UK General Election to be on 4th July
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Breaking News: Nigel Farage is elected as an MP for the first time
"This Labour Government is going to be in trouble very quickly. We're going after them", says the Reform leader.
It's his eighth attempt - Farage has failed to become an MP on seven occasions before now.
He gets 21,225 votes, a majority of 8,405.
"This Labour Government is going to be in trouble very quickly. We're going after them", says the Reform leader.
It's his eighth attempt - Farage has failed to become an MP on seven occasions before now.
He gets 21,225 votes, a majority of 8,405.
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 Wilson got 10,874, and Reform got more than 7,000 votes.
Also worth a mention - Count Binface (a man dressed as a bin) got 308 votes.
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 Wilson got 10,874, and Reform got more than 7,000 votes.
Also worth a mention - Count Binface (a man dressed as a bin) got 308 votes.
So this couldn’t have anything to do with the people voting for the candidates they want to vote for then, but Cons and their fuckery?
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.
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."
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."
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 mandate like this comes with a great responsibility".
He adds that the task of a Labour government is "nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold our country together".
"We have to return politics to public service," he goes on, adding his government will "show it can be a force for good".
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 mandate like this comes with a great responsibility".
He adds that the task of a Labour government is "nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold our country together".
"We have to return politics to public service," he goes on, adding his government will "show it can be a force for good".
Keir Starmer names new cabinet, with Reeves as chancellor and Rayner as deputy PM
The prime minister appoints his top team after pledging “the work of change begins immediately”.
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