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The Elections Act introduced by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022 was enforced, ironically, earlier this year when Johnson tried to vote without ID in a local election in South ...
The UK’s new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer promised to rebuild trust in politics and restore hope to the nation after a landslide Labour victory in the General Election.
Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party. As prime minister, Starmer is serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union.
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [ 3 ] Of the 650 MPs elected, more than half (335) were new to Parliament.
The night kicked off with an exit poll predicting a Labour landslide, with the party ending with 412 seats by mid-morning.
Keir Starmer became Prime Minister of the UK after the Labour Party won a large majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election on a manifesto titled Change.By the end of 2024, however, opinion polling for the Labour Party and Starmer's personal approval ratings had dropped significantly.
The 2024 general election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer. The Conservative Party under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lost 251 seats and suffered their worst ever defeat, ending their 14-year tenure as the primary governing party. The combined vote share for Labour and the Conservatives reached a record low ...