UK voters walkaway with Labour Party and dumped Conservative Party

By Nkululeko Khanyile

Published on 2024-07-06 14:31:07

Johannesburg,South Africa

The voters in United Kingdom has chosen to return power to Labour Party and dumped the Conservative Party which has been ruling that country for 14 years.

On Thursday,4 July 2024,the British citizens came out in numbers to vote during a general election and elect 650 members of Parliament for the House of Commons,which is a lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Conservative Party which was a governing party of that Kingdom more than 10 years has conceded a huge defeat in the hands of an opposition party Labour Party.

The Labour Party has achieved a 172 seat majority and a total of 411 seats,in that was the biggest party's achievement in terms of seat share since 1997 general election.

The Labour Party has gained 209 more seats and in the previous election only received just only 202 seats in the House of Commons.

The Conservative Party has received only 121 seats and lost 244 seats and that proved that people of Britain were no longer happier with the government of the party.

The Labour Party received a popular vote of 9,712,011 and the Conservative Party only received just 6,814,469 votes.

The Liberal Democratics remain in position three with 72 seats and that political party has performed very well in recent election compared to previous election and was voted by 3,499,969 people.

The Labour Party went to election led by Keir Starmer who have been a leader of that party since April 2020 and under his leadership the party has shown massive improvements.

Meanwhile,the Conservative Party head to election led by Rishi Sunak who have been a leader of the party since October 2022,and under his leadership that was misguided and forgot the purpose of being in government.

During election campaigns the Labour Party has promised the voters to improve economy,healthcare,education,infrastructure,fight illegal immigration and energy.

The UK Parliament will be occupied by members of Labour Party,Conservative Party,Liberal Democratics,Reform UK and even by independent candidates such as former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Corbyn was a Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983 for Labour Party and he joined that in 1965 until his expulsion earlier this year.

The Reform UK has secured five parliamentary seats during election and the party's MPs elected to the House of Commons for the first time and thanks to its leader Nigel Farage because his popularity has attracted new voters for the party.