Keir Starmer and his Labour Party have won a landslide election in Britain, ending 14 years of Conservative Party rule and moving toward a new government dominated by the center-left.
This was an election that was more about mood than policy, and voters conveyed their frustration with the incumbent Tories and a willingness to take a chance on a “changed Labour Party,” as Starmer calls it, purged of its hard-left elements and socialist rhetoric. Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister.
So far the Labour Party has won 362 seats out of 650 seats, i.e., more than a simple majority, while the result of 140 seats is yet to be announced. Conservative Party has won 81 seats and Liberal Democratic has secured only 49 seats.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won.
“The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Sunak said after winning his parliamentary seat in northern England.
“Change begins now,” Keir Starmer said on Friday in a speech after his party won the national election, ending 14 years of Conservative government.
