Rishi Sunak has conceded defeat in the general election – putting Sir Keir Starmer on course to enter Downing Street as the country’s first Labour prime minister in 14 years.
Speaking after winning his seat in Richmond, Yorkshire, the solemn-looking Conservative leader said: “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory.”
Mr Sunak became the youngest prime minister of the modern era when he took over the Conservative Party in 2022.
In 2014, he was selected as the Conservative Party candidate in the Yorkshire seat of Richmond – previously held by former Tory leader William Hague – before the following year’s general election.
After Liz Truss’s resignation sparked a Tory leadership race, he was appointed as leader of the party and prime minister in October 2022, the first Hindu and British Asian to reach the position in UK history.
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