You couldn’t move for General Elections in the United Kingdom in the late 2010s.
There was one in 2015, 2017 *and* 2019 before it all went a bit quiet on that front, despite the Conservatives changing the Prime Minister on two occasions since Boris Johnson’s landslide victory at the polls.
Brits are probably eagerly anticipating the chance to head to their local church or civil hall to draw an X in a box, so when is the next UK General Election?
Everything you need to know can be found below, otherwise the latest UK General Election odds are on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app.
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The Prime Minister has the power to call a General Election once again following the scrapping of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, but they have to dissolve parliament no later than five years after the last poll.
As the election can be held up to 25 working days after that event, the next UK General Election could have been scheduled to take place no later than January 24, 2025.
Rishi Sunak, the latest Tory PM to be sitting in Downing Street, had different ideas, however, and decided to trigger a national vote in the pouring rain for Thursday, July 4.
The polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm. An exit poll – usually a good indicator of how every party is set to perform – will then be released before results trickle in throughout the night.
A party needs to win 326 constituencies to guarantee a majority in the House of Commons, although, in reality, the threshold is a little lower as Sinn Fein traditionally do not take up their seats in Westminster.
The Tories are tanking in the opinion polls and were trounced in May’s local and mayoral elections so a Labour Majority is rated as the most likely outcome in our UK – Next General Election betting market.
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change
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