May with DUP support to form government of certainty
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Gamble in calling an early election backfired with a hung parliament, but she was clinging to power, and she was humiliated as voters refused to give her the ” Strong Mandate” she sought to negotiate a divorce from the EU and ended by losing 12 seats. She is fighting for survival, reflecting on how the UK is more divided politically now than over the last 50 years. “Mrs May remains in office but not in power”, dependent on the will of one of most sectarian and sectional political parties in the UK. Although Mrs May called the election with a view of ending Brexit divisions, now they are seem more deeper.
Some MPs, like former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and former SNP leader Alex Salmond, lost spectacularly.
Conservative party does not have enough MPs to win votes by itself in the new House of Commons. Theresa May has announced that she will put together a government with the support of the Democratic Unionist, Northern Ireland’s largest Unionist party, who have 10 MPs to guide the UK through crucial Brexit talks. She also said only her party had the “legitimacy” to govern, despite falling eight seats short of a majority. IF DUP vote with the Conservatives, the government will be able to get its business through Parliament.
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Tories need 326 seats to win another majority but fell short and must rely on the DUP to continue to rule. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says she should quit and Labour wants to attempt a minority government, with the progressive alliance between Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Greens would have 314 against a majority of 326.
Emma Dent Coad, Labour candidate was announced as the winner by a margin of just 20 seats over Conservative Victoria Borthwick just before 9 pm on Friday. Kensington traditionally a Tory seat was lost in what was a shock election for Theresa May’s Party.
Ms Dent gained 16,333 votes to Ms Borthwick’s 16, 313.
Emma Dent Coad said, “ This Constituency is a microcosm of everything that is wrong in this country after seven years of incompetent and uncaring coalition and Tory Government”.
Labour’s 262 seats, up 30 seats, 35 seats of SNP, a loss of 21 seats, the Lib Dems are up four to 12 seats, Plaid Cymru on four seats, the green on one and none for UKIP.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has resigned. In Northern Ireland, the SDLP and the UUP have lost all their Westminster MPs after a night of big gains for DUP and Sinn Fein.
The SNP remains the largest party in Scotland, but Conservatives have won 12 seats from them, Labour has won seven the Lib Dems three.
A record 12 Indian-origin MPs won seats in the House of Commons after a tense night of UK election in which no party won a majority.
Among them is International development secretary Priti Patel,45 of Ugandan-Gujarati heritage retained her seat in Witham, with a 18, 646 majority.
Indian origin Agra-born Alok Sharma 49, former minister for Asia-Pacific, won at Reading West against Labour with a reduced majority 2,876 from 6, 650.
Rishi Sunak37 son-in-law of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, won in rural Richmond in Yorkshire with an increased majority of 23, 108.
Conservative backbencher Shailesh Vara, 556, retained his North West Cambridgeshire seat with a majority of 18,008.
Suella Fernandes, 37, held on to Fareham with reduced majority of 21,555.
Keith Vaz, 60, Britain’s long serving British Asian MP held onto Leicester East with an increased majority of 22, 428.
Vaz’ sister , 62-year-old Valerie Vaz won in Walsall South with an increased majority of 8,892.
Indian born Virendra Sharma won decisively increasing his majority to 22,090 in Ealing Southall. Lisa Nandy, 37-year-old Bengali won in Wigan in Greater Manchester with an increased majority of 16,027.
Seema Malhotra 44 won in Feltham and Heston, with increased majority of 15,603.