The Labour Party has officially secured enough seats in the UK general election of 2024 to hold a majority in parliament.Read More
Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, takes over as prime minister and forms a majority administration.
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ToggleConservatives’ worst losses ever
With 410 seats won, they have dealt the Conservatives one of their worst losses ever.
This indicates that the Conservative Party has not been in power for the previous fourteen years.
Starmer declared in a victory speech, “We did it.” “Change starts right now… We promised to put an end to the turmoil, and we will; we also promised to turn the page, which we have done. We begin the next chapter, the purpose of national renewal, the task of transformation, and the process of rebuilding our nation now.”
Starmer stated that he is “ready to serve our country, ready to restore Britain to the service of working people” and that it “feels good” to be doing so well.
Rishi Sunak defeated
A dejected Rishi Sunak stated he had called Starmer to congratulate him on winning and accepted loss.
“Today power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides,” Sunak stated. “There is much to learn and reflect on and I take responsibility for the loss to the many good hardworking Conservative candidates … I am sorry.”
King Charles III accepted Sunak’s resignation, and the monarch asked Starmer—the head of the biggest party in parliament—to establish a government.
Brexit prompted the remarkable comeback of Labour five years ago, as hard-left former leader Jeremy Corbyn led the party to its worst defeat since 1935.
Starmer tasks ahead
Starmer has a long list of tasks ahead of her: weak economic growth, underfunded and overburdened public services due to swingeing cuts, and tight financial conditions for people.
Eight things about the incoming prime minister of the United Kingdom
1. Starmer was raised in Oxted, Surrey, but was born in Southwark, London, on September 2, 1962. He was the second of his parents’ four children.
2. He received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1985 with first-class honors from the University of Leeds, where he studied law. He pursued postgraduate studies in law at Oxford University.
3. From 1986 to 1987, Starmer was the editor of the militant Trotskyist periodical Socialist Alternatives.
4. In 1987, Starmer graduated from the Middle Temple as a barrister. In 2009, he was promoted to bencher there. He was also called to the bar in several nations in the Caribbean. He was a well-known attorney for human rights.
5. He was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions and Chief of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in July 2008.
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6. In 2015, Starmer was elected to the House of Commons for the first time.
7. On April 4, 2020, he was chosen as the Labour Party’s leader.
8. Victoria, Starmer’s spouse, is a devout Jew. They have a daughter and a boy.
9. He rejects religion, he is atheist
