October 11, 2024
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Sir Keir Starmer spoke to a jubilant crowd after being declared as the new Prime Minister.

Starmer will become new PM as Labour landslide wipes out Tories

Sunak says ‘I am sorry’ as Conservatives lose host of star names in defeat that became a bloodbath

Sir Keir Starmer will become the prime minister after Labour won the general election with a landslide and the Tories suffered a historic wipeout.

Rishi Sunak conceded the election just before 5am, congratulating Sir Keir on his victory and telling Tories who had lost their seats:  “I am sorry.”

Labour racked up a string of major gains from the Conservatives as a slew of Cabinet ministers including Grant Shapps, Gillian Keegan and Penny Mordaunt lost their seats.

Liz Truss was defeated in her seat of South West Norfolk, losing narrowly to Labour.

Coming just before 7am, the shock defeat capped off an awful night for the Tories, with Ms Truss becoming the first former prime minister to lose their seat since Alec Douglas-Home in 1966.

The former business secretary Sir Jacob Rees Mogg was a major Labour scalp, losing his seat at 5am – the same time  Labour officially obtained a majority by passing the threshold of 326 seats.

 

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