Labour will win 410 seats, according to the major exit poll just released. That will hand Keir Starmer a massive parliamentary majority of 170 seats, just shy of the party’s greatest-ever result.
The Conservatives drop to just 131 seats, a stunning collapse by a governing party, according to the poll.
The Liberal Democrats will return as the third largest party, with 61 seats.
It’s a huge return for the Labour Party, a monumental collapse for the Conservatives just five years after they won a landslide election victory, and impressive showings for the centrist Liberal Democrats and the right-wing populist party Reform UK.
Labour: 410 seats
Conservatives: 131
Liberal Democrats: 61
Reform UK: 13
Scottish National Party: 10
Others: 25
Labour was forecast to win 410 seats, while the Conservatives will drop to just 131 seats, according to the exit poll, a rejection of the ruling party by Britain’s electorate that had been anticipated for months.
The exit poll was conducted by Ipsos for the BBC, ITV and Sky, and has historically been an accurate barometer of how the country has voted.
Votes will be counted throughout the night, with Starmer likely to replace Rishi Sunak as prime minister on Friday.