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2024 UK general election candidate summary

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Democracy Club’s amazing volunteers have collected the details of every candidate standing in the 2024 UK general election.

View your ballot paper on WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk.

You can also select an individual constituency from a list.

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Record number of candidates standing

The 2024 UK general election will see a record number of candidates. 4,515 candidates have been nominated to stand on 4 July, beating the previous record of 4,150 set in 2010.

Candidate data for past elections from the House of Commons Library.

Candidates by Nation and English Region, 2024 General Election
Nation/Region Seats in region Candidates in region Candidates per seat
East Midlands 47 315 6.7
East of England 61 400 6.6
London 75 575 7.7
North East 27 177 6.6
North West 73 492 6.8
Northern Ireland 18 136 7.6
Scotland 57 424 7.4
South East 91 617 6.8
South West 58 385 6.6
Wales 32 235 7.3
West Midlands 57 365 6.4
Yorkshire and the Humber 54 394 7.3
All UK 650 4,515 7.0

The constituency with the longest ballot paper is Richmond and Northallerton, with 13 candidates. No constituency has fewer than five candidates.

Number of candidates per constituency, 2024 General Election
Number of candidates Seats
Five 88
Six 183
Seven 175
Eight 125
Nine 52
Ten 18
Eleven 5
Twelve 3
Thirteen 1

Political parties

98 different political parties are standing in the 2024 general election - although 35 of these are only fielding one candidate.

There are also 459 independent candidates, spread across 317 constituencies.

The following table provides a list of all parties standing across the UK on 4 July. The UK has two registers of political parties, one for Great Britain, and one for Northern Ireland. In the table below, the candidates for the Northern Ireland branches of UK-wide parties (eg. Conservatives) have been combined.

Candidates by Party, 2024 General Election
Party name Candidates
Conservative and Unionist Party 635
Labour Party (including 49 Lab/Co-operative) 631
Liberal Democrats 630
Reform UK 609
Green Party (England and Wales) 574
Independent 459
Workers Party of Britain 152
Social Democratic Party 122
Scottish National Party (SNP) 57
Scottish Green Party 44
Heritage Party 41
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 40
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 32
Yorkshire Party 27
Rejoin EU 26
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 24
Christian Peoples Alliance 22
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 22
Alba Party 19
Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 18
SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 18
Ulster Unionist Party 17
Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 16
Party Of Women 16
Scottish Family Party 16
Communist Party of Britain 14
Sinn Féin 14
Traditional Unionist Voice - TUV 14
Climate Party 13
English Democrats 13
Socialist Labour Party 12
The Liberal Party 12
Green party (Northern Ireland) 11
Aontú 10
Hampshire Independents 10
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 9
Independent Network 5
Freedom Alliance 5
Workers Revolutionary Party 5
Animal Welfare Party 4
British Democratic Party 4
English Constitution Party 4
Scottish Libertarian Party 4
True & Fair Party 4
Women’s Equality Party 4
Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party 3
People Before Profit 3
Alliance For Green Socialism 2
British Unionist Party - B.U.P. 2
Christian Party “Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship” 2
Communist League Election Campaign 2
Confelicity 2
Independence for Scotland Party 2
Libertarian Party 2
One Leicester 2
Patriots Alliance - English Democrats and UKIP 2
Scottish Socialist Party 2
Shared Ground 2
Socialist Equality Party 2
Sovereignty 2
The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 2
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 2
Transform Party 2
Volt United Kingdom 2
Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 2
Ashfield Independents 1
Blue Revolution 1
Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents (CANDI) 1
Common Good 1
Communist Future 1
Consensus 1
Count Binface Party 1
Cross-Community Labour Alternative 1
Democracy for Chorley 1
Fairer Voting Party 1
Independent Alliance (Kent) 1
Independent Oxford Alliance 1
Independents for Direct Democracy 1
Kingston Independent Residents Group 1
Liverpool Community Independents 1
National Health Action Party 1
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership 1
Newham Independents Party 1
Portsmouth Independent Party 1
Propel 1
Psychedelic Movement 1
Putting Crewe First, Independent Residents Group. 1
Rebooting Democracy 1
Save Us Now 1
Social Justice Party 1
South Devon Alliance 1
Speaker seeking re-election 1
Stockport Fights Austerity No to Cuts 1
Swale Independents 1
Taking The Initiative Party 1
The Common People 1
The Mitre TW9 1
The North East Party 1
The Yoruba Party in the UK 1
UK Voice 1
Grand Total 4,515

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Correction: this summary originally stated 2,518 candidates. This was subsequently updated to take account of a Reform UK withdrawal in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, and a UKIP withdrawl in Worcester which we had missed. In our defence, we finished entering data at 1am.

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