AP PHOTOS: Voters will deliver judgment on Conservative government in UK national election
FILE - A sign points to where residents can cast their votes in London, Friday, May 3, 2024. U.K. voters are set to cast ballots in a national election on July 4, passing judgment on 14 years of Conservative rule. They are widely expected to do something they have not done since 2005 — elect a Labour Party government. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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FILE - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during his visit to a cricket club as he campaigns in Nuneaton, England, Monday July 1, 2024. U.K. voters are set to cast ballots in a national election on July 4, passing judgment on 14 years of Conservative rule. They are widely expected to do something they have not done since 2005 — elect a Labour Party government. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP, File)
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FILE - Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks on stage at the launch of The Labour party's 2024 general election manifesto in Manchester, England, Thursday, June 13, 2024. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey before taking part in a bungee jump during a visit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club in East Sussex, while on the General Election campaign trail, Monday July 1, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks at the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel while on the General Election campaign trail, in in Maidstone, England, Monday, June 24, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
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FILE - Green Party co-leaders Adrian Ramsay, right, and Carla Denyer pose with supporters at their General Election Manifesto launch in Hove, England, on June 12, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader John Swinney arrives at York University, York, England, on June 20, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Stefan Rousseau/Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - The door to 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 8, 2022. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
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FILE - People line up at the Community Food Hub in Hackney, London, Thursday, June 13, 2024. Since calling a general election, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at pains to repeat a key message on the campaign trail: The economy is turning a corner, inflation is down, and things are looking up. That's not the reality for millions across the U.K. still feeling the squeeze from high food, energy and housing prices. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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FILE - Dominic Watters, a single dad and founder of the Food is Care campaign, shows his electricity meter at his home in Canterbury, England, Monday, June 10, 2024. Since calling a general election, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at pains to repeat a key message on the campaign trail: The economy is turning a corner, inflation is down, and things are looking up. That's not the reality for millions across the U.K. still feeling the squeeze from high food, energy and housing prices. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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FILE - A woman carries electoral leaflets for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in Clacton-on-Sea, England, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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FILE - Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club in East Sussex, while on the General Election campaign trail, Monday July 1, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey falls from a surfboard during a visit to Big Blue Surf School in Bude in Cornwall, England, Tuesday July 2, 2024, while on the General Election campaign trail. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Matt Keeble/PA via AP)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts after bowling during a Conservative general election campaign event at the Market Bosworth Bowls Club in Market Bosworth, England, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in Kingsbury, London, while on the General Election campaign trail, Friday June 28, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, left, take part in the BBC's Prime Ministerial Debate, in Nottingham, England, Wednesday June 26, 2024. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP, File)
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FILE - A woman holds her voting card as she arrives to vote in London in local elections, Thursday, May 2, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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FILE - People walk past some shuttered and closed shops in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool's statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives an update on the plan to "stop the boats" and illegal migration during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (James Manning/Pool via AP, File)
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FILE - Nathaniel Dye shows his body scan photos at home in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Dismayed by delays in his cancer diagnosis by Britain's National Health Service, Dye says he feels let down by the Conservative-led government, which health policy experts say has failed to adequately fund the NHS. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Junior doctors on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, during their continuing dispute over pay, Thursday June 27, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. There is widespread dissatisfaction over a host of issues, from a dysfunctional public health care system to crumbling infrastructure. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
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FILE - People walk on Westminster Bridge in London, Monday, July 1, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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FILE - A sign points to where residents can cast their votes in London, Friday, May 3, 2024. U.K. voters are set to cast ballots in a national election on July 4, passing judgment on 14 years of Conservative rule. They are widely expected to do something they have not done since 2005 — elect a Labour Party government. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)LONDON (AP) — Voters in the United Kingdom will cast ballots in a national election on Thursday, passing judgment on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20 months in office — and the four Conservative prime ministers before him. Polls, commentators and politicians all suggest that the left-of-center opposition Labour Party has a strong lead over the Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years.
