Uk General Election 2024 Who Is Standing. Over one thousand more parliamentary candidates stood in 2024 than in 2019, with most constituencies having six or seven candidates. New uk prime minister keir starmer says he will lead a “government of service” following the landslide victory of his labour party in a general election that ended 14 years of conservative.

This section sets out the qualifications and disqualifications for standing for election. Rishi sunak faces a record number of tories standing down before july’s general election after five more of his mps announced that they would not contest their seats.