UK Elections: Rishi Sunak Congratulates Keir Starmer’s Labour Party After Landslide Victory

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The main opposition party of the United Kingdom, the Labour Party has officially won the 2024 General election having polled the 326 seats needed to secure an overall majority in the 650-seat parliament in the early hours of Friday.

While the counting of votes is still ongoing the national leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer is set to become Britain’s new prime minister.

His party has successfully swept Britain’s main party, the Conservatives, to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of the party’s rule.

Reacting to the defeat, Prime Rishi Sunak who looks somber congratulated the Labour Party on its success.

He said: “The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory.

“Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner with goodwill on all sides,” the Tory leader added, calling the results “sobering” and saying he took responsibility for the defeat.

At a triumphant party rally in central London, Starmer, 61, told cheering activists that “change begins here” and promised a “decade of national renewal”, putting “country first, party second”.

The New Diplomat reports that the Labour Party has secured 410 seats while Conservatives won 119 seats as of press time.

Below are the votes for each main party with 6 seats left to declare:

Labour: 9,634,399 (410)

Conservative: 6,756,134 (119)

Reform UK: 4,073,607 (4)

Lib Dems: 3,487,604 (71)

Green: 1,931,887 (4)

SNP: 685,405 (9)

Plaid Cymru: 194,811 (4)

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