’Astonishing fact’ 80% of Brits DIDN’T vote Labour after turning backs on major parties, says expert

JUST one in five Brits cast a vote for the new Prime Minister with the lowest turnout in decades, a polling expert has revealed. Scarlett Maguire from JLP polling told The Sun that the country faces an “extraordinary position” where 80 per cent of Brits did not vote for Sir Keir Starmer’s astonishing victory. Labour have secured a stomping landslide with 412 seats in Westminster with the Tories sliding to just 121. But the supermajority, which will effectively give Labour free reign over the Commons, is off the back of just 35 per cent of votes cast. Scarlett told The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots: “We are in a completely extraordinary position. I think we’re at a point where our people, the British public, are turning their backs on the mainstream parties.“ Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hu