Labour Party’s Keir Starmer to be sworn in PM, Rishi Sunak concedes defeat in UK Polls

LONDON: The Labour Party swept the UK general election after ending the 14-years-long Conservative Party rule in Britain. By the time the results of one-third of the seats in the 650-member parliament were announced, the Labor Party had crossed an absolute majority of 325.

The Labour Party has presently won 359 seats. The Conservative Party won only 72 seats. The Conservative Party lost 172 seats compared to 2019. The Labour Democrat Party is in third place with 46 seats. According to a report by the BBC, the Labour party will get 408 seats and the Conservative Party 136 seats. Reports said the Labour Democrat Party will be in the third place with 66 seats.

Keir Starmer of the Labor Party is all set to be the Pime Minister. Starmer won his Holborn and St Pancras seat. Keir Starmer thanked people for voting for the Labour Party. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat of the Conservative Party. Sunak congratulated Starmer on the phone. Sunak retained the Richmond and Northern Allerton seat.

Exit polls predicted that the Labour Party would win 410 seats in the 650-member parliament. The Conservative Party was predicted to win 131 seats, the Liberal Democrats 61 and Nigel Farage's Reform UK Party 13 seats. The ultra-nationalist UK Reform Party won four seats. Leader Nigel Farage won for the first time. Farage's victory came from the Clacton constituency. UK Reform did not win a single seat in the 2019 election.

Since the Conservative Party came to power in Britain in 2010, there have been five prime ministers in 14 years. Four elections and two referendums were held. With Labor securing victory this time, observers say the number of ethnic minority MPs, including those of Indian origin (presently 15), may increase.