UK Election 2017: May loses London stronghold Kensington in final result

Prospects improve for Labour Jeremy Corbyn, could he be the next British PM?

London, June 9: Theresa May's Conservatives lost their west London stronghold of Kensington to the Labour Party by a mere 20 votes, officials said, in a final electoral blow to the embattled British prime minister.

The result, the last to be announced from yesterday's election, means the Conservatives have won 318 seats -- eight short of an overall majority in the 650-seat parliament -- and Labour 262.

What is a hung Parliament?

There are 650 seats in the UK parliament, and to govern with a full majority, a party needs to win 326 seats. The exit poll predicts that May will win only 314.

But in UK elections this result does not automatically trigger another election. Instead, the party with the largest number of seats in this case, it looks like the Conservatives will attempt to form a coalition government with one of the smaller parties.The British parliamentary term for this outcome is a hung parliament.

May and her team of ministers retain full legal powers and will continue heading the government, until a new one is sworn in.

Blame-game begins

The blame-game has started within the Conservative Party. Some are blaming David Davis, a Cabinet minister, who pushed hardest for the snap polls,which seems to have backfired the party.

Theresa May under pressure after losses

Britain's Conservatives have lost their majority in the general elections that has resulted in a hung parliament. This is disappointing for Prime Minister Theresa May, who chose to call an early election to try to strengthen her hand in talks with the EU on Brexit.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on May to resign but she said the country needed stability and her party would ensure it was maintained.Labour looks set to make 33 gains with the Tories losing 15 seats - and the SNP down by 22 seats in a bad night for Nicola Sturgeon, with her party losing seats to the Tories.

The result would leave the party's hope of gaining validation for their Brexit strategy at the ballot in tatters.

Will Jeremy Corbyn become PM?

Jeremy Corbyn is now favourite to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, according to the general election exit poll.

With the smaller parties more closely aligned with Labour than with the Conservatives, the prospect of Corbyn becoming prime minister no longer seems to be fancy.

It would represent a remarkable turnaround in Labour and Jeremy Corbyn's fortunes and a spectacular decline in the popularity of Theresa May's Conservatives since the Prime Minister's decision to call the snap election.

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