The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has won the country’s general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons.
And the defeated Prime Minister of the Conservative Party Rishi Sunak has since accepted defeat and congratulated his opponent and winner of the eletion Keir Starner.
Starner told his supporters shortly after the election results were announced that “A mandate like this comes with a great responsibility.”
According to the BBC as the final figures come in, Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 144.
Starmer, said he would begin a period of “national renewal” in the UK after his opposition Labour Party defeated the ruling Conservatives in the general election.
“Today we start the next chapter — begin the work of change, the mission of national renewal and start to rebuild our country,” Starner declared in London after his party won majority in parliament.