On Thursday, July 4, parliamentary elections took place in the UK.
And even before the end of counting the ballots, it became clear that the ruling Conservative Party had suffered a serious defeat.
According to foreign media reports, citing data from the British Electoral Commission, representatives of the Labor Party have currently “taken” 331 seats in parliament.
This result was recorded after ballots were counted in 474 counties.
Next comes the Conservative Party, which is far behind the leaders – 72 seats.
The third place is tentatively occupied by a political force called “Liberal Democrats” – 45 parliamentary seats.
The total number of constituencies in Great Britain is 650.
To achieve a parliamentary majority, it is necessary to obtain support in 326 of them, – reports MIA “”.
Thus, it can be stated: Labor won regardless of the voting results in those constituencies where the ballots have not yet been counted.
The fate of Rishi Sunak
The results of the parliamentary elections in the UK indicate the following: the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, representing the Conservative Party, will leave his post.
The politician has already managed to confirm this himself, and also congratulate Keir Starmer, who heads the Labor Party, on his success.
Recall that Sunak has headed the British government since October 2022.
Earlier parliamentary elections.
