UK Election

General Election 2024: UK

2024 UK general election: Labour wins with 412 (33.4%) and Cons get 252 (23.7%)

London(News9.us)- With nearly all of the 650 seats declared, Keir Starmer is going to be the next British prime minister as the Labour party has secured the largest majority government in 25 years after historic general election results.

A party needs 326 seats to officially win, a milestone that Labour cleared at around 5 a.m. local time on Friday, and the new government will have a commanding majority of more than 170 in the next parliament.

Under Britain’s voting system, people in 650 constituencies across the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted to select their member of parliament (MP) to represent the area.

The results represent one of the largest swings in British political history, and a stunning defeat for the Conservative Party after 14 years in government, bringing a brutal end to Rishi Sunak’s premiership as his party lost around two-thirds of the 372 seats it was defending.

Britain’s third party, the Liberal Democrats, also enjoyed a huge win,  from just 11 seats won in the 2019 general election to more than 70 this time 2024 – its best result ever.

Welcome to power, Keir Starmer. Now fix Britain’s economic mess:

 London (CNN)- British Voters handed Over the Power to Labour, and asking to resolve it.

London(News9.us)- Millions of British voters across the country are taking part in the general election as the UK decides, who will get the key to enter Number 10 as Prime Minister on Friday.

Polls opened at 7am and voters can share their cast until 10pm. 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife were the first to cast their vote on Thursday morning, at a polling station in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also cast his ballot in north London with wife Victoria shortly before 10am, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey cast his vote around a hour later in south-west London.

Britain has had three Conservative prime ministers since the last general election in 2019, which Boris Johnson won by a landslide.

But after much of the country and his party soured on Johnson, Conservative party members voted in 2022 to replace him with Liz Truss, who became the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) then voted to replace her with Sunak.

This general election is the first in the UK that everybody wanting to vote in person will have to show ID before receiving a ballot paper.

UK prime minister’s protection officer arrested over alleged bet on election timing-: 

British PM Call for Election from 4th July

(News9us)-  A police constable working as part of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s protection team was arrested this week for allegedly making bets related to the timing of the general election, police told media.

The security officer was arrested on Monday “on doubt of misconduct in public office,” a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said Wednesday.

“We can confirm that on Friday, June 14, the Met were contacted by the Gambling Commission who informed us that they were investigating alleged bets made by a police constable from the Met’s Royalty and Specialist Protection Command, which were related to the timing of the General Election,” the spokesperson added.

The constable was removed from his operational duties. The arrest comes days after the Guardian newspaper reported that a close aide of Sunak made a £100 ($127) bet on a July election date before the prime minister had publicly announced the date.

Why Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is Political gambling to Call for General Election in July 2024, when he can wait for December 2024 or Jan 2025.

When asked for comment, the prime minister’s press office told CNN they had nothing to add to the Met police statement.

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