UK elections: Keir Starmer-led Labour party set for landslide win; Sunak's Tories face carnage

The early results of Thursday's parliamentary election in the United Kingdom suggest Keir Starmer-led Labour Party is set for a landslide win, ending the 14-year-long reign of the Conservative Party. While the results of 117 out of the total 650 seats were declared, the Labour Party is racing far ahead with 101.  For Prime Minister Rishi Sunak-led Tories, it is carnage  with a mere 10 seats.  

Exit Polls predict over 400 seats for the Labour Party, an astonishing reversal of fortunes from five years ago when it suffered its worst performance since 1935. Sunak's party were forecast to only win 131 seats, the worst electoral performance in its history, with reports hinting that the Prime Minister would announce his resignation in hours. 

The Liberal Democrats led by Sir Ed Davey was expected to take 61 seats, Nigel Farage's Reform UK 13, the Scottish National Party (SNP) 10, Plaid Cymru four and the Greens two, according to the exit polls. 

At the last general election in 2019, the Conservatives won 365 seats to Labour’s 203. The SNP won 48 seats and the Lib Dems had just 11.

Starmer, who is set to become the next Prime Minister of Britain, took centre stage to address the public as early leads poured in. Starmer said the country had voted for change and it was time for his party to deliver, "Tonight people here and around the country have spoken, and they're ready for change," Starmer said after being re-elected as MP for Holborn and St Pancras. "The change begins right here."