British opposition Labour Social gathering chief Keir Starmer and his spouse Victoria Starmer in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. | Picture credit score: Reuters
Britain’s essential opposition Labour occasion appears to be like set for a landslide election victory, post-referendum polls confirmed, with Keir Starmer changing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
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The ballot for UK media steered the centre-left Labour Social gathering would win 410 seats within the 650-seat Home of Commons, placing it again in energy for the primary time since 2010, with a majority of 170 seats.
Sunak’s Conservatives would solely win 131 seats (a report low), whereas the right-wing vote would apparently be shared by Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK occasion, which may win 13 seats.
In one other enhance for centrists, the smallest opposition occasion, the Liberal Democrats, would achieve 61 seats, displacing the Scottish Nationwide Social gathering with 10 seats because the third-largest occasion.
