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Roundup: Leaders of three British parties resign after defeat in election

Xinhua, May 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Leaders of Britain's three parties, including the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats Party and the UK Independence Party, Friday respectively announced their resignation as the parties' leaders after defeat in the 2015 General Election.

According to the results from individual constituencies that released at 1245 local time, British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have already locked 326 seats in the House of Commons of Britain, securing his position in the 10 Downing Street.

The Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats Party and the UK Independence Party have pocketed 230 seats, eight seats and one seat respectively. Seven seats are expected to be declared afterward.

Speaking to his party staff and supporters, Miliband said it was time for "someone else" to take over the leadership and he was "truly sorry" that he did not succeed in the election with big-name casualties.

Earlier today, Ed Balls, Labour's Shadow Chancellor of Exchequer, lost his seat in the Commons.

Miliband, who took charge of the party in 2010, added:" I will never give up on fighting for the Britain that I believe in."

Clegg, who is also the ex-deputy Prime Minister of Britain, said he would quit as leader after a crushing set of losses, as his party members Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, David Laws, Simon Hughs and Charles Kennedy all failed to lock seats in the House of Commons of Britain during the election. And some of them are ex-senior officials in the previous Conservatives-Lib Dems coalition government.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Eurosceptic right-wing UKIP, also announced his resignation after his failure to win the seat in South Thanet from the Conservative Party. South Thanet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of British parliament. Endit