The UK went to the Polls on Thursday, December 12, 2019, and after all the battle, incumbent British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson won the elections.
He won decisively in the U.K. election as this puts the United Kingdom on course to leave the European Union next month after the biggest shift in British political allegiances for decades.
Results from the polls proved that Boris Johnson’s initial gamble on an early vote to break the deadlock in Parliament over Brexit that’s paralyzed the country was a good one.
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The leader of the main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, expressed his desire to stand down while Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson also lost her seat.
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives passed the threshold of 326 seats to give them a majority with a revised forecast predicted the Tories would win 362 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.
Initial results showed the Conservatives taking some districts from Labour for the first time ever as Johnson’s “Get Brexit Done” mantra resonated with voters.
Results showed the Boris-led Conservative won 326 of the 650 seats and according to Boris Johnson, the victory would give him a mandate to ‘get Brexit done’.
Source: ghgossip.com