Whole bookcases will no doubt be written about the 2024 election, which featured the biggest parliamentary swing in British history: one party was handed its largest-ever majority less than five years after a seismic defeat, and another reduced by two thirds to its smallest-ever number of MPs. What happened? How did it happen? And what does it all mean for what happens next?
Two assessments are available this autumn. Taken as Red, by the seasoned political journalist Anushka Asthana, is the swiftest “first draft of history” to land, a comprehensive exploration into everything that led to Keir Starmer marching into Downing Street on 5 July. Losing It by the Conservative pollster Michael Ashcroft offers a deeper dive into one specific part of the puzzle: the millions of people who voted Tory in 2019 but abandoned the party in 2024.
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