Aileen explains the General Election
It's all over... but what happened and what happens now?
The election feels like it's been going on for ages, but it's all over now and we have a new government! But how big was Labour's win and what happens now?
KISSTORY's newsreader Aileen O'Sullivan is here to explain exactly what happened yesterday, what happened last night and what happens today...
What happened in the election last night?
The country spent yesterday going to polling stations and voting for their local MPs - whichever party gets the most local MPs then gets to form a government.
There are 650 MPs, each representing a part of the UK, called a constituency.
For a party to form a government they need more than half of all the MPs in the House of Commons - so the magic number is 326.
Overnight thousands of votes were counted and results were given for each area.
A prediction, known as the exit poll, was released when polling stations shut their doors at 10 p.m. which suggested Labour would get a landslide win.
After hours of painstaking counting, the prediction came true as Labour reached the magic number of 326 at 5 a.m. on Friday morning (July 5th).
Who won the election?
At the time of writing, Labour has won 409 seats which means they have a majority in the House of Commons and therefore their leader, Sir Keir Starmer becomes the next Prime Minister.
This now means that Labour can form a full government that does not require working with other parties to pass policies.
But there are still seats being counted so we won't know the full result for a while as the final votes are tallied.
The Conservatives lost over 200 seats and finished second in the election, they will now become the main opposition party, and work to scrutinise the Government's actions.
The Liberal Democrats have over 70 MPs, their best ever result, the Green Party and Reform UK also had good night s each winning four MPs
Other parties from other countries will also have a say in Parliament, as Wales' Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party, Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland have all won seats in the House of Commons - it is a national election, after all!
What happens to all the MPs who didn't win their seat?
Some will go back to other jobs, some will retire and some will probably turn up on I'm a Celeb or Dancing on Ice later this year.
Conservative MPs who did win their seat will no longer be part of the governing party but as the second biggest party, will be the lead opposition party to Labour.
What happens now?
Well firstly Sir Keir, as leader of the Labour Party, will go and see King Charles at Buckingham Palace.
The Monarch asks the leader of the party who has a majority to 'form a government in his name.'
Once that's all done, Sir Keir will head to Downing Street to enter Number 10 as Prime Minister.
After that, the hard work starts! Starmer will have to name the MPs who will be in his cabinet and start working on the policies the party set out in their manifesto.
He'll also have to move into 10 Downing Street, while the new Chancellor will move into 11 Downing Street... and everyone will have to meet the staff and, possibly most importantly - Larry the Number 10 cat.
When do normal politics start up again?
On Tuesday Parliament will open up for work again with new MPs being sworn in and the formal election of the Speaker of the House of Commons.
On the 17th July, the King will head to Parliament to deliver the King's Speech - while read by the monarch, it's actually written by Labour and will contain all of the policies and laws they will try to introduce this year.