NDC Will Win Dec 7 Election to Strengthen relation with UK Labour Party -Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimistic the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would win the December 7, 2024 election to cement the political relation with the United Kingdom Labour Party, that won a landslide election in on Thursday.

While extending words of congratulation to the newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, Mahama said “Like the UK, Ghana will also have elections soon, and I hope for a positive outcome for my party and our continued good relations with Labour.”

“Congratulations to PM Keir Starmer and the UK Labour Party on their landslide victory in the British elections. The people have spoken, and I look forward to a strong partnership between our two countries.

“Like the UK, Ghana will also have elections soon, and I hope for a positive outcome for my party and our continued good relations with Labour,” Mahama said on his Facebook page.

The U.K.’s opposition Labour Party won a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election, unseating the incumbent Conservatives after 14 years.

Early on Friday morning, Labour passed the threshold needed to govern alone, as outgoing PM Rishi Sunak conceded defeat. Sunak later exited Downing Street and resigned as the Conservative Party leader.

Keir Starmer, leader of the center-left Labour, now becomes the country’s next prime minister after declaring victory in the early hours.

“It is surely clear to everyone that our country needs a bigger reset, a rediscovery of who we are,” Starmer said on the steps of 10 Downing Street, vowing that his Labour Party will serve “country first, party second.”

Labour gained its second-largest majority after former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s 179-seat majority in 1997. The Conservative Party, meanwhile, slipped to its worst-ever result in terms of seats — impacted heavily by a surge in votes for the Reform UK Party.

Millions of people across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Thursday voted for their local representatives in the 650-member House of Commons, the U.K.’s lower house of parliament. The last few ballots are still being counted.