Starmer is set to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with his Labour Party securing an absolute majority. For Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, it represents a historic defeat.
The Labour Party has won at least 410 seats as of 0809 UTC with most seats counted in the UK's general election, giving it an absolute majority and making it by far the largest force in parliament. It has won around 33.9% of the vote, according to a provisional count by the BBC public broadcaster.
The Conservative Party, who had governed for the past 14 years, had their share of seats drop to 118, giving them a distant second place. The party garnered around 23.7% of the vote.
The Liberal Democrats surged to 71 seats and 14.3% of the vote, taking third place from the secessionist Scottish National Party (SNP).The SNP dropped down to 4 seats after Labour overtook it as the largest party in Scotland.
Nigel Farage's right-wing populist Reform UK entered Westminster for the first time with 8 seats and 12.2% of the vote.
The center-left Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru held all 4 of its seats. The Greens also won 4 seats with around 6.8% of the vote.
