UK Election Analysis: Labour’s Landslide Victory & Reform’s Right-Wing Surge Redraws The Political Map
deadline.comThe UK’s political map has been significantly redrawn. After 14 years in power, the Conservative Party has been routed by Keir Starmer‘s Labour, suffering heavy losses not only to their traditional enemy but also to the Liberal Democrats and the upstart right-wing Reform UK.
The result has the feeling of a punishment vote as much as a ringing endorsement of Starmer. The Conservatives, the dominant power in British politics over the past 40 years, suffered the worst result in their history — losing a whopping 250 seats to leave them on only 121 (there are still a couple of results outstanding) MPs out of the 650 total.
By tacking to the centre, Labour has amassed 412 seats, a 211 improvement on 2019. This is a spectacular reversal of fortunes given where they came from.
Labour’s 2019 result was the worst since 1935. Under former leader Jeremy Corbyn, the party was on the brink of armageddon. The Conservatives have been crushed by a confluence of events, many of their own making, some beyond their control.
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