UK Election Results 2024 LIVE: The suspense over who’ll be the UK’s new Prime Minister continues as the counting of votes is underway across 650 constituencies. The results come a day after the polling was held. As per the exit polls, Prime Minster Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is on the course of a bruising defeat, while his rival Labour Party candidate Keir Starmer is predicted to have a landslide win. Besides these two main parties, Britishers are choosing from a list of candidates representing the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, Scottish National Party (SNP), SDLP, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn Fien, Plaid Cymru, Workers’ Party, the anti-immigration Reform Party and several contesting as Independent.
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Labour Emerges Victorious Here
As per UK media, the Labour Party has registered gains in the following:
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, taken from the SNPNa h-Eileanan an Iar, from the SNPEdinburgh East and Musselburgh, from the SNPBirmingham Northfield, taken from the ConservativesDartford, from the ConservativesEarley and Woodley, from the ConservativesEast Worthing and Shoreham, from the ConservativesNorth Northumberland, from the ConservativesPeterborough, from the ConservativesChatham and Aylesford, from the ConservativesSouth Norfolk, from the ConservativesSherwood Forest, from the ConservativesBournemouth West, from the ConservativesNorth East Somerset and Hanham, from the ConservativesAshford, from the ConservativesLabour take Mid Derbyshire from the ConservativesLoughborough from the ConservativesWakefield and Rothwell from the ConservativesHalesowen from the ConservativesMorecambe and Lunesdale from the ConservativesRochester and Strood from the ConservativesStoke-on-Trent Central from the ConservativesBasingstoke from the ConservativesScarborough and Whitby from the ConservativesHull West and Haltemprice from the ConservativesCities of London and Westminster from the ConservativesTruro and Falmouth from the ConservativesCalder Valley from the ConservativesNorth East Hertfordshire from the ConservativesLeeds North West from the ConservativesCowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy from the SNPGlasgow North from the SNP
Liberal Democrats Registered Wins in:
Surrey Heath, taken from the ConservativesNorth Shropshire, from the ConservativesChippenham, from the ConservativesTaunton and Wellington, from the ConservativesBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe from the Conservatives
‘We did it’: Labour Wins UK General Election
As the results were announced and Labour emerged victorious, Keir Starmer addressing the crowd in central London began his speech by saying “Thank you.”
“We did it”, he said. “You campaigned for it, you fought for it – and now it has arrived.”
“Change begins now,” he asserted.
“A burden finally removed from the shoulders of this great nation.”
He added that now the UK can “look forward again [and] walk into the morning”.
“The sunlight of hope, pale at first but getting stronger through the day. Shining once again on a country with an opportunity after 14 years to get its future back.”
‘I Have Given My All…’: Sunak Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Starmer
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded the election to Keir Starmer and the Labour Party even after holding his seat in Richmond & Northallerton.
“The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” he said.
“I will now head down to London, where I will say more about tonight’s result, before I leave the job as prime minister, to which I have given my all.”
With Over Half of All Seats Counted, What Are the Results So Far? (Official)
With over half of the 650 seats declared so far, Labour is emerging way ahead of other parties with at least 265 seats.
Check the latest numbers below:
Conservative Party – 50
Labour Party – 266
Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) – 3
Liberal Democrats – 21
Reform UK – 3
Others – 1
Labour Suffers in Areas with Muslim Majority Over its Gaza Stance
As the counting is underway, Starmer-led Labour appears to suffer in areas with big Muslim communities over its stance on the conflict in Gaza. Jonathan Ashworth, a key Labour leader, lost his Leicester South seat in central England to an independent candidate who had ‘Gaza at the heart of his campaign.’
Amid the October 7 unprecedented attack by the Hamas, labour leader Keir Starmer took a strong pro-Israel stand and maintained it even as the death toll in Gaza rose. Following this, many Muslims who had been traditional Labour voters were aghast and turned to other candidates.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps Loses His Seat:
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, a strong figure in the Conservative Party history has lost his seat in the 2024 elections.
Shapps, 55, lost Welwyn Hatfield to his Labour Party opponent Andrew Lewin with a margin of 4,000 or 8 per cent votes.
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage Wins Clacton-on-Sea in 8Th Attempt
Nigel Farage of the hard-right Reform UK party won the contest in the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, becoming a lawmaker on his eighth attempt.
Farage said the party was “going to come second in hundreds of constituencies.”
“My plan is to build a mass national movement over the course of the next few years,” he said.
‘I Will Speak For You, Have Your Back,’ Says Keir
Keir Starmer, the Labour Party leader poised to be the next UK Prime Minister thanked his supporters, saying that the the people of the country are “ready for change” and to “end the politics of performance”.
In his victory speech after winning from Holborn and St Pancras, the 61-year-old Starmer said, “I’ll serve every person in this constituency.”
Anti-Immigration Reform Party Wins its First seat in the Election
Reform UK, the recently formed anti-immigration party, won its first seat in the general election as Lee Anderson, the former Conservative deputy chairman held onto his seat in Ashfield in central England with 43 per cent of the vote.
Conservative Lost Their First Seat:
Sunak-led Conservatives lost its first seat- the Swindon South seat in the UK general election. Former justice minister lost ther seat in Central England to Labour’s Heidi Alexander after his vote bank slumped by 25 per cent compared to the 2019 election.
What’s the current status:
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has crossed over 120 marks, and stands at 129, as per sources, while Sunak’s Conservative Party is stuck at 15.
Meet the Political Parties and Candidates in the UK Election:
Conservatives
Leader: Prime Minister Rishi SunakSeats they won in the last election- 365
Labour
Leader- Keir Starmer.Seats they won in the last election- 202
Liberal Democrats
Leader- Ed DaveySeats they won in the last election- 11
Reform UK
Leader- Nigel FarageSeats they won in the last election- None
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Leader- John SwinneySeats they won in the last election- 48
Green Party
Leader- Carla Denyer and Adrian RamsaySeats they won in the last election- 11
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