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Sending a message to Labour was one of the priorities for a lot electorates and candidates this year Labour had won this election before it started, which gave Keir Starmer comfort knowing he didn’t have to appease the Muslim vote in this election.
However, he’s had a wake up call. Just like the Tories lost voters to Reform, Labour lost out to the muslim vote and took the scalp of one of Keir’s closest allies in the process.
This was a unique election in many ways; the biggest defeat for the Tories, Labour got the largest majority despite gaining less votes than 2017, and the largest contingency of Independent candidates took the chance.
After 14 years of exile Labour finally won an General Election and it was a landslide but there blushes were spared by the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sudden general election announcement.
Had there been a longer notice period, Labour’s huge majority would have been smaller.
Dented by Independents led most notably by The Muslim Vote; whose aim was to unify and provide a support mechanism for Independent candidates that stood for the people of Britain, not the corporations or the lobby’s.
Spurred on the duplicity of our leaders, infuriated by the ongoing genocide in Gaza and specifically the lack of accountability within government muslim voters were determined to send a message to Labour.
The idea was anoble one, promote a cohesive and decisive action plan to unify the Muslim voice and that represent British values in the House of Commons.
And it worked, especially in Islington North – a red seat, and despite the efforts Labour, they could not displace the hugely popular Jeremy Corbyn, the one they really wanted. If they had won that, it would have been okay, but now he has some allies in the Commons and together they will make some noise.
There were signs before the election that Labour were losing voters, but Labour remained confident and didn’t pay any attention to it. But leading up to the local elections Labour councillors were resigning from the party in Lancashire 11 Labour Councillors resigned on the same day.
Labour’s huge majority could have been smaller
This inspired human rights activists, social campaigners and Journalists like Yvonne Ridley, who stood in Newcastle, Katie Parker who stood in Suffolk Leanne Mohamed who stood in Ilford as did so many more.
If you analyse what they achieved, it was nothing short of remarkable. Not many people can appreciate what it takes to change someone’s mind when it comes to voting, but the adage ‘better the devil know’ expresses it aptly.
Data analysis shows if they had continued there growth in the same way for another 6 to 8 weeks, then most would have won or at the very least they would have kept Labour honest.
Historically, the majority of Muslims have been labour voters. However, since the Brexit referendum, which coincided with collapse of the Liberal Democrats, some had switched to the Tory party. nevertheless the numbers were still in Labour’s favour by about 70%.
In Muslim-heavy areas Labour felt the wrath of that backlash, there traditional voters displeased with Starmer’s support for Israeli Genocide in Gaza has threatened their dominance, and spawned so many independent candidates, to take the gamble and stand.
The shock of the night went to Shockat Adam who dethroned former Labour shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth in the Leicester South in Thursday’s general election.
5 independents won from Blackburn to London sending a shockwave to Labour HQ.
There were also major wins for Lib Dems and Greens both of whom who benefited strategic voting and the growing anti-Labour sentiment around the country.
Huge majorities slashed for Wes Streeting, Roshanara Ali, Jess Phillips, and Keir Starmer who lost about 17% of the vote. Ironically, in this election the Labour Party received fewer votes than they did in 2017 and won a larger majority, makes you question our political system.
This could have been so much worse for labour, in a lot of constituencies the muslim vote was divided which literally split the vote, a consequence of the sudden election announcement.
Although this was not a total unification of the muslim vote and certainly wasn’t limited to just muslims, communities came together to make their vote count.
Labour have secured a landslide. But what The Muslim Vote showed, was even with a limited budget and a handful of volunteers, in six months they achieved something completely unprecedented.
This seems like the beginning of something special. The precedent has been set. Communities have gained a voice, they can empower themselves by nominating and supporting independent candidates, even if they don’t win, they will definitely take votes from others.
Can the major parties afford to ignore the ethical and muslim voters? Perhaps, but we will see in the future whilst sending a message to Labour today.
We have a new Prime Minister and here’s what we know about Starmer’s New Cabinet; 11 women and a peer get the 22 positions in the New Cabinet.
Sir Keir Starmer won a landslide and with it he brings a Labour Government to Downing street after a 14 years of exile.
In his first day of the job Keir Starmer and his newly picked top team will meet later this morning to focus on what they’re calling their “first steps” – think economic stability, illegal immigration and NHS waiting lists.
Sir Keir Starmer’s new cabinet is largely made up of people we don’t know a great deal about, apart from Ed Miliband, the snake who stuck to it his brother, and Angela Rayner who stuck it to Jeremy Corbyn.
Labours real political heavyweights have all but been banished from the party, for being Corbyn-faces so these new faces have a lot of work to do and a lot to learn after the easy General election win.
Sir Keir Starmer has to reward loyalty, but also didn’t really have a great deal of choice and a noticeable absentee from his cabinet is Diane Abbott who served as the Shadow Home Secretary and won her constituency of Hackney and Stoke Newington by a landslide.
After the fallout from the Jeremy Corbyn era, labour have struggled to bring in the new faces, not just to build a new image but to fit the demands of ‘Friends of Israel Lobby group’. Labour can’t afford to be seen as the opposition to Israel.
He has appointed 22 Labour MPs and peers to key cabinet positions, including a record 11 women.
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will set out his priorities for government today after promising to begin the work of change immediately.
An MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, elected deputy Labour leader in 2020. Born and raised in Stockport, Greater Manchester, grew up a council estate, left school and had a baby at 16.
Withdrew her support for Corbyn after backing him as an MP.
Rachel Reeves is the new chancellor of the Exchequer and is the first woman appointed to the role.
She was one of the ones groomed for a more dominant role in the Labour party after the fallout from the Jeremy Corbyn leadership.
She grew up in south London and worked as an economist before being elected as the MP for Leeds West in 2010. She is now the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey.
At 27, he became Parliament’s youngest MP when he was elected in Tottenham in 2000 before becoming a junior minister under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Born in north London, and became the first black Briton to study a masters in law at Harvard.
Has been on the sidelines and fringes of power for over two decades and is a serious campaigner.
A real political heavyweight that has been serving the labour party since 1997. She was elected MP for Yorkshire seat of Pontefract and Castleford and went to serve as the first female chief secretary to the Treasury and later as work and pensions secretary in the Labour government.
Married to the Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ed Balls and is one of the highest-ranking women in the Labour Party.
She is from a time of old Labour and her appointment is to satisfy Old Labour heads still in the party.
An unknown in the world but a real heavyweight in the party.
The party’s national campaign co-ordinator McFadden was one of the masterminds behind Labour’s historic victory and the one who ensured everyone distanced themselves from Jeremy Corbyn.
Born in Glasgow he has been elected to represent the Wolverhampton South East constituency since 2005.
As a Former barrister Shabana Mahmood has been confirmed as secretary of state for justice and Lord Chancellor. One of the few cabinet members qualified for a role with work experience.
The Birmingham Ladywood MP represents the city where she was born and bred and only the second woman, after Liz Truss, to hold the position.
Elected in 1997, he represents Wentworth and Dearne constituency in South Yorkshire. Healey served in Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s governments and in Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinets.
He voted in favour of UK participation in the Iraq War in 2003 and supported the coup that took down David Miliband.
First elected to Parliament in 2015, but is an unknown partially because he was diagnosed with cancer in 2021.
Started life as a councillor and then was elected as an MP in Ilford North. And served in the shadow cabinet as the Health Secretary since November 2021.
Raised in Sunderland by her mother, She had joined Labour aged 15 and became its MP for Houghton and Sunderland South in 2010, aged 26.
She has been a member of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team since he became Labour leader. Another low profile labour MP who hasn’t seen much media coverage. She will have to learn on the job on how to deal with the heavyweight Educational unions.
He is best known as a former Labour leader – having beaten his brother David, in the leadership contest that followed the party’s 2010 general election defeat.
Miliband has been the MP for Doncaster North since 2005 but has been at the centre of Labour politics for even longer, one of the few political heavyweights in the party.
This is one of the most important positions in parliament; competence is essential.
She rose to prominence when she stood in the leadership election that followed the 2015 election defeat, losing to Jeremy Corbyn and securing just 4.5% of the vote.
Her obscurity diminished with her defeat to Jeremy Corbyn. One of the key party members who supported the ousting of Jeremy Corbyn.
She is elected as MP for Leicester West.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
MP Leeds Central since 1999
Secretary of State for Scotland
MP Edinburgh South
Secretary of State for Transport
Sheffield Heeley MP
Secretary of State for Wales
Cardiff East MP
Culture, media and sport secretary.
MP for Wigan
Hermer is not an MP and will be given a life peerage to allow him to sit in the House of Lords. He is one of the members of Friends of Israel.
Richard Hermer KC is Attorney General – the chief legal adviser to the government – and will attend the cabinet meetings and working on the key priorities for government
Sir Alan Campbell will be the chief whip in the House of Commons and will attend the cabinet meetings. he has been involved in all key decision making especially the Discussions centred around The Labour Cabinet.
Sir Alan has been MP for Tynemouth since 1997.
He will be organising the key priorities for government, to ensure they last for more than 4 years in office.
It’s been a tough night for the Conservative Party as Labour has won the UK general election with a landslide victory. The Tories have slumped to a historic defeat – although not as horrific as some of the polls suggested.
Former prime minister Liz Truss is amongst the most famous Tories to have lost their seats in the election. Her South West Norfolk constituency swung to Labour by 630 votes – having previously boasted a huge 24,180 majority.
Commons leader Penny Mordaunt, who was once tipped to be the future Tory leader, and former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg are also among those to have lost their seats.
Truss has said her party failed to deliver in areas such as reducing immigration and “keeping taxes low.” Asked if she would stay on in Conservative politics, Ms Truss said “I’ve got a lot to think about” and asked people to “give me a bit of time”.
The Conservatives are on course for a historic loss in terms of seats after a shocking 20-point decline in support.
They lost a lot of seats in southern England to the Lib Dems (who went from 8 seats in the Commons to now more than 70).
Tory voters reform – have also switched to Reform UK – which now has four seats and over 4 million people who voted for the party.
Twelve ministers attending cabinet have lost their seats, including Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan.
The Prime Minister managed to hold onto his seat in Richmond and Northallerton. He has announced he will resign as party leader when a plan has been put into place.
In other high-profile Tory losses:
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