UK Election Results / Sunak's party lost power after 14 years - Labour Party got majority, Keir Starmer will be the next PM

UK Election Results: The Labor Party has returned to power in Britain after 14 years. In the results that came on July 5 (Friday), the party has crossed the majority mark. It has got 592 seats out of 650 so far. 326 seats are required to form a government in Britain. According to the BBC, Sir Keir Starmer, who led the Labor Party during the election, will be the next Prime Minister of Britain. At the same time, Rishi Sunak, who has been leading the Conservative Party since 2022, has got only 92 seats so far. Sunak has accepted defeat and apologized to the party. He also called Starmer and congratulated him on the victory.

Sunak-Starmer won from their respective seats

Earlier, Sunak won from his seat Richmond and Northallerton. At the same time, Keir Starmer, the PM candidate from the Labor Party, has also won the Holborn and St Pancras seat in London. Voting started in Britain on July 4 at 7 am (11:30 am Indian time) at 40 thousand polling centers.

The exit poll results came out shortly after the voting ended at 10 pm (2:30 am Indian time). In this, a crushing defeat of Indian-origin Sunak's Conservative Party was predicted.

Rishi Sunak leaves for London, will resign to King Charles

After the defeat of the Conservative Party in the election, Rishi Sunak has left for London. Here he will submit his resignation to King Charles. After this, Charles will invite Starmer to form the government in the country.

242 women won in the election

This time the highest number of women MPs are going to be seen in the British Parliament. Even before the counting of votes was completed, 242 women candidates have won. There are a total of 650 seats in the country. That is, so far women have won 37% of the seats. Earlier, 220 women candidates had won in the 2019 elections.

World leaders congratulate Starmer

Israel- President Isaac Herzog congratulated Keir Starmer on his victory in the elections. Posting on social media, he said, "Israel is ready to work with Starmer. We will try to return Israel's hostages with the new government. We will take the friendship of Britain and Israel to a new level."

Australia- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also congratulated Starmer on his victory. He said, "My friend has won a great victory."

Keir Starmer said- We did it, this is the beginning of change

After the Labor Party's victory in the elections, Keir Starmer addressed the supporters. He said, "We did it. You all worked hard for this. Campaigned, fought. You have changed the country."

Starmer said, "The public voted in our favour. This is the beginning of change. After bringing changes in the party for 4 and a half years, the public has chosen us. We are ready to serve the country."

Sunak congratulated Sir Keir Starmer on his victory

After winning his seat, Rishi Sunak thanked the people of Richmond and Northallerton. Accepting the party's defeat in the election, Sunak said, "The Labour Party has won this election. I also called Sir Keir Starmer and congratulated him."

Sunak said, "Today the power of the country will change. I have full confidence in the stability and future of the country. The people of Britain have given their verdict today and we need to learn a lot from this. I take responsibility for this defeat. The party workers and leaders worked hard in the election. I apologize to them."

Who is Keir Starmer?

Keir Starmer is the 61-year-old leader of the Labour Party. He was born on September 2, 1962 in Oxted, Surrey to a working class family. His mother was a nurse who suffered from arthritis. Starmer's father used to make tools. Starmer studied at Reigate Grammar School. He was the first person in his family to go to university.

Advocacy before entering politics

Before entering politics, Keir Starmer used to practice law. He was a well-known lawyer in human rights cases in Britain. He has studied law from Leeds University. According to the information, Keir Starmer started his career as a barrister in the year 1987.

What is Starmer's promise?

Former lawyer Keir Starmer entered Parliament in 2015 and took over the leadership of the Labor Party in 2020. It is under his leadership that the Labor Party has been able to come to power. The Labor Party will return to power in the UK after 14 years. Starmer has advocated restoring public services while maintaining fiscal responsibility.

What will be the policy regarding Russia-Israel?

There is a lot of turmoil going on in Europe at this time. However, it is believed that there will not be much change in the policy of the new British government regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. Starmer has said to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia. Along with this, he has called for a ceasefire in Gaza. He has also demanded the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.