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Joshua Searle

Sir Keir Starmer holds Holborn & St Pancras as left-wing challenger comes second

Sir Keir Starmer has held his Holborn and St Pancras seat as he is set to become the next prime minister of the UK.

Starmer collected 18,884 votes to win with a majority of more than 11,000 votes.

Second place went to Andrew Feinstein, an independent left-wing challenger in the constituency. He took 7312 voters, putting him at 18.9% of the vote share.

The former South African MP, who served in Nelson Mandela's government, set out to "fight for an economy that works for people, not corporations".

"Starmer and his Conservative rival for PM, Rishi Sunak, view us all as stepping stones to power and wealth. We deserve politicians who genuinely want to serve their local communities," he said in his pitch to voters.

Now Starmer is set to become the next prime minister, with the exit poll suggesting his party will win more than 400 seats.

Exit poll predicts Labour landslide

The exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats at the election.

A party needs 326 seats to hold a majority in Parliament.

The second-largest party is expected to be the Conservatives with 131 seats, while the LibDems will be the third largest party at Westminster with 61 seats. The SNP are predicted to return 10 MPs to Westminster.

What is an exit poll?

The exit poll is a way of predicting what may happen in a General Election, revealed after voting has concluded but before results are counted.

Exit polls take place at around 144 polling stations across the UK and the information then is used to predict the result of the election.

It involves asking tens of thousands to fill in a private ballot after they voted to get an indication of how they voted in the actual election.

Participating polling stations are usually chosen because they are considered to be demographically representative of the UK as a whole, with a mixture of rural and urban seats selected, and a number of marginal seats also chosen.

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