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Labour's 2024 landslide that made Keir Starmer prime minister

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

Britain's Labour Party won the July 4, 2024, general election in a landslide, ending 14 years of Conservative rule and making its leader, Keir Starmer, prime minister.[1][2] Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had called the in May,[3] and his campaign was hurt by missteps as Nigel Farage entered the race for the hard-right Reform UK party.[4][5] Starmer resigned in 2026, as followed in another arc.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had called the in May,[3] and his campaign was hurt by missteps as Nigel Farage entered the race for the hard-right Reform UK party.[4][5] Starmer resigned in 2026, as followed in another arc.

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

May 2024: average weekly share 6% (left 2%, center 3%, right 1%), from 2 of 2 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 4% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 9 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (4 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Jul 1, 20241121739 of 21318%
Jun 24, 20243205 of 2502%
Jun 3, 2024611825 of 22811%
May 20, 2024914427 of 22612%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Jul 4, 2024 · first reported · Headline from Local News 8

    The Labour party’s position on Gaza appears to have cost it votes in the UK election

Background

Sunak announced the election outside Downing Street on May 22, with the Conservatives facing an uphill fight.[3] Farage said he would run for as Reform UK's candidate,[5] and Sunak apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early to film a TV interview, a decision that set off a political storm.[6][4] By the final debate Starmer was widely expected to win.[7]

Voters treated the election as a referendum on Conservative rule,[8] and an exit poll forecast a Labour landslide.[1] Starmer moved into 10 Downing Street,[2] though Labour lost some support in areas with large Muslim populations, where some voters backed pro-Palestinian independents.[9]

Supporting stories (9)
  1. Exit poll shows Keir Starmer on course for landslide UK election victory
  2. Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister after sweeping Labour election win
  3. Sunak announces UK elections for July 4, months earlier than expected
  4. Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns
  5. Brexit champion Farage to run in UK election, further threatening Tory prospects
  6. British PM Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day commemorations to campaign for election
  7. Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain's July 4 election?
  8. Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls
  9. The Labour party’s position on Gaza appears to have cost it votes in the UK election

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 9 recorded updates

July 2024

  1. The Labour party’s position on Gaza appears to have cost it votes in the UK electionHeadline from Local News 8 · 7 outlets
  2. Exit poll shows Keir Starmer on course for landslide UK election victoryHeadline from The Guardian · 9 outlets
  3. Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister after sweeping Labour election winHeadline from Al Jazeera · 40 outlets
  4. Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the pollsHeadline from Digital Journal · 12 outlets

June 2024

  1. Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain's July 4 election?Headline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 6 outlets
  2. Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaignsHeadline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 8 outlets
  3. British PM Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day commemorations to campaign for electionHeadline from CNN · 14 outlets
  4. Brexit champion Farage to run in UK election, further threatening Tory prospectsHeadline from France 24 · 20 outlets

May 2024

  1. Sunak announces UK elections for July 4, months earlier than expectedHeadline from The Boston Globe · 32 outlets

Coverage & sources

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