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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Bizarre. Despite winning with a huge majority, just look at Labour's vote percentage... Labour set to win with 35% share of the vote Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert With more than 580 seats now declared, the BBC is forecasting that the final vote share across Great Britain will...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    I made a mistake before. This is only the ninth time that Labour have won an election. The previous eight were: 1945 1950 1964 1966 1974 1997 2001 2005
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour have won but results are still coming in. Green co-leader Ramsay gains Waveney Valley from the Conservatives. Tories wiped out in Wales Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert With all the seats declared in Wales, the Tories have lost every single one they were defending...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Outgoing PM Rishi Sunak retains his seat but admits ultimate defeat to Labour.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour win General Election after reaching 326 seats Next Prime Minister Keir Starmer is addressing cheering supporters in central London. Keir Starmer tells them "thank you truly - you have changed our country". After reaching the required 326 seats to win the general election, he says "a...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Breaking News: Labour win the General Election Labour have won a General Election for only the 5th time. New PM Keir Starmer makes his victory speech.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Latest (326 seats needed to win) Labour: 310 Conservatives: 67 Liberal Democrats: 41 Reform: 4 SNP: 4 Others: 13
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Jeremy Hunt narrowly avoided becoming the first Chancellor of the Exchequer to lose his seat. In his victory speech he congratulated PM-elect Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and said how proud he is to live in a country in which "bombs and bullets do not decide elections."
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour are now on 304 seats and need 326 to win. It's only a matter of time. Starmer is about to be just the seventh Labour PM.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    I've congratulated Starmer on winning election - Sunak Rishi Sunak's speaking after it was announced that he'd held on to his seat in Richmond, Yorkshire. In a fairly short speech, he says "Labour has won this election" and that he's called Keir Starmer to congratulate him.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Outgoing PM Rishi Sunak has retained his seat of Richmond and Northallerton. Despite Labour not yet having crossed the threshold of 326 seats needed to win, Sunak has conceded defeat and says he has called Starmer to congratulate him on his victory. Sunak wins with 23,059 votes. Labour’s Tom...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, however, retains his seat.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    More Cabinet ministers have lost their seat in this election - 10 so far - than at any other election. There has previously been only 12 Cabinet ministers losing their seats since 1974.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK chairman Richard Tice has taken Boston and Skegness from the Conservatives.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has his wife have arrived for their constituency declaration
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Great Yarmouth had been a three-way race between Reform, Labour and Tories - and Reform have come out on top. Candidate Rupert Lowe wins the party's third seat of the night, beating second-placed Labour by 1,426 votes.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    The new forecast:
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    PM-elect Keir Starmer retains Holborn and St Pancras