With results in from all but two ridings, Labour has won 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, more than double the 202 seats the party took the last election in 2019
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, reacts as he speaks at a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024.Britain’s Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the U.K. general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule and sending Labour leader Keir Starmer to Downing Street as the country’s new prime minister.
Britain's next prime minister, Keir Starmer, promised change early on Friday , as the Conservatives' Rishi Sunak conceded defeat, with Starmer's center-left Labour Party on course to win a huge majority in the country's parliamentary elections. Diane To reports.The Conservatives suffered a catastrophic defeat, losing more than 240 seats and falling to 121. That’s the worst showing in the party’s history.
On Friday Ms. Truss accepted blame for some of the voter discontent but added; “I think the issues we faced as the Conservatives are we haven’t delivered sufficiently on the priorities of people. And that means keeping taxes low, but also particularly on reducing immigration.” Another big loser was the Scottish National Party which has been in power in Scotland for 17 years and dominated elections to Westminster in 2019. The SNP dropped to nine seats from 48, losing nearly all of them to Labour.
He took over as leader in 2020 only months after Labour lost the 2019 election and fell to its lowest seat total in 80 years. He immediately began reshaping Labour into a more acceptable alternative to the Conservatives and during the campaign he presented the party as “pro-worker and pro-business”.
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