Labour has won a landslide victory in the general election, with 15 government ministers losing their seats following a surge for Reform UK.
Sir Keir Starmer will become British prime minister, with Labour winning 412 seats in Parliament in a general election landslide victory.
All but two of the 650 seats have now been declared.
Labour gained 211 seats overall. In his victory speech, Sir Keir said: “We did it. Change begins now … We are ready to restore Britain to the service of working people.”
The Labour Party passed the majority threshold of 326 at around 5 a.m. just after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat, having clung on to his own seat.
Mr. Sunak has led the Conservatives to a defeat which could see them win their lowest number of seats in the history of the party.
In 1997 the Tories were reduced to 165 seats, but their worst ever result was in 1906 when they won just 156 seats.
So far they have won only 121 seats.
Mr. Sunak, who held on to his own seat at Richmond and Northallerton, said at the count, “The British people have delivered a sobering verdict … and I take responsibility for that.”
He said Labour had clearly won the election and he had already rung Sir Keir and congratulated him, and he also apologised to all the Tory candidates who lost.
The Labour leader told a crowd of cheering supporters, “a mandate like this comes with a great responsibility.”
Starmer Calls for ‘National Renewal’
Sir Keir said, “Our task is nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold this country together, national renewal, whoever you are, wherever you started in life, if you work hard, if you play by the rules, this country should give you a air chance to get on, it should always respect your contributions, and we have to restore that.”
Reform UK saw a surge in its vote, helping it to win four seats with leader Nigel Farage, in Clacton, and party Chairman Richard Tice, in Boston, both being elected.
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