LONDON: Rishi Sunak conceded defeat on Friday as the outcome of the UK elections made a historic defeat for the Conservative Party very clear, with its lowest-ever total number of seats. The UK poll verdicts brings to an end to the incumbent Prime Minister’s premiership and paves way for Labour leader Keir Starmer’s way to be the next PM.
The landslide victory for the Labour Party is putting to an end 14 years of Conservative rule.
After the crushing election defeat, Rishi Sunak also announced his resignation as Conservative Party leader. Sunak said he will resign as Tory leader, but not immediately and only when formal arrangements for a successor have taken place.
The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called to Kier Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Rishi Sunak said as poll results’ course made his defeat clear.
Keir Starmer, the Labour Party leader on course to be the UK’s new prime minister, on Friday thanked voters and said the people of the country are “ready for change” and to “end the politics of performance”, as he spoke for the first time since the exit poll predicted a landslide for his party in the general election. Follow UK Election Results LIVE Updates
Matching exit poll, which predicted Labour could win as many as 410 seats, the party comfortably hit the projected mark and was bagging more seats at the time of last updating this report. The incumbent Tories led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak were down to just 119 seats.
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