The Labour Party has ended 14 years of consecutive Conservative governments in the UK after a landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, giving the centre-left party a commanding majority in parliament and making leader Keir Starmer the country’s next prime minister.
At the time of writing, Labour had secured at least 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, well above the 326 needed for a majority, as voters decided to give a chance to what Starmer calls a “changed Labour party” that has sought to rid itself of its far-left and socialist elements.
“A mandate like this carries with it a great responsibility,” he said after his party won at least 212 more seats than in the last general election in 2019. Thursday’s performance was Labour’s best election performance since Tony Blair’s victory in 1997.
