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The election was the first victory for the Labour Party since the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], and ended the Conservative Party's fourteen-year tenure as the primary governing party. Labour achieved a 172-seat majority and a total of 411 seats,{{efn|name=Speaker}} the party's second-best result in terms of seat share after the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. However, the party's vote share of 33.7 per cent was the smallest of any majority government in British electoral history. Labour became the largest party in England for the first time since 2005, in [[Scotland]] for the first time [[2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|since 2010]], and retained its status as the largest party in [[Wales]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk222">{{Cite web |date=4 July 2024 |title=UK general election results live: Labour set for landslide as results come in across country |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704043031/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Labour lost five seats to independent [[Palestinian nationalism|pro-Palestine]] candidates, largely attributed to its official support for Israel in the [[Israel–Hamas war]]; but gained the seat of Rochdale previously held by [[George Galloway]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stacey |first=Kiran |last2= |first2= |date=2024-07-05 |title=Senior Labour figures admit stance on Gaza cost party seats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/05/labour-loses-three-seats-to-pro-palestinian-candidates |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Conservative Party experienced the largest defeat in its history, being reduced to just 121 seats on a vote share of 23.7 per cent. It lost 244 seats (66 more than in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]), including those of twelve Cabinet ministers and that contested by the former prime minister [[Liz Truss]].<ref name="Axios2">{{Cite web |date=5 July 2024 |title=Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses seat in U.K. election |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/05/liz-truss-former-uk-prime-minister-general-election-loss |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Axios}}</ref> It also lost all its seats in Wales.<ref name="bbc.co.uk3">{{Cite web |date=5 July 2024 |title=Rishi Sunak apologises after historic Tory defeat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1xnzlzz99o |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
Smaller parties performed well in the election, in part due to anti-Conservative [[Strategic voting|tactical voting]],<ref name="YouGov">{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=One in five voters say they are voting tactically at the 2024 general election |url=https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49886-one-in-five-voters-say-they-are-voting-tactically-at-the-2024-general-election |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=YouGov}}</ref> and the combined Labour and Conservative vote share of 57.4 per cent was the lowest since the rise of Labour. The [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], led by [[Ed Davey]], made the most significant gains by winning a total of seventy-two seats. This was the party's best-ever result,<ref name="historicfirsts222">{{Cite web |title=Historic firsts from the 2024 general election in numbers and charts |url=https://news.sky.com/story/historic-firsts-from-the-2024-general-election-in-numbers-and-charts-13163306 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705185432/https://news.sky.com/story/historic-firsts-from-the-2024-general-election-in-numbers-and-charts-13163306 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Sky News}}</ref> and made it the third-largest party in the Commons, a status it had previously held but lost at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]]. [[Reform UK]] achieved the third-highest vote share and won five seats, and the [[Green Party of England and Wales]] won four seats
Labour entered the election with a large lead over the Conservatives in [[Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election|opinion polls]], and the potential scale of the party's victory was a topic of discussion during the campaign period.<ref name="Walker 20242">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=20 February 2024 |title=Another Canada 93? Tory Sunak critics fear extinction-level election result |url=https://theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/20/canada-93-tory-sunak-critics-extinction-level-election-result |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615124840/https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/20/canada-93-tory-sunak-critics-extinction-level-election-result |archive-date=15 June 2024 |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="Hunt 20242">{{cite news |last=Hunt |first=Wayne |date=1 June 2024 |title=Can the Tories avoid the fate of Canada's Conservatives? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-the-tories-avoid-the-fate-of-canadas-conservatives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614045916/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-the-tories-avoid-the-fate-of-canadas-conservatives/ |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=The Spectator}}</ref> The economy, [[National Health Service|healthcare]], education, infrastructure development, immigration, and energy were primary campaign topics. The election was the first fought using the new constituency boundaries implemented after the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the first general election in which [[Photo identification|photographic identification]] was required to vote in person in Great Britain,{{efn|In Northern Ireland, voter ID was already required at elections before it was introduced in the rest of the UK.|name=NI|group=}} and the first called under the [[Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022]].<ref>{{cite web |date=12 May 2021 |title=Boris Johnson pushes for power to call election at any time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57090451 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101085518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57090451 |archive-date=1 January 2022 |access-date=1 January 2022 |publisher=BBC News |quote=The government has set in motion its plan for prime ministers to regain the power to call general elections whenever they like.}}</ref>
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