Liberal Democrats Become 3rd Largest Party With Record Number of Seats

Published on July 5, 2024

The Liberal Democrats have taken a record number of seats in the general election, replacing the SNP as the UK’s third largest party for the first time since 2015. Sir Ed Davey’s party removed four Cabinet ministers as they romped to a total of 71 seats with 647 results declared. This marks a nine seat increase on the party’s previous record under the late Charles Kennedy’s leadership of 62 seats in 2005, and is more than six times the number in 2019, when the party secured 11 seats. Sir Ed told voters his MPs “will now work hard to keep that trust with a focus on the issues that matter most to them, most of all the NHS and care.”...

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