The UK's electoral system has a distorting majoritarian effect that disadvantages smaller parties, but generally produces more stable Governments when compared to European counterparts.

"We did it!" declared Britain's newest Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, in his victory speech on Friday. With a surprise call for an early election, various mediocre policy announcements, head-to-head debates, and the rapid emergence of smaller political parties, the UK General election is finally behind us.

After 14 years of Conservative-led Governments, Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party won one of the largest majorities in British electoral history. The Labour Party have now secured 412 out of the total 650 seats in Parliament (excluding the speaker's seat). The Conservatives lost a total of 252 seats, and their vote share plummeted from more than 40 percent in the last general election to below 25 percent.