What are the largest landslide UK general election wins in history? Biggest majorities

The Labour Party has secured one of the largest ever landslide wins in the history of the UK general election, pulverising the ruling Conservative Party to return to power for the first time since 2010.

How many seats did Labour win in 2024 general election?

At the time of writing, Labour had won 412 out of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK parliament. That’s more than double the number of seats earned by the centre-left party in the country’s previous general election, in 2019.

Starmer: “Change begins now”

“Change begins now - and it feels good, I have to be honest,” said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who will now become the UK’s 58th prime minister after steering his party to its first general election win in 19 years.

“Across our country, people will be waking up to the news. Relieved that a weight has been lifted, a burden finally removed from the shoulders of this great nation. And now, we can look forward again, walk into the morning, the sunlight of hope - pale at first, but getting stronger through the day, shining once again on a country with the opportunity after 14 years to get its future back.”

How many seats did the Conservatives win?

The centre-right Conservatives had won just 121 seats at the time of writing - 244 fewer than five years ago, when the party earned an 80-seat majority under former leader Boris Johnson. “The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight,” said outgoing Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak as he conceded defeat. “There is much to learn and reflect on, and I take responsibility for the loss.”

In an address outside Downing Street later on Friday morning, Sunak announced his intention to resign as Conservative leader. “It is important that after 14 years in government, the Conservative Party rebuilds,” the 44-year-old said.

What are the biggest victories in UK general election history?

With 648 of 650 seats declared, Labour’s majority of 176 seats in the Commons is just short of the party’s previous best performance in a general election - its landslide win under Tony Blair in 1997, which yielded a 179-seat majority. Labour again swept to election victory in 2001, with a majority of 167, as Blair went on to become the party’s first prime minister to serve consecutive full terms in office.

Overall, the biggest landslide win by a single party is the 224-seat majority won by the Whigs, led by the Earl Grey, in 1832. Since 1900, the largest majority achieved by a single party is the 209-seat cushion gained by the Conservatives in 1924, with Stanley Baldwin at the head of the party.

Including coalitions of parties, the largest landslide in UK general election history is the 492-seat majority clinched in 1931 by the National Government, which comprised members of the Conservative Party, the Liberals, the Liberal Nationals and National Labour.