February 2025 General Election

February 2025 General Election

20 February 2025
All 5 seats in the House of Commons 3 seats needed for a majority
Registered	27
Turnout	62.9% ( 32.9 pp)
First party   Leader The Countess of Strathmore Party Unionist Party Leader since 9 February 2025 Leader's seat East Devon Last election 2 seats, 20% Seats won 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 32 Percentage 53.3 Swing 2.4 pp
PM before election The Duke of Cambridge Heron Party PM after election Lady Strathmore Unionist Party

The February 2025 General Election was held from 17 February 2025 to 21 February 2025 with 27 eligible voters to elect an unnamed number of seats to the House of Commons. It was the eighth under the electoral system known as the Romefeller Method adopted by the Representation of the People Act 2024. This election followed great political upheaval after the British Workers' Party collapsed and the Heron Party declined to field any candidates.

Despite an impressive performance in the January 2025 General Election, the British Workers' Party quickly lost wind after they failed to win the premiership, which went to the Heron-Unionist Parliamentary Coalition. The left-wing party collapsed after their Leader, Noa de Carteret, resigned following a near ejection from the House of Commons and vote of no confidence from his party after long periods of inactivity. The parliamentary coalition also wasn't unaffected as their Leader, August Carew, The Baron Calder of the Unionist Party was not returned to his seat (though he would later win a by election and return only a couple weeks later). Calder resigned and the parliamentary coalition rallied behind William Somerset, 2nd Duke of Cambridge of the Heron Party. With neither side truly getting the candidate they wanted in 10 Downing Street, the 37th Parliament of Great Britain started with low enthusiasm. This situation only compounded throughout the term as resignations led to a total of four by elections, a record in the Empire's history.

With the Prime Minister waning in activity, the session being labelled as the "Ship of Theseus", and Lady Strathmore issuing a statement that there should be an election, the Duke of Cambridge gave his advice to the Sovereign on 14 February 2025. Two days later, George VII dissolved Parliament and called a General Election. The next day, registration opened to candidates, with seven total registering and campaigning beginning. On 19 February 2025, registration closed and the next day polling opened. Polling ended on 21 February 2025.

Background

The results of the January 2025 General Election are given below, alongside the numbers in the House of Commons at dissolution. Seat counts changed through 4 by-elections and 1 defection of members from their party that took place throughout the 37th Parliament of Great Britain.

Affiliation	Members
	Elected January 2025	At Dissolution February 2025	Difference
British Workers' Party	5	3	2
Heron Party	3	2	1
Unionist Party	2	3	1
Independent	0	1	1
Vacant	0	0
Total	10	9	1

Electoral System

General elections in the Empire of Great Britain are organised using the Romefeller Method, as established by the Representation of the People Act 2024. In this system, there are no set number of seats up for election, with any candidate getting over 50% approval returned to Westminster.

Date of the Election

Timetable

Date	Day	Event
14 February	Friday	Announcement of a General Election
16 February	Sunday	Issuance of the Writ of Election and Dissolution of Parliament
17 February	Monday	Opening of the Registration Period
19 February	Wednesday	Closure of the Registration Period, Deadline for Campaign Publication, and Start of the Campaign Period
20 February	Thursday	Conclusion of the Campaign Period and Opening of Election Ballot
21 February	Friday	Closure of the Election Ballot and Publication of Results

Campaign

Official campaigning started on 17 February 2025, when registration was opened to candidates. It ended on 20 February 2025, when polling was opened. The period saw six candidates stand in Hustings under the aegis of the Unionist Party and Independents. Due to the composition of candidates, a Unionist victory seemed more than likely.

Candidates

Candidate	Party		Constituency	Previous Constituency	Votes (%)
Josephine Carew, The Countess of Strathmore		Unionist	East Devon		- (-%)
August Carew, The Viscount Clare			County Clare		- (-%)
Anastasia Nelson, Lady Hereford			South Norfolk		- (-%)
Charles Wright, The Viscount Kirkwall		Independent	Orkney and Shetland		- (-%)
Sir Philip Wright			Cities of London and Westminster		- (-%)
Sarah Forsyte, Duchess of Warwick			Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	- (-%)

Results

Party		Leader	MPs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
	Unionist Party	Lady Strathmore	-	-%	0 / 1	-	-%	0 / 1
	Independent		-	-%	0 / 1	-	-%	0 / 1