Keir Starmer

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's conservative prime minister, has congratulated Keir Starmer after his Labour party achieved a landslide victory in the UK's general election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government.

Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024.

Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

A victory for Sir Keir Starmer’s party, in the British snap elections.

Specifically, Starmer’s Labour Party takes 410 seats (out of the total 650 seats in parliament), followed by Sunak’s Conservatives with 131 seats, the lowest number in their post-war history.

Today, July 4, parliamentary elections are taking place in Great Britain, called ahead of schedule by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The elections promise to fundamentally change the face of the UK government, according to pollsters.

The Sun, one of Britain’s best-selling newspapers known for its record of backing election winners, has made a surprising turn. Owned by Rupert Murdoch, the tabloid, which was ideologically aligned with the Conservatives, announced on Wednesday, just before the parliamentary elections, that it now supports the Labour Party and its leader, Keir Starmer.

Britain looks likely to see a change of government this week, swinging leftwards back to the center ground and the Labour party after 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

Voters will elect a new parliament from 7 a.m. today, with predictions of a landslide Labour win that would make Keir Starmer prime minister, 100 years after Ramsay MacDonald became the party's first.

Keir Starmer is emerging as a potential future Prime Minister of Britain, presenting himself as a meticulous and professional lawyer with a focus on details rather than charisma, according to Politico's analysis.

The U.K.'s main opposition Labour party on May 3 called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election, after seizing another parliamentary seat from the Conservatives and making gains in English local elections.

Britain's ruling Conservatives lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition Friday, as the country awaited local election results likely to pile more pressure on embattled leader Rishi Sunak.

U.K. police said Friday that no investigation has been launched into Prince Andrew after an anti-monarchy group filed a complaint based on recently released U.S. court documents detailing people linked to accused sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.