According to polls, Labour representatives will hold 410 seats in parliament, the Conservatives 131 seats. The third largest force in the legislature will be the Liberal Democrats, with 61 seats. Another 48 seats will be shared between members of the right-wing populist party Reform UK, the Scottish National Party and the Greens, as well as representatives of other forces and independent candidates.
As The Guardian notes, British broadcasters have been conducting exit polls since the 1970s. In most cases they were accurate, although, for example, in 1974 and 1992 the data presented was ultimately incorrect. However, in 2005 the methodology was changed and since then the accuracy has increased significantly.
If exit polls are confirmed, the Labour Party will win an absolute majority in the 650-seat British Parliament, and King Charles III will order its leader Keir Starmer to form a government on Friday.
It is worth noting that the Conservatives’ defeat was expected, it was predicted by all the analytical centres. The fact is that it was under the Conservative Party government that the UK faced an economic recession, a healthcare crisis and an increase in migration.
