A record-breaking number of women have been elected to the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament.
Data available early Friday morning confirmed that 242 women had won seats, while the vote count continued.
The previous record, set in the 2019 general election, stood at 220.
Interim official results revealed before 9:00 denote that the Labour Party secured 410 seats, thus leading Keir Starmer to 10 Downing Street. In contrast, the Conservatives, a 14-year incumbent, suffered a heavy loss, with only 119 representatives. The Liberal Democrats trailed third with 71 seats, followed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) that crashed to a woeful low of nine seats. Sinn Fein, representing both parts of Ireland and advocating for the island’s reunification, maintained its count with seven seats.
By 9:00 am, six seats were still up for grabs out of the 650 seats in the chamber.
