The Labor Party will win 410 of the House of Commons’ 650 seats, and Sir Keir Starmer will become the new Prime Minister, according to the polls. The result shows a roughly doubling of mandates from the 2019 election.
– The voters have spoken and they are ready for change, says Labor leader Keir Starmer during his victory speech on Friday morning.
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– It is now time for us to deliver, says Starmer and promises to take politics back into the service of the public.
According to the polling station survey, the conservative party Tories gets 131 seats and thus loses roughly what is the worst election result since the 19th century, according to BBC.
Among the Tories losing their parliamentary seats are current Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and former Prime Minister Liz Truss, according to Sky News. In total, the conservative Tory Party loses approximately 221 seats.
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Tory leader Rishi Sunak speaks after the UK election and admits defeat. Photo: DARREN STAPLES
Promises from Labour
The incoming Prime Minister, Starmer, intends to get both companies’ and workers’ finances in order and reduce waiting times in healthcare. He also says he will tackle immigration, but not continue to push the current government’s proposal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The polling station survey was carried out by the BBC, ITV and Sky News and the results are in line with previous polls.
According to the survey, Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform Party gets 13 seats and thus looks set to take several seats, at the expense of the Tories.
– My plan is to build a national mass movement in the next few years, says Farage after being elected himself.
The Liberal Democrats also make a positive result and increase by roughly 50 seats, which means more members of parliament than the party has had in over 100 years, according to Sky News.