Kier Starmer is projected to win the race for Britain’s prime minister in what is looking to be a landslide victory for the Labour Party, bringing an end to the 14-year reign of the Conservative Party.
Exit polls conducted for the BBC indicated the Labour Party was projected to win roughly 410 of the 650 seats in the British House of Commons, marking one of the most staggering defeats for the Conservative Party in its 200-year history.
The victory is a major turnaround for the Labour Party, which experienced its worst election defeat just a few years ago. In 2019, the Conservative Party won a record 365 seats in the House of Commons, marking the largest majority since 1987.
Since then, Starmer has led the Labour Party to capitalize on the failings of the last three Conservative prime ministers, pulling his party to the political center and elevating it to its historic victory on Thursday.
Starmer was first elected to Parliament in 2015 before becoming the Labour Party’s leader in 2020. After that, he made drastic changes to the party such as proposing to nationalize Britain’s energy companies and establishing support for the country’s military.
The election is the first since the U.K. left the European Union in early 2020 and since the coronavirus pandemic. Conservatives boosted their majority in the last election, which was done as a snap election after a lack of progress on a withdrawal agreement from the EU.
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The election results have yet to be certified, although the exit polls have accurately predicted the winner of the United Kingdom’s elections for the last five general elections.
The polls are conducted by surveying thousands of people at more than 130 voting sites across the country. Voters are asked to complete replica ballot papers and Britain’s top three major broadcasters -— the BBC, ITV, and Sky — pay for the survey and publish its findings once polling stations close.
