Election results 2019: Boris Johnson returns to power with big majority

Boris Johnson wins with a large majority

Boris Johnson will return to Downing Street with a big majority after the Conservatives swept aside Labour in its traditional heartlands, according to a BBC report.

With just a handful of seats left to declare in the general election, the BBC forecasts a Tory majority of 78.

The prime minister said it would give him a mandate to “get Brexit done” and take the UK out of the EU next month.

Jeremy Corbyn said Labour had a “very disappointing night” and he would not fight a future election.

The BBC forecast suggests the Tories will get 364 MPs, Labour 203, the SNP 48, the Lib Dems 12, Plaid Cymru four, the Greens one, and the Brexit Party none.

That means the Conservatives will have their biggest majority at Westminster since Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 election victory.

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2 Comments

  1. December 14, 2019

    While Brexit may be unpopular amongst a lot of more cosmopolitan people, Commonwealth countries like Dominica may as well try to take advantage of the UK’s recovered ability to make its own international arrangements by seeking out the best trade and migration deals we can.

  2. J.John-Charles
    December 14, 2019

    The conservative needed 9 seats but instead they received 80. I am looking forward for the Democratic party here, in the U.S.to suffer the same fate, if not worse,come November, 2020 D.V.

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