In London, Keir Starmer, the Labor Party leader on track to be the United Kingdom's new prime minister, thanked voters on Friday and said the country's people are "ready for change" and to "end politics." of performance".
Starmer, 61, in his victory speech after winning Holborn and St Pancras, said, whether people voted for him or not, "I will serve every person in this constituency".
According to the exit poll, which is often quite close to the final count, Labor could win up to 410 seats, comfortably crossing the halfway mark of 326 and achieving a 170-seat majority with the incumbent Conservatives led by the first Minister Rishi Sunak. reduced to only 131 seats.
"I will speak for you, I will stand with you, I will fight for you every day," he said, adding that people are "ready for change" and to "end performance politics."
"Change starts right here because this is your democracy, your community, your future," he said. "You have voted. Now is the time for us to deliver."
Starmer thanked everyone involved in the count and his fellow candidates.
He said the heart of our democracy beats not in Westminster or Whitehall, but in town halls, community centers and in the hands of people who have the right to vote.
"Change starts in this community with people coming together to make life better," he said.
He thanked his wife and his family for keeping him 'grounded'.
He said it is a "great privilege" to be re-elected to serve in Holborn and St Pancras.
It's "my home, where my children grew up, where my wife was born," he says of the area.
He won with 18,884 votes, followed by pro-Palestinian activist, independent Andrew Feinstein, in second place. The Starmer majority, however, dropped significantly from 22,766 in 2019 to 11,572.
Starmer, 61, in his victory speech after winning Holborn and St Pancras, said, whether people voted for him or not, "I will serve every person in this constituency".
According to the exit poll, which is often quite close to the final count, Labor could win up to 410 seats, comfortably crossing the halfway mark of 326 and achieving a 170-seat majority with the incumbent Conservatives led by the first Minister Rishi Sunak. reduced to only 131 seats.
"I will speak for you, I will stand with you, I will fight for you every day," he said, adding that people are "ready for change" and to "end performance politics."
"Change starts right here because this is your democracy, your community, your future," he said. "You have voted. Now is the time for us to deliver."
Starmer thanked everyone involved in the count and his fellow candidates.
He said the heart of our democracy beats not in Westminster or Whitehall, but in town halls, community centers and in the hands of people who have the right to vote.
"Change starts in this community with people coming together to make life better," he said.
He thanked his wife and his family for keeping him 'grounded'.
He said it is a "great privilege" to be re-elected to serve in Holborn and St Pancras.
It's "my home, where my children grew up, where my wife was born," he says of the area.
He won with 18,884 votes, followed by pro-Palestinian activist, independent Andrew Feinstein, in second place. The Starmer majority, however, dropped significantly from 22,766 in 2019 to 11,572.
