UK Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Rishi Sunak Concedes, Successor Keir Starmer Says Public Ready For Change

UK Election Results LIVE Updates: Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister.

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UK Election 2024 LIVE Updates: The UK's Labour Party swept to power after winning the country's general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons.

Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government by trouncing Rishi Sunak's party.

Rishi Sunak conceded defeat after multiple cabinet members lost their seats and the scale of the Tory defeat became clear.

Here are the live updates of the UK Election Results:

Jul 05, 2024 12:10 (IST) Indian-Origin Suella Braverman, Under Fire For Immigration Remarks, Wins In UK Polls Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman won the newly-created Fareham and Waterlooville constituency in the 2024 UK general election. The Conservative Party leader defeated Labour's Gemma Furnivall by a margin of over 6,000 votes.Following her victory, the right-wing leader issued an apology to the public for the Conservative Party's performance over the past 14 years. "I'm sorry that my party didn't listen to you," she said in a press conference. "The Conservative party has let you down."The Indian-origin MP acknowledged that the party had failed to keep its promises and acted entitled to the voters' support without delivering on their commitments. "You, the great British people, voted for us for over 14 years, and we did not keep our promises, despite promising time after time that we would do those things," she said. Jul 05, 2024 11:24 (IST)UK Election Updates: Ex-prime minister Liz Truss loses seat Former prime minister Liz Truss has lost her seat in Norfolk South West - which was considered a safe Conservative seat.There were slow claps in the audience as the candidates awaited the arrival of Ms Truss - who was nowhere to be seen moments before the result.Terry Jermy, for Labour, won the seat with a majority of 630. Jul 05, 2024 11:23 (IST)UK Election Updates: Scottish independence hit as SNP suffers 'black night' in UK poll Scotland's pro-separatist Scottish National Party was virtually wiped out at the UK general election on Friday, suffering a devastating blow to its withering independence movement.Keir Starmer's Labour party overturned more than a decade of SNP domination by winning a majority of Scottish seats as it rode to power in Westminster.The SNP lost dozens of lawmakers as it headed for its worst result in a British general election since 2010, with senior MP Stephen Flynn, who held his seat, lamenting a "black night" for his party. Labour sealed its comeback in its former heartland when it passed the 29-seat threshold to become the largest party in the country shortly after 5:30 am (0430 GMT). Jul 05, 2024 11:23 (IST)UK Election Updates: EU chief Charles Michel hails 'historic' UK election win for Starmer European Council President Charles Michel on Friday congratulated Keir Starmer on a "historic election victory" in Britain and said he looked forward to working with London under a Labour government."The EU and Britain are crucial partners, cooperating in all areas of mutual interest for our citizens," Michel said on X, formerly Twitter. He added that he would see Starmer at a European Political Community summit to be held in Britain on July 18 "where we will discuss common challenges, including stability, security, energy and migration". Jul 05, 2024 11:02 (IST)UK Election Updates: The 11 cabinet ministers that have lost their seats A record number of cabinet ministers have lost their seats in this election.

Grant Shapps - defence secretary

Simon Hart - chief whip

Gillian Keegan - education secretary

Alex Chalk - justice secretary

Penny Mordaunt - Commons leader

Lucy Frazer - culture secretary

Johnny Mercer - veterans minister

Michelle Donelan - science, innovation and technology secretary

David Davies - Wales secretary

Victoria Prentis - attorney general

Mark Harper - transport secretary

Jul 05, 2024 11:02 (IST)UK Election Updates: Mark Harper loses seat to Labour Mark Harper, the former transport secretary, has lost his seat in the Forest of Dean to Labour - by a very small margin. Matt Bishop, the Labour candidate, holds a majority of just 278 in the constituency. Jul 05, 2024 11:02 (IST)UK Election Updates: Mark Harper loses seat to Labour Mark Harper, the former transport secretary, has lost his seat in the Forest of Dean to Labour - by a very small margin. Matt Bishop, the Labour candidate, holds a majority of just 278 in the constituency. Jul 05, 2024 10:24 (IST)UK Election Result Updates: Australian PM congratulates 'friend' Keir Starmer on UK election win Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday congratulated UK Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer on his "resounding election victory". Describing fellow Labour leader Starmer as "my friend", Albanese said he was looking forward to "working constructively" with the incoming government. Jul 05, 2024 09:49 (IST) "UK Gets Its Future Back": Labour's Keir Starmer In Victory Speech Labour's Sir Keir Starmer delivered a storming victory speech Friday morning after the party swept the United Kingdom general election, declaring the country "gets its future back after 14 years (of a Conservative Party government)". Jul 05, 2024 09:34 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: Keir Starmer addresses crowds after Labour win Keir Starmer addresses crowds minutes after a Labour majority was confirmed.Here are the highlights of his address:

Thank you. We did it. You campaigned for it, you fought for it - and now it has arrived.

Change begins now.

Across our country, people will be waking up to the news.

A burden finally removed from the shoulders of this great nation.

UK can "move forward again.

The sunlight of hope, pale at first but getting stronger through the day. Shining once again on a country with an opportunity after 14 years to get its future back.

This mandate comes with a "great responsibility".

There's nothing preordained in politics.

Election wins don't fall from the sky - they are hard won, and hard fought for.

This one could only be won by a changed Labour Party.

I don't promise you it will be easy. But even when the going gets tough - and it will - remember tonight and always what this is all about.

Jul 05, 2024 09:31 (IST)UK Election Results LIVE Updates: Labour win general election The Labour Party has won a majority in the House of Commons and will form the next government.Keir Starmer has won the magic number of 326 seats and will become the country's next prime minister. Jul 05, 2024 09:12 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: Rishi Sunak holds seat The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has held his seat in Richmond and Northallerton. "The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory," he said. "I will now head down to London, where I will say more about tonight's result, before I leave the job as prime minister, to which I have given my all." Jul 05, 2024 08:59 (IST) "This Is A Massacre": Conservative Leader As Labour Heads For Massive UK Win Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davison described the UK exit poll prediction of a historic defeat for her party as a "massacre". As the votes are being counted, UK PM Rishi Sunak's Conservative party is staring at a massive loss against Keir Starmer's Labour Party which has won over 183 seats so far. The Conservatives or Tories have won 31."So actually 131 - while, there is no dressing it up, this is a massacre - they've actually, if this is right, pulled a few back from where they thought they were. But it was not as bad as it might have been," she told Sky News. Jul 05, 2024 08:42 (IST)UK Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: UK's Labour Party crosses 200-seat mark, Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party at 32 Jul 05, 2024 08:27 (IST)UK Election Updates: Education secretary Gillian Keegan lose her seat Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has lost her Chichester seat, becoming the latest cabinet minister to fall. Jul 05, 2024 08:06 (IST)UK Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Nigel Farage elected to UK parliament at eighth attempt Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has won Clacton.It's his eighth time running to be an MP - and the first time he's been successful. Jul 05, 2024 07:57 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North Jeremy Corbyn has won in Islington North as an independent candidate. Jul 05, 2024 07:45 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: UK's Keir Starmer says people of Britain have voted for change Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said the country had voted for change and it was time for his party to deliver, speaking after winning his seat in parliament."Tonight people here and around the country have spoken, and they're ready for change," Starmer said."The change begins right here." Jul 05, 2024 07:44 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps loses seat in election UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps loses seat of Welwyn Hatfield to the Labour Party. Jul 05, 2024 07:35 (IST)UK Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: First cabinet minister loses seat Justice secretary Alex Chalk has lost in Cheltenham. Jul 05, 2024 07:34 (IST)UK Election Results LIVE Updates: Keir Starmer wins re-election as Labour on track for landslide The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has been re-elected in his seat of Holborn and St Pancras in north London. Jul 05, 2024 07:27 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: Ed Davey re-elected in Kingston and Surbiton Liberal Democrat Ed Davey has held on to his seat in Kingston & Surbiton, winning with a huge 17,235 majority. Jul 05, 2024 07:24 (IST)UK Election Updates: Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner re-elected Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, has been successfully re-elected in her seat of Ashton-under-Lyne.It was a key target seat for the Workers Party of Britain, with the party launching their campaign in the constituency - but they came a distant fourth. Jul 05, 2024 07:21 (IST)UK Election Updates: UK's Labour Party crosses 50-seat mark as counting continues. Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party at 3 Jul 05, 2024 06:43 (IST)UK Election Results Updates: Larry The Cat Awaits Sixth Prime Minister There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK - Larry, the Downing Street cat and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. The ageing tabby could be in line for his sixth prime minister after the UK election, with polls suggesting that he will oversee his first from the Labour Party. Jul 05, 2024 06:22 (IST)UK Election LIVE Updates: Rachel Reeves, who has served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2021 has won from Leeds West and Pudsey. Jul 05, 2024 06:19 (IST)UK Election Updates: Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party secures first win, three hours since counting began in UK elections. Jul 05, 2024 06:06 (IST)UK Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: UK's Nigel Farage claims establishment "revolt" Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has claimed to have kickstarted a "revolt against the establishment", after exit polls indicated his hard-right party had secured an unprecedented electoral breakthrough.Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, were predicted to secure 13 seats - the first time a party on Britain's far-right fringes has won more than a single seat."This, folks, is huge," Farage said in a social media video posted early Friday. "The revolt against the establishment is underway," he added on X.

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