Keir Starmer’s Labour set to win landslide

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Keir Starmer’s Labour set to win landslide

Big-name politicians hope to avoid ‘Portillo moment’

British former politician Michael Portillo, speaking at the ************* Party conference in 2000. The parliamentarian lost his seat in the 1997 U.K. general election in a shock defeat that became known as a “Portillo moment,” indicating a swing in support to the opposing side.

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While an overall Labour victory has been forecast by pollsters, many seats are considered too close to call — including those of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt.

There are around 120 of 650 seats where the margin of victory is expected to be lower than 5 percentage points, according to a

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from the Financial Times.

Well-known politicians will be seeking to avoid what in British political lingo has become known as a “Portillo moment.” That is a reference to former ************* politician Michael Portillo, who lost his seat in the 1997 general election to Stephen Twigg, his relatively unknown Labour opponent. Portillo, meanwhile, was a big name who had served as defense minister and was considered a potential future party leader.

The shock result was seen as emblematic of the swing in Labour’s favor, as the party won a landslide under Tony Blair against incumbent Prime Minister John Major.

— Jenni Reid

*** general election result in 2019

Under former ************* leader Boris Johnson, the party won a majority of 365 seats in the last general election in 2019, to Labour’s 202 seats.

Turnout was 67.3%.

By the time parliament was dissolved on May 30 this year in order for the July 4 election campaign to begin, a range of political developments had left that split at 344 ************* lawmakers to 205 for Labour.

— Jenni Reid

*** elects new parliament for first time in nearly five years

A woman walks past Roath Park polling station with her dog on July 4, 2024 in Cardiff, ******* Kingdom.

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Millions of British citizens across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Thursday voted for their local representative in the House of Commons, the U.K.’s lower branch of parliament.

In typical British fashion, the weather was changeable and unseasonably cool during the nation’s first July general election since 1945.

The U.K. elects 650 Members of Parliament, known as MPs. According to longstanding convention, the prime minister is an MP appointed by the monarch who can “command the confidence” of the Commons — in practice, that is the leader of the party with the most seats.

Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer walks with his wife Victoria Starmer, as they arrive at a polling station to place their votes in the 2024 General Election.

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Prospective MPs stand for election in one of the U.K.’s 650 constituencies. In a system known as “first past the post,” voters may only choose a single candidate from their local list, and the person with the most votes in each constituency becomes an MP.

Unlike in other voting systems, there are no second rounds or ranking of first- and second-choice candidates, meaning it can be difficult for smaller parties to translate an increased share of the popular vote into parliamentary seats.

Britain’s Prime Minister and ************* Party leader Rishi Sunak arrives with his wife Akshata Murty to cast their votes at a polling station in Kirby Sigston, Northallerton, north of England.

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Around 40,000 polling stations were open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, and one of the two main parties — Labour or the Conservatives — is expected to concede victory to the other sometime on Friday morning.

— Jenni Reid

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