Hundreds of new U.K. lawmakers are sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election [Video]

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, background center, poses for a photograph with the new intake of Scottish Labour Members of Parliament, outside no 10 Downing Street, in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers trooped excitedly into Parliament on Tuesday after the U.K.’s transformative election brought a Labour government to power.

The halls of the labyrinthine building echoed with excited chatter of the 650 members of the House of Commons — 335 of them arriving for the first time. That compares to 140 new lawmakers after the last election in 2019.

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Sunak congratulated his opponent, while Starmer repeated the sentiment he had given during his first speech as PM by referencing a “Parliament of service.” (AP Video / July 9, 2024)

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