Labour wins UK general election, as Rishi Sunak congratulates Keir Starmer

Labour has achieved a landslide victory in the UK general election, with Keir Starmer set to become the new prime minister.

As the final results come in, Labour is projected to secure 410 seats, while the Conservatives are expected to win 144 seats.

Rishi Sunak has conceded defeat and confirmed that he called Starmer to congratulate him. Commenting on the election outcome, Sunak described it as a “sobering verdict” and expressed his regret by saying, “I am sorry.”

After securing his seat in Holborn and St Pancras, Starmer declared, “The change begins right here… it is time for us to deliver.”

Several high-profile Conservatives, including Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Penny Mordaunt, lost their seats to Labour.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his first seat as an MP for Clacton, with party members Richard Tice and Lee Anderson also securing victories.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn won Islington North as an independent, while Labour’s Jon Ashworth lost his seat to an independent candidate.

George Galloway of the Workers Party lost the seat he had won earlier this year. Carla Denyer won for the Green Party in Bristol Central, and the SNP is forecasted to drop from 43 seats to just six.