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United Kingdoms of Spereid, Seydon, and Kostona - General Elections 2024
General elections in the United Kingdoms are set to begin. The incumbent Government is the Conservative Party, which won a 47 seat majority in the 2021 general election. Traditionally, general elections in the United Kingdoms are held every four to five years, but the impact of the coronavirus pandemic saw the 2015-20 cycle extended a year; to compensate for the unprecedented six year term, a bipartisan arrangement to have the 2021 term end in 2024 was made. Prime Minister Richard Arxon is not standing for re-election after 23 years in office.

The Conservative Party governed with little stability post-2015, with a thin majority of just 24. The response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as response to the internal conflict in Mount Khalatsa saw the Conservatives gain a larger majority. Since the election, potentially the most notable legislation passed was the passage of the non-binary gender opt-in in 2021, which made the United Kingdoms only the third country to do so.

Nevertheless, the Conservative Party has been successfully portrayed as old, tired, and possessing little in the way of new ideas. For the first time since the 1996 general election, the Labour Party have consistently polled above the Conservative Party. Prime Minister Arxon has, while endorsing his political party, agreed that two decades in office was not 'healthy for democracy' and has stood down as Conservative Leader and will step down as Prime Minister after the election. In his place, Governor of Brototh Anton Rea has assumed the leadership of the Conservative Party, and will guide them into the election. Amira Williamson is the leader of the Labour Party and is seeking to become the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdoms. Competing third parties are the Liberal Party led by Rae Cooper and the Green Party led by Marcel Adams.

Elections for each of the Governorships of the United Kingdoms will also take place. Governor of Brototh Anton Rea is not running for re-election to compete for the House of Commons; Governor of Aztopiand Dominic Greene is term limited; Governor of Albianis Dylan Macdonald is retiring; Governor of Chatsland Ben Stewart is retiring. This is the highest amount of Governors not running for re-election since the 1980 General Election; the only higher number was five in the 1915 General Election, which was the total at the time.

The following is the full list of elections taking place:

• House of Commons of the United Kingdoms (665 Seats)

• Senate of the United Kingdoms (45/105 Seats - Class One: Brototh, Albianis, Seydon)

• Governor of Brototh (incumbent: Anton Rea [CON])

  • Ariel Braustone [CON], Alexis Brooks [LAB]

• Governor of Myrineos and Xedon (incumbent: Alexios Hizayat [LAB])

  • Isaac Lawson [CON], Alexios Hizayat [LAB]

• Governor of Aztopiand (incumbent: Dominic Greene [CON])

  • Gellem Frye [CON], Nia Lloyd [LAB]

• Governor of Albianis (incumbent: Dylan Macdonald [LAB])

  • Alistair Williams [CON], William Blackstone [LAB]

• Governor of Chatsland (incumbent: Ben Stewart [LAB])

  • Rory Newman [CON], David Lorance [LAB]

• Governor of Seydon (incumbent: Resmen Tremain [CON])

  • Resmen Tremain [CON], Avery Williams [LAB]

• Governor of Kostona (incumbent: Lorance Lancaster [LIB]

  • Rene Gallagher [CON], Flynn Grant [LAB], Lorance Lancaster [LIB]

Not up for election is:

• Senate of the United Kingdoms (60/105 Seats - Class Two: Aztopiand, Myrineos and Xedon, Chatsland; Class Three: Kostona)