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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Labour Party won the United Kingdom’s general election on Friday, after crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons.
According to BBC, as the final figures come in, Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 144.
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has accepted defeat, saying that he called the Labour Party Leader, Keir Starmer, to congratulate him.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister-elect, Keir Starmer, has pledged to start a period of “national renewal” in the UK after his party defeated the ruling Conservatives in the general election.
Speaking at a triumphant dawn rally in London, moments after the results that sealed Labour Party’s landslide win were announced, Starmer told supporters that, “a mandate like this comes with a great responsibility.”
“Today we start the next chapter — begin the work of change, the mission of national renewal and start to rebuild our country,” he added.
