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Official results show that Britain’s Labour Party has swept to power after more than a decade in opposition, as a jaded electorate appeared to hand the party a landslide victory but also a mammoth tas
Defeat after defeat left the Conservatives without a seat in Greater Manchester. The Tories lost nine seats across the region, with previously hard-won red wall constituencies returning to Labour, and voters in two areas swinging the Liberal Democrats to victory.
Having presided through austerity, Brexit and the pandemic, among other challenges, the Tories are deeply unpopular heading into the general election on Thursday.
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, won a seat in the British parliament for the first time on Friday in the seaside English town of Clacton-on-Sea, as voters deserted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. But Labour leader Keir Starmer won’t actually become prime minister until a carefully choreographed ceremony on Friday during which King Charles III will formally ask him to form a new government.
Nigel Farage was elected to parliament on Friday, marking the emergence of his populists Reform UK as a new force in British politics squeezing the Conservative vote from the right wing. Farage, a driving force behind Britain's decision to leave the European Union,
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said the country had voted for change and it was time for his party to deliver, speaking after winning his seat in parliament. "Tonight people here and around the country have spoken,
The Labour Party’s projected victory in the UK general election marks a historic moment in modern British political history and a huge personal triumph for Keir Starmer, the Labour leader who is set to become the country’s next prime minister.
Reform UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, winning its first seat in an election and squeezing the Conservative vote in the early results declared.
British voters are picking a new government in a parliamentary election Thursday that is widely expected to bring the opposition Labour Party to power
Exit polls in the United Kingdom suggested that Labour leader Keir Starmer will win the general election in a landslide victory.
Reform UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, with an election exit poll on Thursday predicting it would win 13 seats, and early results showing it was squeezing the Conservative vote.
The center-left Labour Party will win Britain’s general election by a landslide, according to a major exit poll, ending a 14-year era of Conservative rule in decisive fashion and putting its leader Keir Starmer on course to become prime minister in the coming hours.
With the U.K. Labour Party poised to return to power after 14 years of Conservative rule, the main appeal of the man set to take power may be his dullness.
Labour are on track for a landslide victory in Scotland, according to a general election exit poll. It suggests that across the UK, Labour will win 410 seats, with the Tories knocked back to 131 and the SNP to 10.
British voters pick a new government in parliamentary elections widely expected to bring the opposition Labor Party to power over Conservatives.
Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial returns indicated, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval.
The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory early Friday in a general election that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever.
Sir Keir Starmer has entered Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister after winning a historic Labour majority of more than 170 seats, declaring: “Our country has voted decisively for change.” Starmer travelled to Buckingham Palace at midday on Friday and was invited by King Charles to form a government,
British voters have handed the Labour Party its first election victory in almost two decades, a landmark moment in UK politics and a triumph for Labour leader Keir Starmer, soon to become the country’s new Prime Minister.
Labour has won a landslide in the general election in the UK, and Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister. Watch the main moments from a historic night in Scottish politics.
Keir Starmer's Labour Party won the UK general election and is on course for a huge parliamentary majority. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Labour Party has officially won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament as vote counting continues
The Labour Party have won the 2024 general election, and Sir Keir Starmer will now be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. Labour reached 326 seats just after 5am on Friday - that's the magic number needed to form a majority.
Brexit-campaigner Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament for the first time, giving him a powerful platform to carry out efforts to take over the Conservative Party after the UK general election.
The U.K.'s Labour Party is on course for a huge election win, according to exit polling, making Keir Starmer the likely next Prime Minister.
Labour has won the UK general election and Sir Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister. Several high-profile Conservative MPs lost their seats - including Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was in a jubilant mood on Friday after he became an MP for the first time and his rightwing party ate into the Conservatives’ vote share. The arch-Brexiter won the constituency of Clacton in Essex and was one of four Reform MPs to be elected in former Tory seats,
Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan reports on the Labour Party's reported victory in the United Kingdom's 2024 election on 'Special Report.'
An exit poll suggests that Britain’s Labour Party is headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election.
Labour, which won just one seat in Scotland in 2019, is on course to become Scotland’s largest party as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s national landslide victory. Labour has never won a UK election in modern times without a significant number of Scottish seats,
Labour are on track for a landslide victory in Scotland, according to a general election exit poll. It suggests that across the UK, Labour will win 410 seats, with the Tories knocked back to 131 and the SNP to 10.
Exit poll suggests Conservatives face historic defeat in British election, leaving the party in disarray.
Sir Keir Starmer told the nation in his first speech as prime minister that he wants to return the government to “public service” for a “weary” nation which had lost faith
People in the UK are voting in the general election that could see the Conservative Party's 14-year reign end. Multiple polls suggest the Conservatives could face a wipe-out with the opposition Labour Party on course for a potential landslide win.
UK opposition leader Keir Starmer casts his vote in an election that his Labour Party is widely expected to win
Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became British prime minister on Friday hours after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition. Starmer was elevated to the nation's leader after a private ceremony with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace.
Starmer was knighted for leading the Crown Prosecution Service, and opponents like to use his title to paint him as elite and out of touch.
The BBC spoke to a few people in Glasgow City Centre about the general election results. It comes as Labour celebrates huge gains from the SNP and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross is defeated in the north east.
After a dismal campaign and dire predictions, the election results are no surprise, but still no less painful for Conservatives. The landslide Labour victory masks an even more devastating blow. Labour’s share of the popular vote has barely changed since 2019 – just 2 percentage points higher across the country,
UK General Election, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer secured a landslide victory, winning 335 seats and set to become Prime Minister. The Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak,
The Labour Party’s landslide victory in the British general election on July 4th was expected, but it is nonetheless momentous. In 2019 Labour limped to its worst result in almost a century; Boris Johnson won a victory that was meant to keep him in power for a decade.
The King was waking up in a Labour constituency for the first time on Friday after the Cities of London and Westminster dethroned the Conservatives. Amid a historic landslide for Sir Keir Starmer’s party,
STORY: (Keir Starmer) "Change only happens if you vote for it."As much of Europe lurches to the right, Keir Starmer's left of center Labour Party is set to take office in Britain for the first time in 14 years.