Later on Friday, Sir Keir Starmer will take over as prime minister, capping a turbulent period in which five different Conservative leaders have led the nation.
At approximately 04:40 in the morning, the departing Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced that Labour had won and that he had congratulated Sir Keir over the phone.
Minutes later, the Labour leader made a commitment to prioritize “country first, party second” and made promises of “national renewal” in his victory address.
He greeted triumphant Labour activists in London with the words, “We have earned the mandate to relight the fire.” “We have no less of a task than it.
The result of this election stands in stark contrast to that of the 2019 election, where Labour, led by veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, suffered its worst political defeat in more than a century.
Conversely, former Conservative minister Robert Buckland, who lost his seat, called it “electoral armageddon” for the Conservatives.
