UK election results live: Sunak set to resign mid-morning, Starmer to appoint cabinet in afternoon
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Rain Newton-Smith, CBI chief executive, said business needed the new government to “hit the ground running” to respond to shifts towards net zero and a more digital economy.Share $Business leaders herald ‘end to political and economic instability’ on X “Because we’re in this climate emergency, because it’s such an urgent situation, the climate couldn’t afford to wait,” she said.Share $Green party co-leader promises to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’ on X Share $Green party co-leader promises to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’ on LinkedIn Senior insurance figures have called for a period of political stability and measures to improve the UK’s global competitiveness following Labour’s landslide victory in the general election.
Share $Insurance sector calls for period of stability and competitiveness after Labour win on LinkedIn Kemi Badenoch is the bookies’ favourite to become next leader of the Conservative party in the event of Rishi Sunak’s resignation. You are seeing a snapshot of an interactive graphic. This is most likely due to being offline or JavaScript being disabled in your browser.Share $UK election result ‘most distorted’ in history on Facebook Donald Trump has congratulated Nigel Farage on his victory in Clacton, as the former US president celebrated his close allies’ performance overnight.
We will continue the work begun with the UK for our bilateral cooperation, for peace and security in Europe, for the climate and for AI.Share $Macron congratulates Starmer on election win on Facebook The Liberal Democrats will not betray voters’ trust again following its record during the coalition government, according to party leader Sir Ed Davey.
Share $Lib Dems ‘will not betray voters’ trust again’, Davey says on Facebook House-building companies led a UK stock rally on Friday as a landslide Labour victory sparked optimism the party will roll out a pledge to build 1.5mn homes over the next five years. Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer will appoint his entire cabinet this afternoon, according to campaign chief Pat McFadden.
Some of the biggest upsets include Montgomeryshire & Glyndwr, which the Tories won in 2019 on a majority of 28.8 per cent, which swung to a 8.8 per cent Labour majority with the Conservative candidate coming third. In its election manifesto, Labour pledged to undertake a comprehensive review of the retirement system in both the public and private sector, with a focus on delivering better outcomes for savers and for the economy.
Abrdn, another large asset manager, said it would like to see pension trustees “empowered and incentivised” to diversify pension asset allocation into a wider range of equities and alternative assets within an appropriate risk framework.Share $Pension providers urge Labour to prioritise retirement system review on X
The Alliance party, which identifies as neither nationalist nor unionist, stole a seat from the DUP in one of the party’s strongholds, but its deputy leader lost his seat.Share $Sinn Féin becomes biggest party in Northern Ireland on X Jethro Robathan in London and Robert Wright in King’s LynnLiz Truss evaded answering whether she will continue to stay in Conservative politics after losing her South West Norfolk seat, saying she “had a lot to think about”.
Share $Liz Truss considers future in politics after losing seat to Labour on Facebook Sterling inched higher on Friday in a muted market reaction to the Labour party securing a resounding and long-predicted UK general election victory, with investors hoping that leader Sir Keir Starmer will usher in a period of relative political and economic stability.
The big shift in the political landscape that has delivered the first Labour government since May 2010 is unlikely to lead to anything like as big a shift in the economic landscape, said Paul Dales, economist at Capital Economics. “But at the margin, the policies of the new Labour government generate some upsides to our GDP, inflation and interest rate forecasts.”
Put your questions to Stephen Bush, Lucy Fisher, George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green to discuss the results of what is proving to be a momentous general election.Share $Live at 1pm: Join our experts to discuss the election results on X After winning with a reduced majority, Cleverly acknowledged it had been “a much closer result than I would have liked, a much closer result than we traditionally see here in Braintree”.
Exit polls had forecast the party would take 61 seats, having won eight at the previous election and picked up three more at by-elections. Allister’s TUV party was affiliated to Nigel Farage’s Reform. Paisley, from the Democratic Unionist party, had been defending a majority of more than 12,000. Labour, which won just a single Scottish seat in 2019, is on course to overtake the SNP to become Scotland’s largest party as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s unfolding national landslide.Share $Scottish National party suffers worst result since 2010 on X Priti Patel retains Essex seat
Co-leaders of the party Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay won Bristol Central and Waveney Valley in Suffolk, while Ellie Chowns won Herefordshire North and Sian Berry secured Brighton Pavilion. “This has been a very difficult night for my party,” Cleverly admitted in his victory speech early on Friday. Ireland has taken a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights against the UK’s Legacy Act, which scrapped inquests into atrocities committed during the Troubles conflict; Starmer has vowed to repeal the act.
, defeating Conservative candidate Tim Barnes. The constituency, home to the House of Commons, has never previously been held by Labour.The result represented a swing of 9.2 percentage points from the Conservatives to Labour.Share $Labour wins Cities of London & Westminster for first time on X You are seeing a snapshot of an interactive graphic. This is most likely due to being offline or JavaScript being disabled in your browser.
Share $Labour loses out on three seats to pro-Palestine independents on Facebook © © 2024 PA Media, All Rights ReservedShare $Ed Davey celebrates Lib Dem advances on Facebook Share $Rishi Sunak concedes defeat on Facebook Ed Miliband has held his seat in Doncaster North with 16,231 votes, defeating Conservative candidate Glenn Bluff, who received 7,105 votes.
New MPs include Gordon McKee, who won by about 4,000 votes against SNP candidate Stewart McDonald. McKee used to work for Ian Murray, who was also returned as Labour’s longest-standing Scottish MP in the safe Labour seat of Edinburgh South. He added: “We have the chance to repair our public services because we changed our party. We have the chance to make work pay because we changed our party.”Share $Labour won because it is ‘a changed party’, says Starmer on X Starmer promises to govern ‘for every single person in this country’
Surrounded by his security entourage, the prime minister did not exude wellbeing. While weary volunteers, candidates and activists had been waiting for him to appear, several more senior Conservatives had lost their seats. Standing on stage with a line-up that included Count Binface, a comedian with a bin on his head, the prime minister sounded tired and hoarse as he thanked his constituents and his colleagues.
Rishi Sunak conceded defeat at 4.40am on Friday, saying “the Labour party has won this general election”. Sunak called Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to “congratulate him on his victory”.Share $Labour wins general election on Facebook Share $Nigel Farage speaks as he wins in Clacton on X Keir Starmer says people of Britain have voted for change
The count was met with gasps from observers, who expected a close win for the Lib Dems, as well as cheers from the handful of gathered Tory supporters.Share $Jeremy Hunt holds his seat on Facebook There is already clear evidence that frustration about Labour’s position on the conflict in Gaza has had an impact on several seats in the election.
Share $Frustration about Labour’s position on Gaza chips into party’s vote share in some seats on LinkedIn “The Labour party has won this election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer and congratulated him,” said Sunak, speaking after winning his seat of Richmond & Northallerton.Share $Sunak concedes to Labour on Facebook Streeting won 15,647 votes on a turnout of 60.2 per cent. Mohamed came in second with 15,119, while Conservative candidate Kaz Rizvi followed on 9,619.
Share $Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Labour as top Tories lose seats on Facebook Labour’s Amanda Martin, a teacher, won 14,495 votes to 13,715 for Mordaunt, Leader of the House and a former defence secretary. Reform’s Melvyn Todd picked up 8,501 votes — a potentially decisive factor in the outcome. Share $Penny Mordaunt loses Portsmouth North as Reform splits the vote on Facebook The Greens’ co-leader Carla Denyer has won Bristol Central, defeating Labour’s shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire by more than 10,000 votes in a seat that was expected to be a close contest.“I feel so privileged to have this opportunity to serve you and to ensure that the real hope that inspired so many people to vote Green is represented in Parliament,” said Denyer. “I can’t wait to get started.
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