# Labour wins the general election (2024)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/2024-labour-wins-the-general-election
Categories: ruler-change, main-event

Labour secured a large Commons majority after fourteen years of Conservative-led government. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 4 July 2024 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The result marked a decisive electoral realignment and brought Keir Starmer to Downing Street.

## Why it matters
The result marked a decisive electoral realignment and brought Keir Starmer to Downing Street.

Ruler at the time: [Charles III](https://english-history.com/rulers/charles-iii)

## Sources
- [UK Parliament — General Election 2024 timetable](https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/general-election-2024-timetable/)
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Labour wins the general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Labour+wins+the+general+election&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Labour wins the general election](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Labour+wins+the+general+election)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)