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Labour wins majority in UK General Elections as Tories lose two-thirds of seats (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Labour party has won over 400 seats (out of 650) in the 2024 UK General Elections, and Keir Starmer is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. The Conservatives, in power for the last fourteen years, have suffered a rout, losing over two-thirds of their seats. The SNP has collapsed in Scotland, mostly to Labour, and the Liberal Democrats have gained over sixty seats.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (28 children)

Among smaller parties, the Liberal Democrats have gained over 60 seats, and Reform, the Greens and Plaid Cymru have also gained seats. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, now contesting as an independent, retained Islington North. Labour lost another three seats to independents who ran against its inaction on Palestine. The SNP and DUP suffered big losses, while Sinn Fein's fortunes seem to have remained unchanged.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (19 children)

Is jeremy corbyn considered to the left of the Labour party?

[–] Darorad 44 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Yeah, starmer kicked him out for not being centrist enough, which is why he ran independent (and beat the labour candidate)

[–] alchemist2023 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

and now they can kick out Kier and reinstate Jeremy! right!? right?? in my dreams

[+] [email protected] -6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Nobody voted for Corbyn, that’s why he isn’t the leader of the Labour Party anymore.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it was just that simple. He wasn't being smeared as an anti-semite constantly by both the right wing of his own party and the British media. None of that ever happened.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All those people have probably been branded as anti-Semites now, too. Love and learn though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Iirc there were some purge in Labour, but nothing major since succdems are by nature opportunist bags and most quickly fell in line.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, more people voted for Corbyn in 2017 and probably even in 2019 (still some votes to be counted at time of writing so that could change but it'll be close either way) than voted Labour in this election (12.8 million 2017/10.2 million 2019 vs 9.7 million so far in 2024).

It's just an artifact of FPTP and to some extent overall turnout (which was very low this election) that the results in terms of seats look so different.

[–] kaffiene 4 points 4 months ago

And Starmer hasn't been the victim of a BS smear campaign from the media, the RW and the right of his own party