Labour Party leadership of Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer Assumes Office as Britain's New Prime Minister

Labour leader Keir Starmer has been officially appointed as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain following a decisive victory in yesterday's early parliamentary vote. After the election results were confirmed, Starmer met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace where he received the monarch's commission to form a new cabinet.

Labour Party Achieves Landslide Victory in UK Election

The Labour Party in Great Britain has convincingly won the early parliamentary elections, securing a majority of 170 seats in the House of Commons. This victory means Sir Keir Starmer is set to become prime minister with 410 Labour MPs, a number close to Tony Blair's win in 1997. Starmer is expected to meet King Charles III at noon to form a government.

Keir Starmer's Labour wins UK general election

Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024.

Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

Elections in Britain: Starmer’s Labour forms a government after 14 years, Sunak’s Conservatives suffer a collapse

A victory for Sir Keir Starmer’s party, in the British snap elections.

Specifically, Starmer’s Labour Party takes 410 seats (out of the total 650 seats in parliament), followed by Sunak’s Conservatives with 131 seats, the lowest number in their post-war history.