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Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes/about
1	Keir Starmer		1,912,405		The UK has a new prime minister in the form of this politician and barrister, who became the leader of #6 in 2020 and led the party to a landslide victory in #2, ending fourteen years of Conservative government with Labour becoming the largest party in the House of Commons. He succeeded #3 as prime minister on 5 July becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair, to whom Starmer has been widely compared, at the 2005 general election.
2	2024 United Kingdom general election		1,396,595		"A new dawn has broken, has it not?" #1 won a landslide victory for his party #6 in the general election, while #3's party suffered their worst result in history. Another party that made significant gains was the Liberal Democrats, whose leader Ed Davey was noted for his campaign stunts, becoming the third largest party in the UK.
3	Rishi Sunak		720,193		The outgoing UK Prime Minister called the above election for July 2024 despite being widely expected to call the election in the autumn; the Conservatives lost this election in a landslide to #6, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. After #1 succeeded him as prime minister, Sunak became Leader of the Opposition and has remained Conservative leader while the leadership election to replace him is taking place.
4	Victoria Starmer		485,048		The wife of #1, who has worked as an occupational health worker for the NHS and is expected to keep a relatively low profile.
6	Labour Party (UK)		425,990		The incumbent governing party of the United Kingdom, having won #2, and is currently the largest UK political party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons.
7	2019 United Kingdom general election		386,978		The previous UK general election was a direct contrast to #2, with Boris Johnson (pictured) leading the Conservatives to a landslide victory. However, the Conservatives' popularity deteriorated amid numerous political scandals, with Johnson's premiership viewed as the most scandalous premiership of modern times.
9	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom		299,531		The current office of #1, becoming the first Labour leader to reside in 10 Downing Street since Gordon Brown.
12	Liz Truss		223,820		Two years after losing to a lettuce, the shortest serving PM in British history lost her seat at #2, the first former PM to do so in over a century.
13	Nigel Farage		220,060		He became Reform UK's leader, and won the election for the party in Clacton, becoming an MP for the first time. As "figurehead of the country's populist right", Farage brought Clacton to international attention.
16	1997 United Kingdom general election		208,477		The result of #2 is extremely similar to the result of this election, when Tony Blair (pictured) won a landslide victory against John Major's Conservatives; a key difference being Major's significantly less chaotic campaign as opposed to #3's in this election.
17	Angela Rayner		207,701		The Deputy Prime Minister in #2's government, and Deputy Leader of #6 since 2020.
18	Rachel Reeves		203,649		The Chancellor in #2's government; making history as the first woman to hold the office.
19	List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom		183,008		#1 has been added to this list.
20	2017 United Kingdom general election		182,756		This UK general election featured then Conservative leader Theresa May (pictured) campaigning on a message of "strong and stable leadership". These words have not aged well, as the remainder of the party's time in government was defined by political chaos and instability.
22	Jeremy Corbyn		175,499		The former leader of #6 won election in his consistency as an independent candidate, having been expelled from the party by #1.