Keir Starmer will be the United Kingdom’s new prime minister after the Labour Party secured a landslide victory in the UK General Election.
Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives holding 144, ending 14 years of Conservative rule in the UK.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has accepted defeat and said he called Starmer to congratulate him.
Reacting to the election results, Sunak described it as a “sobering verdict” and added, “I am sorry.” After winning his seat in Holborn and St Pancras, Starmer declared, “The change begins right here… It is time for us to deliver.”
Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer has pledged to start a period of “national renewal” in the UK.
“Today we start the next chapter — begin the work of change, the mission of national renewal, and start to rebuild our country,” Starmer said in a triumphant victory speech in London after his party secured a majority in parliament.
