Polls will open on July 4 in the United Kingdom to elect the 650 new members of the House of Commons. The snap election, which will be held six months before the natural end of the legislature, was called last May with a surprise announcement by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. And the current occupant of Number 10 Downing Street is, according to polls, significantly behind Labour leader Keir Starmer, who could win the largest majority ever in the post-war period.
UK Election Polls
For the first time in more than a decade, polls speak of a clear advantage of the Labour Party over the Conservatives. A possible victory of Starmer would therefore bring the Labour Party back to power after 14 years: the last time was in 2010, when Gordon Brown was leading the country. On the other front, however, the Conservative Party of Sunak could instead witness the worst result in its history. According to some polls, in fact, the Labour Party would even be 20 points ahead of the Tories: if this were the case, Starmer would obtain a historic result, with more than 200 seats.
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The candidates
In addition to the two big “rivals”, Rishi Sunak at the helm of the conservatives and Keir Starmer as Labour leader, the UK elections will also see the participation of John Swinneya candidate for the Scottish National Party, which is the third largest political party in the United Kingdom, after the Tories and Labour. He then follows Nigel Faragea staunch supporter of Brexit and a candidate with his right-wing party Reform UK. As he specifies Euronewsamong the proposals put forward by Farage we find the freezing of “non-essential” immigration, the elimination of climate objectives and the exit from the European Convention on Human Rights. According to the polls, however, Reform UK could not obtain any seats.
At the helm of the Liberal Democrats is Ed Daveyformer Member of the House of Commons for Kingston and Surbiton and party leader since 2020.
Among the candidates at the polls is also the Green Party, which is presenting itself with the duo Carla Denyer e Adrian RamsayClosing the list is the Welsh party Plaid Cymru, which supports the establishment of an independent republican Wales within the European Union, led by Rhun app Iorwerthand finally the Scottish nationalist and independence party of Alba, with its leader Alex Salmond.
