Labour Party wins big in UK election; Conservatives lose public support after 14 years in power. | WPN World People News

The UK parliamentary election was held on the 4th, and the results were out: the ruling Conservative Party suffered a devastating defeat. The Labour Party secured 412 out of 650 seats in the House of Commons, and its leader, Keir Starmer, is set to become the new Prime Minister with an overwhelming majority. The results were delayed by a few hours and were announced by 11 am London time on the 5th, with 2 seats still unaccounted for. However, exit polls had already predicted a major victory for Labour, which gained 211 more seats than in the last election, achieving 33.8% voter support.

The Conservative Party won only 121 seats, fewer than the 131 predicted by exit polls, and a significant drop of 250 seats compared to the previous election. This marked the worst result in history for the party that has been in power for 14 years, dealing a catastrophic blow.

The centrist Liberal Democrats were another big winner, increasing their seats from an expected 61 to 71, ranking third and gaining 63 seats. The right-wing populist party Reform UK, led by "Brexit champion" Nigel Farage, was predicted to win 13 seats but only secured 4. The nationalist Scottish National Party (SNP) suffered a major loss of 38 seats, winning only 9.

Following the announcement of the exit polls, the reaction of the British pound's exchange rate was calm, unlike the responses to the Scottish independence referendum and Brexit referendum, indicating that the election results met market expectations. A few days later, at the 75th anniversary summit of NATO in Washington, the new Prime Minister Starmer will make his debut on the world stage. He will also meet French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the European Political Community meeting on the 18th in England.