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Results: parties by seats
Labour win
326 seats for a majority
162 seats to go
  • Labour: 341 seats, 160 seats gained
  • Conservative: 72 seats, 176 seats lost
  • Liberal Democrat: 47 seats, 40 seats gained
  • Sinn Fein: 6 seats, No change
  • Reform UK: 4 seats, 4 seats gained
  • Others: 18 seats, 28 seats lost
Change since 2019
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Labour wins general election as Sunak says Britain has delivered 'sobering verdict'

Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister with the BBC forecasting a Labour majority of 170.
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