CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: UK General Election 2024: Labour Tipped for Historic Win Ending Nearly a Decade and a Half of Conservative Rule as UK Votes [#UKGeneralElection #UKGeneralElection2024]
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: UK General Election 2024: Labour Tipped for Historic Win Ending Nearly a Decade and a Half of Conservative Rule as UK Votes [#UKGeneralElection #UKGeneralElection2024]
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer have cast their ballots in the 2024 general election, which Labour are predicted to win in a landslide after 14 years of Conservative rule
Britain voted Thursday in a general election that was generally expected to result in a landslide victory for the opposition Labour Party, ending nearly a decade and a half of Conservative rule.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s stunning announcement to hold the first national ballot since Boris Johnson’s resounding victory for the Conservatives in 2019 comes 6 months earlier than expected.
His gambit appears to have backfired spectacularly, with polls throughout the 6-week campaign — and for the previous 2 years — pointing to a crushing defeat for his right-wing party.
This would almost definitely place Labour leader Keir Starmer, 61, in Downing Street as leader of the largest party in parliament.
Center-left Labour is expected to win its first general election since 2005 with record margins, according to a rush of election-eve surveys.
But Starmer was not taking anything for granted when he urged voters not to stay at home.
“Britain’s future is on the ballot. But change will only happen if you vote for it.”
– Labour leader Keir Starmer
Voting commenced at 7:00 AM BT (0600 GMT) in almost 40,000 voting places across the country, ranging from church halls, community centers, and schools to more unconventional locations like pubs and even a ship.
Sunak voted early in his Richmond and Northallerton seat in Yorkshire, northern England.
Starmer voted around 2 hours later in his north London seat.
Voting ends at 10:00 PM BT (2100 GMT).
Broadcasters then provide exit polls, which usually provide an accurate picture of how the major parties performed.
Results from the UK’s 650 constituencies have trickled in overnight, with the winning party anticipated to reach 326 seats (the threshold for a parliamentary majority) when dawn breaks Friday.
Polls indicate that voters will punish the Tories for 14 years of frequently tumultuous administration, potentially ousting a slew of government ministers.
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