{"id":394980,"date":"2017-06-09T07:17:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T07:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/09\/uk-election-2017-conservatives-lose-majority\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T07:17:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T07:17:33","slug":"uk-election-2017-conservatives-lose-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/09\/uk-election-2017-conservatives-lose-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"UK election 2017: Conservatives lose majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Britain\u2019s Conservatives have lost their majority in a snap general that has resulted in a hung parliament.<\/p>\n<p>With just a handful of seats left to declare, Thursday\u2019s poll shows gains for the opposition Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>This is seen as a humiliation for PM Minister Theresa May, who chose to call the election to try to strengthen her hand in talks with the EU on Brexit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326656\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/96407458_0630_national-seat-predicti.jpg\" alt=\"_96407458_0630_national-seat-predicti\" width=\"660\" height=\"565\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urged her to resign, but she said her party would \u201censure\u201d stability in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time more than anything else, this country needs a period of stability,\u201d Mrs May said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if, as the indications have shown and if this is correct that the Conservative Party has won the most seats and probably the most votes, then it will be incumbent on us to ensure we have that period of stability \u2013 and that is exactly what we will do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But EU Budget Commissioner G\u00fcnther Oettinger told German radio he was unsure Brexit talks could start later this month as scheduled. He said discussions with a weak UK negotiating partner could lead to a poor outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Corbyn earlier said: \u201cIf there is a message from tonight\u2019s results, it\u2019s this: the prime minister called this election because she wanted a mandate. Well, the mandate she\u2019s got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have thought that\u2019s enough to go, and make way for a government that will be truly representative of all of the people of this country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The pound earlier fell sharply in value after the BBC\/ITV\/Sky Exit poll was published when the voting ended at 22:00 BST (21:00 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>Final election results are expected by Friday lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest shock of the night so far has been the Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg losing his seat to a Labour candidate. He was deputy prime minister of the UK from 2010 to 2015 in a coalition government with the Conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Former Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond was also defeated, losing his seat to a Conservative.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 650 Westminster MPs are being elected, with about 45.8 million people entitled to vote. A party needs 326 seats to have an overall majority.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Theresa May \u2013 who had a small majority in the previous parliament \u2013 called an early election to try to improve her negotiation positions on Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>But analysts say it is clear the PM made a serious miscalculation.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s political editor Laura Kuenssberg says Mrs May\u2019s decision may prove to have been one of the biggest political mistakes of modern times.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s Conservatives have lost their majority in a snap general that has resulted in a hung parliament. With just a handful of seats left to declare, Thursday\u2019s poll shows gains for the opposition Labour Party. 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