Labour wins UK general election with Starmer to become PM
Conservative Party's 14-year rule comes to an end
Labour set to win 369 seats in landslide victory, exit poll suggests
LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - The Labour Party has won the UK general election and Sir Keir Starmer will become the new prime minister.
The result ends 14 years of Conservative government.
An exit poll by Ipsos MORI for BBC, ITV and Sky News suggested Labour would win 369 seats in the House of Commons, with the Conservatives on 250 seats and the Scottish National Party on 56 seats.
The exit poll also suggested that Boris Johnson would lose his seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
The result is a major setback for the Conservatives, who have been in power since 2010.
Theresa May became Prime Minister in 2016 following David Cameron's resignation, but she was forced to resign in 2019 after failing to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.
Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019 and won a general election in December 2019 on a promise to "Get Brexit Done".
However, his government has been mired in controversy and he has faced calls to resign over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starmer, 59, is a former lawyer and human rights campaigner.
He was elected leader of the Labour Party in April 2020.
He has promised to "build a fairer, more prosperous and more responsible Britain".
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