSeparate organisations with published polls.
1–2 November 2026Latest fieldworkMost recent published database entry.

Database coverage

Most active pollsters

1YouGov45 polls
2Find Out Now43 polls
3More in Common43 polls
4Opinium29 polls
5Survation14 polls
6Deltapoll11 polls
7BMG Research10 polls
8Ipsos8 polls
9Trajectory8 polls
10Freshwater Strategy8 polls

2026 HIGHS

Highest recorded shares

1Conservative24% · YouGov · 1–2 November 2026
2Labour32% · Deltapoll · 23–26 October 2026
3Liberal Democrats16% · YouGov · 11–12 January 2026
4Reform UK33% · Freshwater Strategy · 9–11 January 2026
5Green21% · Find Out Now · 22–23 April 2026
6Restore Britain7% · BMG Research · 23–24 September 2026
7SNP5% · Deltapoll · 15–18 May 2026
8Plaid Cymru2% · YouGov · 1–2 November 2026
9Your Party0% · YouGov · 27–28 September 2026
10Other8% · JL Partners · 8–11 August 2026

Peak headline shares in individual polls, not poll-of-polls estimates. Sources are the pollster or commissioning organisation.

2024 GENERAL ELECTION

Election records

Verified results and analysis from the House of Commons Library. The tables below are deliberately non-linked: the numbers are the destination.

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INTERACTIVE TOOL · 2024 ELECTION

How close was your constituency?

Explore verified winning majorities across all 650 seats. Filter by party, constituency name and margin of victory.

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Tightest contests

Closest results

1Hendon0.04% · 15 votes
2Poole0.04% · 18 votes
3Basildon and Billericay0.05% · 20 votes
4North West Cambridgeshire0.09% · 39 votes
5Central Devon0.11% · 61 votes
6Havant0.22% · 92 votes
7Exmouth and Exeter East0.24% · 121 votes
8South Basildon and East Thurrock0.25% · 98 votes
9Beverley and Holderness0.28% · 124 votes
10Peterborough0.28% · 118 votes

Safest seats

Largest winning margins

1Chorley60.58% · 20,575 votes
2Bootle56.54% · 21,983 votes
3Liverpool Walton54.89% · 20,245 votes
4Liverpool West Derby53.74% · 20,423 votes
5Knowsley50.82% · 18,319 votes
6Liverpool Garston47.87% · 20,104 votes
7Liverpool Riverside45.68% · 14,793 votes
8Lewisham East44.47% · 18,073 votes
9York Central44.21% · 19,154 votes
10Hornsey and Friern Barnet44.15% · 21,475 votes

PARTICIPATION

Highest turnout

1Harpenden and Berkhamsted75.2%
2Rushcliffe72.9%
3Winchester72.9%
4Esher and Walton72.8%
5Chesham and Amersham72.7%
6South Cotswolds72.7%
7North Somerset72.2%
8North East Hampshire72.2%
9Godalming and Ash72.1%
10Henley and Thame72.1%

PARTICIPATION

Lowest turnout

1Manchester Rusholme40.0%
2Leeds South41.7%
3Kingston upon Hull East42.2%
4Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney42.7%
5Tipton and Wednesbury43.0%
6Wolverhampton South East43.1%
7Blackley and Middleton South43.3%
8Birmingham Ladywood43.7%
9Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North43.9%
10Birmingham Erdington44.1%

Who stood

Most candidates by party

1Conservative635 candidates
2Labour631 candidates
3Liberal Democrats630 candidates
4Green629 candidates
5Reform UK609 candidates
6Workers Party of Britain152 candidates
7Social Democratic Party122 candidates
8SNP57 candidates
9Heritage Party41 candidates
10Plaid Cymru32 candidates

Busiest ballots

Most candidates in a seat

1Richmond and Northallerton13 candidates
2Ealing Southall12 candidates
3Holborn and St Pancras12 candidates
4Oxford East12 candidates
5Bethnal Green and Stepney11 candidates
6Cities of London and Westminster11 candidates
7Dover and Deal11 candidates
8Leeds North East11 candidates
9Slough11 candidates

Nine constituencies had 11 or more candidates. The 2024 UK average was 6.9 candidates per constituency.

Turnout by winner

Average turnout by winning party

1Green68.9%
2Liberal Democrats67.5%
3Conservative63.4%
4Labour56.2%
5Reform UK56.0%

Average constituency turnout in seats won by the five GB-wide parties. Green-won seats recorded the highest average turnout.

2024 ELECTION AT A GLANCE

More records & numbers

115Seats won by 5% or lessNearly one in five constituencies.
46Seats won by under 2%Very close contests by winning margin.
5Seats won by 50%+ marginsDown from 37 in 2019.
4,515Candidates stoodMore than 1,000 above the 2019 total.
6.9Candidates per constituencyThe UK-wide average.
13Most candidates in one seatRichmond and Northallerton.
59.7%UK turnoutThe lowest general election turnout since 2001.
64.9%Highest regional turnoutSouth West England.
55.7%Lowest regional turnoutYorkshire and the Humber.

Source: House of Commons Library, General election 2024 results, marginality, turnout and candidate analysis. Figures are descriptive historical results.