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2024 United States Senate election in Great Britain

← 2018 November 5, 2024 2030 →
Turnout65.6%
 
Nominee Humza Yousaf Nigel Farage George Galloway
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote 16,268,496 12,327,079 2,142,481
Percentage 52.09% 39.47% 6.86%

U.S. senator before election

Margaret Beckett
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Humza Yousaf
Democratic

The 2024 United States Senate election in Great Britain took place on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Great Britain, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Democratic U.S. Representative Humza Yousaf defeated the Republican nominee, businessman and British independence activist Nigel Farage, to succeed retiring incumbent Democrat Margaret Beckett.

The candidate filing deadline was March 13, 2018. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held May 5, 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Humza Yousaf, U.S. Representative
  • Jeremy Corbyn, former U.S. Representative and nominee for Governor of Great Britain in 2020
  • Nick Clegg, former Lieutenant Governor of Great Britain (2009-2017)
  • Harry Windsor, U.S. Army veteran and author
  • John Armitage, hedge fund manager
  • Michael Robertson, ambulance driver
  • Edward Edwards, perennial candidate

Withdrawn

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  • Jo Swinson, former U.S. Representative and candidate for Governor of Great Britain in 2020 (endorsed Clegg)
  • Penny Mordaunt, state senator (running for U.S. Representative)
  • Harry Brewis, left-wing activist (endorsed Corbyn)

Declined

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  • Margaret Beckett, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Keir Starmer, U.S. Representative (running for governor)
  • Gordon Brown, former Governor of Great Britain (2007-2011) and former Great Britain State Treasurer (1999-2007)
  • Sadiq Khan, London County Executive (2017-present) (running for re-election)
  • Gary Lineker, television presenter and former professional soccer player
  • Tony Blair, former Governor of Great Britain (1999-2007) and former U.S. Representative
  • Ed Miliband, 2016 Democratic nominee for Governor of Great Britain

Results

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Democratic primary result[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Humza Yousaf 2,424,293 30.31
Democratic Jeremy Corbyn 2,393,899 29.93
Democratic Nick Clegg 2,052,370 25.66
Democratic Harry Windsor 651,063 8.14
Democratic John Armitage 308,735 3.96
Democratic Michael Robertson 134,371 1.68
Democratic Edward Edwards 30,394 0.38
Democratic Write-ins 3,201 0.04
Total votes 7,998,326 100

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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  • Liz Truss, former Governor of Great Britain (2022) and former Lieutenant Governor of Great Britain (2021-2022) (running for U.S. Representative)
  • Rishi Sunak, Governor of Great Britain (running for re-election)
  • Jeremy Hunt, Great Britain State Treasurer
  • Alex Johnson, former Governor of Great Britain (2019-2022), former Lieutenant Governor of Great Britain (2017-2019), and former London County Executive (2009-2017)

Results

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Republican primary result[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nigel Farage 2,424,293 43.36
Republican Dominic Raab 2,393,899 37.78
Republican Jacob Rees-Mogg 2,052,370 9.17
Republican 651,063 8.14
Total votes 6,919,522 100
  1. ^ "United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2018 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/2000senate.htm Result
  3. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/2000senate.htm Result