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2020s in United Kingdom political history

March 04, 2023

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2020s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events in the United Kingdom in the 2020s, presented as a historical overview in narrative format.

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Boris Johnson Premiership, 2019–2022

See also: Premiership of Boris Johnson

General history

Boris Johnson won a landslide majority in the 2019 general election.[1] In late January 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union.

Special events and issues

COVID-19 pandemic

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
 
Sign in Otley reminding the public of the need for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United Kingdom in late January 2020. As of 15 January 2022 there have been 15,147,120 confirmed cases[nb 1] and 151,899 confirmed deaths overall,[nb 2] the world's 31st-highest death-rate per capita.[2] There were 174,233 deaths where the death certificate mentioned COVID-19 by January 15 (see Statistics).[3] More than 90% of those dying had underlying illnesses or were over 60 years old. The infection rate is higher in care homes than in the community, which is inflating the overall infection rate. There is large regional variation in the outbreak's severity. In March, London had the highest number of infections[4] while North East England has the highest infection rate.[5] England is the country of the UK with the most such deaths per capita, while Northern Ireland has the lowest. Healthcare in the UK is devolved to each country.

The Department of Health and Social Care launched a public health information campaign to help slow the virus's spread, and began posting daily updates in early February. In February, the Heath Secretary, Matt Hancock, introduced the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 for England, used as a template in the other parts of the UK, and hospitals set up drive-through screening. The Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty, outlined a four-pronged strategy to tackle the outbreak: contain, delay, research and mitigate.

In March, the UK government imposed a lockdown, banning all "non-essential" travel and contact with people outside one's home (including family and partners), and shutting almost all schools and other educational institutions, shops selling nonessential goods, venues, facilities, amenities and places of worship. Those with symptoms, and their household, were told to self-isolate, while the most vulnerable (the over 70s and those with certain illnesses) were told to shield themselves. People were made to keep apart in public. Police were empowered to enforce the lockdown, and the Coronavirus Act 2020 gave the government emergency powers[6] not used since the Second World War.[7][8] Panic buying was reported.

George Floyd protests

See also: George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom, Actions against memorials in the United Kingdom during the George Floyd protests, and List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

In late May and in June 2020, protests took place across the country following the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, by police officers while under arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May. Immediately after the murder, protests and riots broke out in dozens of cities across the United States. These spread internationally for the first time three days later, with a solidarity demonstration outside the United States Embassy in London.

Protests spread across the UK, particularly in London, Birmingham and Manchester. Many have been organised by the Black Lives Matter and Stand Up to Racism movements. As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States, many of the protests highlight pockets and instances of racism in operational policy and conduct of UK policing, rehabilitation and in daily life.

Many protests have received endorsement and support from local councils and politicians, including in Liverpool and Oxford. Most such UK protests have been peaceful, although notable clashes between protesters and police have occurred many times in central London. Confrontations between police and protesters included a group spraying "ACAB" on the memorial to Earl Haig. When soldiers from the Household Cavalry in plain clothes scrubbed the graffiti off, protesters criticised them for doing so.[9] Protesters sprayed graffiti on the plinth of the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square calling him a racist.[10] A statue of 17th-century slave trader and town benefactor Edward Colston was toppled from its pedestal in The Centre, Bristol and thrown into Bristol Harbour on 7 June.[11] The movement having identified many divisive figures of the past, some local councils have renamed such streets and public buildings, notably the Bristol Beacon having formerly paid homage to Colston.

Liz Truss Premiership, September–October 2022

See also: Premiership of Liz Truss

Following her victory in the leadership election, Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, one of her last official acts before her death. The state funeral of the Queen coincided with the proclamation of the new monarch, Charles III.

Truss along with Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng introduced sweeping budget and tax cuts in their proposed mini-budget. The proposal of the mini-budget directly resulted in the worsening of the ongoing economic crisis in the country as well as the resignation of Truss, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in history.[citation needed]

Rishi Sunak Premiership, 2022–Present

See also: Premiership of Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak was the first prime minister appointed under King Charles III as well as the first British-Asian to hold the position.

History by issue

Brexit

In January 2020, The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union,[12] beginning an 11-month transition period, during which they remain in the Single Market and Customs Union.[13]

Climate change

In December 2019, the World Meteorological Organization released its annual climate report revealing that climate impacts are worsening.[14] They found the global sea temperatures are rising as well as land temperatures worldwide. 2019 is the last year in a decade that is the warmest on record.[15]

Global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2019, even though the rate of increase slowed somewhat, according to a report from Global Carbon Project.[16]

COVID-19 pandemic

This section is an excerpt from History of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[edit]
 
Graph showing the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United Kingdom, logarithmic scale on y-axis

This article outlines the history of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (granular timelines can be found here). Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019,[17][18] COVID-19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020.[19] The country was initially relatively slow implementing restrictions but a legally enforced stay-at-home order had been introduced by late March.[20][21][22] Restrictions were steadily eased across the UK in late spring and early summer that year.[23][24][25][26][27][28]

By the Autumn, COVID-19 cases were again rising.[29] This led to the creation of new regulations along with the introduction of the concept of a local lockdown, a variance in restrictions in a more specific geographic location than the four nations of the UK.[30][31][32][33][34][35] Lockdowns took place in Wales, England and Northern Ireland later that season.[36][37][38] In part due to a new variant of the virus,[39][40] cases were still increasing[41] and the NHS had come under severe strain by late December.[42][43][44][45][46] This led to a tightening of restrictions across the UK.[47][48][49][50]

The first COVID-19 vaccine was approved and began its rollout in the UK in early December.[51][52] 15 million vaccine doses had been given to predominantly those most vulnerable to the virus by mid-February.[53] 6 months later more than 75% of adults in the UK were fully vaccinated against COVID-19.[54] Restrictions began to ease from late February onwards and almost all had ended in Great Britain by August.[55][56][57][58] The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant drove an increase in daily case numbers that remained high through autumn, although the vaccination programme led to a lower mortality rate.[59][60] The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant arrived in early December, driving a further increase in cases.[61][62][63]

History by major political party

See also: Political parties in the UK

Conservatives

Leadership elections for the Scottish Conservatives were held in February and August 2020. Douglas Ross is now the leader [64]

Labour

 
Hustings during the 2020 labour leadership contest

As both the Labour leader (Jeremy Corbyn) and deputy leader (Tom Watson) had resigned or announced their intention to do so in late 2019,[65][66] the party had both a leadership and deputy leadership contest in early 2020.[67] The leadership contest was won by Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Keir Starmer with 275,780 votes (56.2% of the vote share).[68] Angela Rayner became the deputy leader, achieving 192,168 first preference votes (41.7% of the vote share) and winning a majority of votes after the third round.[69]

Liberal Democrats

After their leader (Jo Swinson) lost her seat at the 2019 general election, the Liberal Democrats announced early in 2020 that they planned to have new leader in place by the middle of July that year.[70] The contest was delayed by six weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the winner being declared in late August, until then MP Sir Ed Davey and the party's president Mark Pack remained its acting leadership.[71][72][73] The contest was won by Ed Davey with 63.5% of the vote.[74]

The Liberal Democrats were victorious in by-elections in Chesham and Amersham, North Shropshire and Tiverton and Honiton. In North Shropshire it was thought to have been the largest majority ever overturned in a by-election.[75]

Scottish National Party

SNP Chief Whip in the House of Commons Patrick Grady resigned following a complaint of sexual misconduct by an SNP staff member.[76] The SNP won a plurality of seats in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.[77] The Third Sturgeon government was formed with support from the Scottish Greens.[78]

Ian Blackford announced his intention to stand down from his role of Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons on 1 December 2022.[79] He denied being forced out by SNP MPs.[80] His successor, Stephen Flynn, was elected on 6 December.[81]

History by devolved administration

See also: Devolution in the United Kingdom

Greater London Authority

The London mayoral election originally due to take place in May 2020 was suspended for a year to 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[82] The mayoral race saw London Labour's Sadiq Khan win on second preferences with 55.2% of the vote. The 2021 London Assembly election took place on the same day. The assembly elections saw Labour lose a seat while the London Conservatives, London Liberal Democrats and London Greens each gained one.[83][84]

Scottish government

 
Official portrait of the Scottish Cabinet appointed following the 2021 election

The 2021 Scottish Parliament election took place on 6 May 2021.[85] The election saw limited changes in vote share and seats with each party gaining or losing less than 2% of the overall share in each category of voting. The SNP gained one seat but fell one short of an overall majority. The Scottish Conservatives maintained their second place position with the same number of seats as in 2016. Whilst, Scottish Labour continued in third place with a loss of two seats. The Scottish Greens gained two extra seats with a small increase in their vote share. The election also had an unusually high voter turnout compared to previous Scottish parliament elections of 63.2%. It was suggested that this may have been in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic leading to higher postal voting and lockdown giving people more time to engage with political activists and go to the polling station.[86][87] Later that year, the SNP and Scottish Greens established a powersharing agreement where the later was given non-cabinet ministerial positions in exchange for support on votes of confidence, budgets and some areas of policy.[88]

Welsh government

The 2021 Senedd election took place on 6 May 2021.[85] It was the first Welsh Parliament election where 16- and 17-year-olds could vote, following the enactment of Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act that lowered the voting age to 16 for Welsh Senedd elections.[89] The election saw Welsh Labour gain one seat falling one short of an overall majority (which no party had ever achieved). The Welsh Conservatives gained five seats returning their strongest ever result of 16. Plaid Cymru made a net gain of one seat returning 13. The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost their only constituency but kept a seat through the regional vote, whilst UKIP lost all its seats from 2016 and no other party gained any.[90][91] While Labour lacked an overall majority it decided to not make any kind of coalition or confidence pact and its leader Mark Drakeford was reconfirmed as First Minister of Wales a few days later with none of the other parties attempting to mount any kind of challenge.[92][93] Though, in late 2021, Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reached a agreement to cooperate for three years.[94]

Northern Irish Executive

The Northern Irish Assembly returned to business in January 2020 after a three-year hiatus with a new power sharing agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP.[95]

On 30 April, First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.[96] She was replaced as First Minister of Northern Ireland by Paul Givan who was confirmed on 17 July.[97] Meanwhile the role of DUP leader was handled separately, being given first to Edwin Poots on the 14 May and following his resignation after just 21 days in the role it was taken by Jeffrey Donaldson.[98][99][100]

British Virgin Islands

On 28 April 2022, Premier of the British Virgin Islands Andrew Fahie was arrested in the United States on charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.[101][102] Shortly afterwards, on 5 May 2022, he was removed as Premier by a near-unanimous vote in the House of Assembly, and replaced by his deputy Natalio Wheatley.[103] On 8 June 2022, the British Government decided against direct rule for the islands.[104]

Deaths

Main article: List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2020s

History by local government

See also: Local government in the United Kingdom

Local elections in England as well as police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales were postponed from May 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[105] Taking place on 6 May, the local elections saw the conservatives make a net gain of 294 councillors and 13 councils, whilst labour lost 264 and eight respectively. The Green Party of England and Wales gained 85 council seats and the Liberal Democrats increased their total by three.[106] The Conservatives gained both a mayor and a police and crime commissioner of Labour, who themselves gained the same from the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru.[107][108][109]

At the 2022 local elections, the Conservatives made a net loss of 487 seats in comparison to 2017 in Scotland and Wales and 2018 in England, whilst Labour gained 108 seats (22 in England, 20 in Scotland, and 66 in Wales). The Liberal Democrats and Greens made gains of 224 seats and 87 seats, respectively, which exceeded those of the Labour Party in England but were also seen to a more modest extent in Scotland and Wales. The Scottish National Party (SNP) gained 22 seats in Scotland whilst Plaid Cymru made a net loss of 6 seats in Wales.[110]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Not including cases identified in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, all of which test and report cases independently.
  2. ^ Death figures are those who have died after testing positive. It does not include the death of one British citizen on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship (see COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships), or the 84 recorded deaths in the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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See also 2010s in United Kingdom political history and 2020s in European political history See also 2020s Politics and conflicts 21st century and 2020 in politics and government 2020s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events in the United Kingdom in the 2020s presented as a historical overview in narrative format List of years in the United Kingdom 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 In politics and government 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 In science 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 In United Kingdom politics and government 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Boris Johnson Premiership 2019 2022 1 1 General history 1 2 Special events and issues 1 2 1 COVID 19 pandemic 1 2 2 George Floyd protests 2 Liz Truss Premiership September October 2022 3 Rishi Sunak Premiership 2022 Present 4 History by issue 4 1 Brexit 4 2 Climate change 4 3 COVID 19 pandemic 5 History by major political party 5 1 Conservatives 5 2 Labour 5 3 Liberal Democrats 5 4 Scottish National Party 6 History by devolved administration 6 1 Greater London Authority 6 2 Scottish government 6 3 Welsh government 6 4 Northern Irish Executive 6 5 British Virgin Islands 7 Deaths 8 History by local government 9 See also 10 Notes 11 ReferencesBoris Johnson Premiership 2019 2022 EditSee also Premiership of Boris Johnson General history Edit Boris Johnson won a landslide majority in the 2019 general election 1 In late January 2020 the United Kingdom officially left the European Union Special events and issues Edit COVID 19 pandemic Edit See also COVID 19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Sign in Otley reminding the public of the need for social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic spread to the United Kingdom in late January 2020 As of 15 January 2022 update there have been 15 147 120 confirmed cases nb 1 and 151 899 confirmed deaths overall nb 2 the world s 31st highest death rate per capita 2 There were 174 233 deaths where the death certificate mentioned COVID 19 by January 15 see Statistics 3 More than 90 of those dying had underlying illnesses or were over 60 years old The infection rate is higher in care homes than in the community which is inflating the overall infection rate There is large regional variation in the outbreak s severity In March London had the highest number of infections 4 while North East England has the highest infection rate 5 England is the country of the UK with the most such deaths per capita while Northern Ireland has the lowest Healthcare in the UK is devolved to each country The Department of Health and Social Care launched a public health information campaign to help slow the virus s spread and began posting daily updates in early February In February the Heath Secretary Matt Hancock introduced the Health Protection Coronavirus Regulations 2020 for England used as a template in the other parts of the UK and hospitals set up drive through screening The Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty outlined a four pronged strategy to tackle the outbreak contain delay research and mitigate In March the UK government imposed a lockdown banning all non essential travel and contact with people outside one s home including family and partners and shutting almost all schools and other educational institutions shops selling nonessential goods venues facilities amenities and places of worship Those with symptoms and their household were told to self isolate while the most vulnerable the over 70s and those with certain illnesses were told to shield themselves People were made to keep apart in public Police were empowered to enforce the lockdown and the Coronavirus Act 2020 gave the government emergency powers 6 not used since the Second World War 7 8 Panic buying was reported George Floyd protests Edit See also George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom Actions against memorials in the United Kingdom during the George Floyd protests and List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests In late May and in June 2020 protests took place across the country following the murder of George Floyd a 46 year old African American man by police officers while under arrest in Minneapolis Minnesota on 25 May Immediately after the murder protests and riots broke out in dozens of cities across the United States These spread internationally for the first time three days later with a solidarity demonstration outside the United States Embassy in London Protests spread across the UK particularly in London Birmingham and Manchester Many have been organised by the Black Lives Matter and Stand Up to Racism movements As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States many of the protests highlight pockets and instances of racism in operational policy and conduct of UK policing rehabilitation and in daily life Many protests have received endorsement and support from local councils and politicians including in Liverpool and Oxford Most such UK protests have been peaceful although notable clashes between protesters and police have occurred many times in central London Confrontations between police and protesters included a group spraying ACAB on the memorial to Earl Haig When soldiers from the Household Cavalry in plain clothes scrubbed the graffiti off protesters criticised them for doing so 9 Protesters sprayed graffiti on the plinth of the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square calling him a racist 10 A statue of 17th century slave trader and town benefactor Edward Colston was toppled from its pedestal in The Centre Bristol and thrown into Bristol Harbour on 7 June 11 The movement having identified many divisive figures of the past some local councils have renamed such streets and public buildings notably the Bristol Beacon having formerly paid homage to Colston Liz Truss Premiership September October 2022 EditSee also Premiership of Liz TrussFollowing her victory in the leadership election Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II one of her last official acts before her death The state funeral of the Queen coincided with the proclamation of the new monarch Charles III Truss along with Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng introduced sweeping budget and tax cuts in their proposed mini budget The proposal of the mini budget directly resulted in the worsening of the ongoing economic crisis in the country as well as the resignation of Truss making her the shortest serving prime minister in history citation needed Rishi Sunak Premiership 2022 Present EditSee also Premiership of Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak was the first prime minister appointed under King Charles III as well as the first British Asian to hold the position History by issue EditBrexit Edit In January 2020 The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union 12 beginning an 11 month transition period during which they remain in the Single Market and Customs Union 13 Climate change Edit In December 2019 the World Meteorological Organization released its annual climate report revealing that climate impacts are worsening 14 They found the global sea temperatures are rising as well as land temperatures worldwide 2019 is the last year in a decade that is the warmest on record 15 Global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2019 even though the rate of increase slowed somewhat according to a report from Global Carbon Project 16 COVID 19 pandemic Edit This section is an excerpt from History of the COVID 19 pandemic in the United Kingdom edit Graph showing the number of COVID 19 cases and deaths in the United Kingdom logarithmic scale on y axis This article needs to be updated The reason given is Omits progress after April 2022 Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information May 2022 This article outlines the history of the COVID 19 pandemic in the United Kingdom granular timelines can be found here Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019 17 18 COVID 19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020 19 The country was initially relatively slow implementing restrictions but a legally enforced stay at home order had been introduced by late March 20 21 22 Restrictions were steadily eased across the UK in late spring and early summer that year 23 24 25 26 27 28 By the Autumn COVID 19 cases were again rising 29 This led to the creation of new regulations along with the introduction of the concept of a local lockdown a variance in restrictions in a more specific geographic location than the four nations of the UK 30 31 32 33 34 35 Lockdowns took place in Wales England and Northern Ireland later that season 36 37 38 In part due to a new variant of the virus 39 40 cases were still increasing 41 and the NHS had come under severe strain by late December 42 43 44 45 46 This led to a tightening of restrictions across the UK 47 48 49 50 The first COVID 19 vaccine was approved and began its rollout in the UK in early December 51 52 15 million vaccine doses had been given to predominantly those most vulnerable to the virus by mid February 53 6 months later more than 75 of adults in the UK were fully vaccinated against COVID 19 54 Restrictions began to ease from late February onwards and almost all had ended in Great Britain by August 55 56 57 58 The SARS CoV 2 Delta variant drove an increase in daily case numbers that remained high through autumn although the vaccination programme led to a lower mortality rate 59 60 The SARS CoV 2 Omicron variant arrived in early December driving a further increase in cases 61 62 63 History by major political party EditSee also Political parties in the UK Conservatives Edit Leadership elections for the Scottish Conservatives were held in February and August 2020 Douglas Ross is now the leader 64 Labour Edit Hustings during the 2020 labour leadership contest As both the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and deputy leader Tom Watson had resigned or announced their intention to do so in late 2019 65 66 the party had both a leadership and deputy leadership contest in early 2020 67 The leadership contest was won by Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Keir Starmer with 275 780 votes 56 2 of the vote share 68 Angela Rayner became the deputy leader achieving 192 168 first preference votes 41 7 of the vote share and winning a majority of votes after the third round 69 Liberal Democrats Edit After their leader Jo Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 general election the Liberal Democrats announced early in 2020 that they planned to have new leader in place by the middle of July that year 70 The contest was delayed by six weeks due to the COVID 19 pandemic with the winner being declared in late August until then MP Sir Ed Davey and the party s president Mark Pack remained its acting leadership 71 72 73 The contest was won by Ed Davey with 63 5 of the vote 74 The Liberal Democrats were victorious in by elections in Chesham and Amersham North Shropshire and Tiverton and Honiton In North Shropshire it was thought to have been the largest majority ever overturned in a by election 75 Scottish National Party Edit SNP Chief Whip in the House of Commons Patrick Grady resigned following a complaint of sexual misconduct by an SNP staff member 76 The SNP won a plurality of seats in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election 77 The Third Sturgeon government was formed with support from the Scottish Greens 78 Ian Blackford announced his intention to stand down from his role of Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons on 1 December 2022 79 He denied being forced out by SNP MPs 80 His successor Stephen Flynn was elected on 6 December 81 History by devolved administration EditSee also Devolution in the United Kingdom Greater London Authority Edit The London mayoral election originally due to take place in May 2020 was suspended for a year to 6 May 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 82 The mayoral race saw London Labour s Sadiq Khan win on second preferences with 55 2 of the vote The 2021 London Assembly election took place on the same day The assembly elections saw Labour lose a seat while the London Conservatives London Liberal Democrats and London Greens each gained one 83 84 Scottish government Edit Official portrait of the Scottish Cabinet appointed following the 2021 election The 2021 Scottish Parliament election took place on 6 May 2021 85 The election saw limited changes in vote share and seats with each party gaining or losing less than 2 of the overall share in each category of voting The SNP gained one seat but fell one short of an overall majority The Scottish Conservatives maintained their second place position with the same number of seats as in 2016 Whilst Scottish Labour continued in third place with a loss of two seats The Scottish Greens gained two extra seats with a small increase in their vote share The election also had an unusually high voter turnout compared to previous Scottish parliament elections of 63 2 It was suggested that this may have been in part due to the Covid 19 pandemic leading to higher postal voting and lockdown giving people more time to engage with political activists and go to the polling station 86 87 Later that year the SNP and Scottish Greens established a powersharing agreement where the later was given non cabinet ministerial positions in exchange for support on votes of confidence budgets and some areas of policy 88 Welsh government Edit The 2021 Senedd election took place on 6 May 2021 85 It was the first Welsh Parliament election where 16 and 17 year olds could vote following the enactment of Senedd and Elections Wales Act that lowered the voting age to 16 for Welsh Senedd elections 89 The election saw Welsh Labour gain one seat falling one short of an overall majority which no party had ever achieved The Welsh Conservatives gained five seats returning their strongest ever result of 16 Plaid Cymru made a net gain of one seat returning 13 The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost their only constituency but kept a seat through the regional vote whilst UKIP lost all its seats from 2016 and no other party gained any 90 91 While Labour lacked an overall majority it decided to not make any kind of coalition or confidence pact and its leader Mark Drakeford was reconfirmed as First Minister of Wales a few days later with none of the other parties attempting to mount any kind of challenge 92 93 Though in late 2021 Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reached a agreement to cooperate for three years 94 Northern Irish Executive Edit The Northern Irish Assembly returned to business in January 2020 after a three year hiatus with a new power sharing agreement between Sinn Fein and the DUP 95 On 30 April First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party 96 She was replaced as First Minister of Northern Ireland by Paul Givan who was confirmed on 17 July 97 Meanwhile the role of DUP leader was handled separately being given first to Edwin Poots on the 14 May and following his resignation after just 21 days in the role it was taken by Jeffrey Donaldson 98 99 100 British Virgin Islands Edit On 28 April 2022 Premier of the British Virgin Islands Andrew Fahie was arrested in the United States on charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering 101 102 Shortly afterwards on 5 May 2022 he was removed as Premier by a near unanimous vote in the House of Assembly and replaced by his deputy Natalio Wheatley 103 On 8 June 2022 the British Government decided against direct rule for the islands 104 Deaths EditMain article List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2020sHistory by local government EditSee also Local government in the United KingdomLocal elections in England as well as police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales were postponed from May 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 105 Taking place on 6 May the local elections saw the conservatives make a net gain of 294 councillors and 13 councils whilst labour lost 264 and eight respectively The Green Party of England and Wales gained 85 council seats and the Liberal Democrats increased their total by three 106 The Conservatives gained both a mayor and a police and crime commissioner of Labour who themselves gained the same from the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru 107 108 109 At the 2022 local elections the Conservatives made a net loss of 487 seats in comparison to 2017 in Scotland and Wales and 2018 in England whilst Labour gained 108 seats 22 in England 20 in Scotland and 66 in Wales The Liberal Democrats and Greens made gains of 224 seats and 87 seats respectively which exceeded those of the Labour Party in England but were also seen to a more modest extent in Scotland and Wales The Scottish National Party SNP gained 22 seats in Scotland whilst Plaid Cymru made a net loss of 6 seats in Wales 110 See also Edit Modern history portal Politics portal United Kingdom portal2010s in United Kingdom political history 2020s in political history 2020 in United Kingdom politics and government 2021 in United Kingdom politics and government 2022 in United Kingdom politics and government 2022 United Kingdom electoral calendar Opinion polling on the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union 2020 present Political history of the United Kingdom 1979 present Timeline of British history 1990 present Notes Edit Not including cases identified in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies all of which test and report cases independently Death figures are those who have died after testing positive It does not include the death of one British citizen on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship see COVID 19 pandemic on cruise ships or the 84 recorded deaths in the British Overseas 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