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The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years
As the dust settled on Labour’s seismic victory on Friday morning, party strategists were already raking through the election results, warning that such a large majority was a double-edged sword. Labour won a landslide on a relatively low slice of the vote — around 34 per cent — thanks to tactical voting and the splitting of rightwing support between the Tories and Reform UK.
Rishi Sunak and his center-right Conservative Party may be on the way out, replaced by Keir Starmer and the left-leaning Labour Party.
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
The Labour Party won a landslide victory in the UK election after the Conservatives imploded following 14 years of rule that became defined by turmoil.
LONDON — Great Britain’s Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation’s government. With most votes counted, here’s a breakdown of the numbers: Labour has won 412 seats — a 63% majority — of the 650 seats in the lower house of Parliament.
What are the issues the new UK government will have to tackle immediately in Wales?
The tectonic plates of British politics have shifted after Britons resoundingly voted to put an end to 14 years of Conservative rule, and deliver a landslide victory for the Labour Party.
The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election
Nigel Farage was elected to parliament on Friday, marking the emergence of his populist 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,
As the final results of the UK election are counted, a number of trends are becoming clear. Here’s what to know about a seismic night.
A change election in the United Kingdom has taken place as the center-left Labour Party won a huge landslide, putting an end to the 14-year rule of the Tories.
Labour surged to a landslide victory in Britain's parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government and propelling Keir Starmer to power as prime minister. WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss lost her seat in Thursday’s general election as the center-right Conservative Party faced a crushing defeat at the polls after 14 years of governing Britain. Truss,
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes power after his Labor Party's landslide election win over Britain's longtime ruling Conservatives.
Britain's Labor Party won a landslide victory Friday in a general election that saw the ruling Conservative Party of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak swept from power after 14 years in government.
Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister after his centre-left Labour Party won a huge majority in a parliamentary election, defeating Rishi Sunak's Conservatives and ending their 14 years of often tumultuous rule.
The U.K.’s entertainment industry has responded to Labour’s landslide victory in the country’s general election, which ends 14 years of Conservative rule with Keir Starmer set to become prime minister.
In its place stands the Labour Party, which has secured an electoral landslide. The party’s leader, prosecutor-turned-politician Keir Starmer, will become Britain’s 58th Prime Minister. “Across our country,
By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer vowed to rebuild Britain as its next prime minister after his Labour Party on Friday surged to a landslide victory in a parliamentary election,
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal in his first official remarks Friday after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition.
The center-left Labour Party won Thursday’s U.K. general election, ending the Conservative Party’s 14-year rule in Britain. Labour leader Keir Starmer is now set to become the country’s new prime minister.
Keir Starmer vowed to bring change to Britain as its next prime minister after his Labour Party surged to a comprehensive win in a national election on Friday, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government.
Early results in Britain's snap elections Thursday indicate the Labor Party is sweeping toward a historic Parliamentary majority that will install Keir Starmer as the nation's next prime minister.
Center-left leader Keir Starmer is poised to become Britain’s new prime minister, while the ruling Conservative Party is expected to suffer the worst election performance in its 190-year history.
By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election,
After 14 years in power, the Associated Press' exit poll suggests the U.K.'s Conservative Party has been voted out of power on Thursday.
CNN’s Anna Stewart looks at exit polling that projects Labour getting a significant majority of seats in the 2020 UK elections.
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.
Britain’s Labour on track for huge majority, exit poll suggests, amid frustration with Conservatives
Britain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions and a fraying social fabric.
The Labour Party is expected to beat the Conservative Party for the first time in 14 years in the U.K. national election.
By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer will become Britain's next prime minister on Friday with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election,
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.
Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses.
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has vaulted back to power in the U.K. for the first time in 14 years, according to exit poll data released Thursday.
Voting has ended and the official exit poll has been released. We look at what it says... and what happens next.
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.
Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll suggested, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval.
Conservatives leadership hopefuls are pondering how to react, after a crushing election defeat looks set to define the future direction of the party. The party now has only 121 MPs, down 251, after its vote collapsed as Labour achieved a landslide election victory.
By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election,
CNN’s Nic Robertson joins The Lead
Labour now have 59 of the capital’s 75 MPs; run 21 of its 33 local authorities, and Sadiq Khan has just been returned for a third term at City Hall. During the recent mayoral campaign he asked Londoners to “imagine what a Labour mayor and government could do together”.
One of the biggest upsets for the Conservatives in the general election must have been the loss of the new Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket seat to Labour. The former Bury St Edmunds constituency had been represented by a Conservative for more than a century,