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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Tony Travers

OPINION - Conservatives wrecked by first-past-the-post as they suffer worst ever defeat

Labour won and won big. Although the opinion polls had long predicted Sir Keir Starmer would become prime minister, the scale of his victory and its potential impact on the country will take time to sink in.

With the party expected to win just over 410 MPs and have an overall majority of some 176, this was a historic win — and a catastrophic loss for the Conservatives.

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