According to The Sunday Times and Times Radio, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is anticipated to announce his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party on Friday morning. This happened after it appeared like the Labour Party, the primary opposition in Britain, would win the election handily.
According to a poll conducted for UK broadcasters, the center-left Labour Party would win 410 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, bringing it back to power with a 170-seat majority for the first time since 2010.
Only 131 seats would be won by Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party, a record low. According to AFP, Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party appears to be splitting the right-wing vote. The party could gain 13 seats.
The smaller opposition Liberal Democrats are predicted to win 61 seats, surpassing the Scottish National Party, which is predicted to win 10 seats, to become the third-largest party, which is another victory for the centrists.
This expected result stands in stark contrast to the rightward movement observed in the closest Western allies of Britain, where the far-right in France is vying for power and Donald Trump seems ready for a return to prominence in the US.
For the first time since Gordon Brown’s administration in 2010, British media highlight Labour’s impending return to power. The Daily Mirror, which supports Labour, ran the headline “Keir We Go.” “Britain sees red,” The Sun declared.
Throughout the election campaign, Starmer and Rishi Sunak both thanked their activists for their dedication and encouragement. AFP says that senior Labour officials refrained from participating in any early festivities.
Votes from almost 40,000 polling places around the nation are being counted into the night, and official results are anticipated early on Friday.
Less than an hour after polls closed at 2100 GMT, the first result was declared: Bridget Phillipson, a member of the Labour Party, was re-elected to represent Houghton and Sunderland South in northeastern England.
