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Labour at 29 UK general elections from 1918 to 2024: seats, votes, vote share and leaders. Best result: 418 seats in 1997.

Latest (2024)
411 seats33.7% of the vote
Best
418 seats1997
Largest party
11 times
Elections fought
29
0%13%25%38%50%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Labour, 1918: 21.3%Labour, 1922: 29.7%Labour, 1923: 30.8%Labour, 1924: 33.4%Labour, 1929: 37.2%Labour, 1931: 29.5%Labour, 1935: 38.0%Labour, 1945: 47.8%Labour, 1950: 46.1%Labour, 1951: 48.9%Labour, 1955: 46.4%Labour, 1959: 43.8%Labour, 1964: 44.1%Labour, 1966: 47.9%Labour, 1970: 43.0%Labour, February 1974: 37.2%Labour, October 1974: 39.3%Labour, 1979: 37.0%Labour, 1983: 27.6%Labour, 1987: 30.8%Labour, 1992: 34.4%Labour, 1997: 43.2%Labour, 2001: 40.7%Labour, 2005: 35.2%Labour, 2010: 29.0%Labour, 2015: 30.5%Labour, 2017: 40.0%Labour, 2019: 32.1%Labour, 2024: 33.7%
Share of the UK vote Lab
0104.5209313.54181918: 5419181922: 1381923: 1841924: 14919241929: 2721931: 471935: 15419351945: 3751950: 3151951: 29719511955: 2771959: 2581964: 31719641966: 3631970: 287F1974: 301F1974O1974: 3191979: 2691983: 20919831987: 2291992: 2711997: 41819972001: 4122005: 3552010: 25820102015: 2322017: 2622019: 20220192024: 411
Seats won at each general election

Every general election

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ElectionLeaderSeatsVotesShareCandidates
2024Keir Starmer4119,708,71633.7%631
2019Jeremy Corbyn20210,269,05132.1%631
2017Jeremy Corbyn26212,877,91840.0%631
2015Ed Miliband2329,347,27330.5%631
2010Gordon Brown2588,606,51729.0%631
2005Tony Blair3559,552,37235.2%627
2001Tony Blair41210,724,95340.7%640
1997Tony Blair41813,518,16743.2%639
1992Neil Kinnock27111,557,06234.4%634
1987Neil Kinnock22910,029,10330.8%633
1983Michael Foot2098,457,11827.6%633
1979James Callaghan26911,532,34837.0%623
October 1974Harold Wilson31911,457,07939.3%623
February 1974Harold Wilson30111,641,14337.2%623
1970Harold Wilson28712,179,36043.0%624
1966Harold Wilson36313,065,98647.9%621
1964Harold Wilson31712,205,17844.1%628
1959Hugh Gaitskell25812,216,21043.8%621
1955Clement Attlee27712,405,25446.4%620
1951Clement Attlee29713,971,63048.9%617
1950Clement Attlee31513,266,61546.1%617
1945Clement Attlee37511,515,79547.8%588
1935Clement Attlee1547,989,27338.0%541
1931Arthur Henderson476,110,99929.5%486
1929Ramsay MacDonald2728,080,35737.2%562
1924Ramsay MacDonald1495,317,68633.4%508
1923Ramsay MacDonald1844,298,08630.8%422
1922J. R. Clynes1384,103,13629.7%409
1918William Adamson542,233,04621.3%366

Current MPs (409)

Top target seats

All targets
  1. Basildon and Billericay held by Con, swing needed 0.03%
  2. Central Devon held by Con, swing needed 0.06%
  3. Havant held by Con, swing needed 0.11%
  4. Exmouth and Exeter East held by Con, swing needed 0.12%
  5. South Basildon and East Thurrock held by Ref, swing needed 0.13%
  6. Beverley and Holderness held by Con, swing needed 0.14%
  7. Blackburn held by Ind, swing needed 0.17%
  8. Bromley and Biggin Hill held by Con, swing needed 0.33%
  9. Fylde held by Con, swing needed 0.59%
  10. Birmingham Perry Barr held by Ind, swing needed 0.68%
  11. Broadland and Fakenham held by Con, swing needed 0.73%
  12. Dundee Central held by SNP, swing needed 0.87%
  13. The Wrekin held by Con, swing needed 0.89%
  14. Wyre Forest held by Con, swing needed 0.90%
  15. Arbroath and Broughty Ferry held by SNP, swing needed 0.98%

Questions and answers

How many seats did Labour win at the last general election?

411 seats with 33.7% of the vote at the 2024 general election.

What is the best general election result for Labour?

418 seats at the 1997 general election (43.2% of the vote).

How many general elections did Labour win?

Labour won the most seats at 11 of the general elections since 1918 in our data.

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