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Live: Exit poll shows landslide for Labour in British election

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An exit poll predicting that the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer will win 410 seats in Britain's general election is projected onto BBC Broadcasting House in London on July 4, 2024. Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule marked by financial austerity, Brexit division and scandal. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

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The first exit poll after UK polling booths closed shows a landslide for Labour, ending the Tories' long reign.

The BBC exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats to the Conservatives' 131 under Britain's First Past the Post system.

Voters in the UK have been casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 MPs who will sit in Parliament for the next five years.

Polls opened at 7am (Thursday 6pm NZ time) and closed at 10pm on Thursday night (9am this morning NZ time).

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