UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidates

The next UK parliamentary general election is due to occur no later than January 2025, and political parties are currently selecting their candidates for each House of Commons constituency.

Democracy Club's volunteers are collecting information on each candidate as they are announced. The live tables below display all the candidates we are aware of. Where a candidate has a recent electoral history, this is displayed on their Democracy Club profile.

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More information about the general election

There are 650 constituencies in the House of Commons, and each constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP). Following a recent redistribution, in the next election England will elect 543 MPs, Scotland will elect 57, Wales will elect 32, and Northern Ireland will elect 18."

Boundary changes

The next general election will be held on new constituency boundaries. See the website of the House of Commons Library to find out what is happening to your constituency.

MPs standing down

Some existing Members of Parliament have announced they will not be standing at the next election. Visit the website of the Institute for Government for a full list.

Timetable

Democracy Club's general election timetable generator provides an election timetable for any given date.

The data

The full list of prospective parliamentary candidates is available as a browsable table or a CSV{% endblocktrans.

Number of candidates announced per UK region or nation
Region / nation	Candidates	Total seats in region
East Midlands	142	47
Eastern	202	61
London	241	75
North East	88	27
North West	258	73
Northern Ireland	11	18
Scotland	195	57
South East	346	91
South West	223	58
Wales	129	32
West Midlands	171	57
Yorkshire and the Humber	144	54
Totals	2150	650

Candidate selections by political party
Party	Candidates
Alba Party	1
Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	5
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	4
Ashfield Independents	2
Climate Party	1
Consensus	1
Conservative and Unionist Party	341
Green Party	255
Independent	33
Independent Network	1
Kingston Independent Residents Group	1
Labour Party	386
Labour and Co-operative Party	37
Liberal Democrats	430
Libertarian Party	1
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership	4
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	25
Reform UK	431
SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)	1
Scottish Family Party	8
Scottish Green Party	15
Scottish National Party (SNP)	56
Social Democratic Party	90
Social Justice Party	1
Swale Independents	1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	2
True & Fair Party	5
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	3
Ulster Unionist Party	5
Workers Party of Britain	4
Total	2150

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