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Britain's Labour on track for landslide victory, exit poll suggests, amid anger with Conservatives

LONDON (AP) — An exit poll and partial returns indicate that Britain’s Labour Party is headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, as voters punish the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. That would make center-left Labour’s leader Keir Starmer the country’s next prime minister. He will face a jaded electorate impatient for change against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions and a fraying social fabric. As thousands of electoral staff tallied millions of ballot papers at counting centers across the country Friday, the Conservatives absorbed the shock of a historic defeat that would leave the depleted party in disarray and likely spark a contest to replace Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as leader.

The Latest | Exit poll suggests UK's Labour Party set for a landslide election victory