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Labour Slightly Ahead With Half of Votes Counted in UK General Election

© REUTERS / Andrew YatesBritain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband waves at a campaign event in Colne, northern England, Britain, May 6, 2015
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband waves at a campaign event in Colne, northern England, Britain, May 6, 2015 - Sputnik International
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With half of the votes counted in the UK general election, the two major parties are still running neck-and-neck.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — With half of the votes counted in the UK general election, the two major parties are still running neck-and-neck, with the Labour being slightly ahead of the Conservatives.

The Labour Party has gained over 30 percent of the votes, while the Conservatives have secured more than 29 percent.

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Labour leader Ed Miliband kept his seat in the British Parliament, having secured 20,708 votes in the Doncaster North constituency. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is the leader of the Conservatives, has kept his Witney constituency seat, having garnered 35,291 votes against his Labour Party rival's 10,046.

Cameron has stressed that it is not clear yet what the results of the Thursday general election are, but stressed that he is committed to bringing his country together.

"It is too early to say exactly what sort if result there will be at the end of this night and at the end of this election campaign," Cameron said, adding that for him the campaign was about the tough decisions he had to make.

Cameron praised his party's performance in the UK general election, stressing that he is set on uniting his country.

"This is clearly a very strong night for the Conservative party. We've had a positive response to a positive campaign about safeguarding our economy, about creating jobs," he said, adding that his aim "remains simple — to govern on the basis of governing for everyone in our United Kingdom."

Cameron reiterated the promise of power devolution to Wales and Scotland.

"Above all, I want to bring our country together, our United Kingdom together," the leader of the Conservatives said, adding that he also wants "to make sure" that "economic recovery" reaches every part of the United Kingdom.

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According to Miliband, the Labour Party has demonstrated poor performance in the elections, particularly in Scotland, where the Scottish National Party (SNP) secured most of the seats.

"We haven't made the gains we wanted in England and Wales. And in Scotland we have seen a surge of nationalism," Miliband said as he was reelected in his Doncaster North constituency.

He stressed that the next government has a huge task of keeping the country together, saying he was "deeply sorry for what has happened" and admitting that it was a difficult night for the Labour party.

Labour's Keir Starmer did manage to overrun the leader of the British Green Party Nathalie Bennett in the Holborn and St. Pancras constituency, where Bennett managed to secure only 7,013 votes against Starmer's 29,062.

The Liberal Democrats are the outsiders in the Thursday election with some seven percent of the votes. They have been overtaken by the SNP.

However, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg has managed to retain his seat in the Sheffield Hallam constituency despite concerns he would not make it.

"It is now painfully clear that it has been a cruel and punishing night for Liberal Democrats," Clegg said, adding that he will make further remarks about his future and the figures of the party later on Friday morning.

With a soaring British Parliament membership of around 110,000, SNP has become the third largest party in the United Kingdom, having surpassed the Liberal Democrats.

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SNP is predicted to have a high chance of emerging as the biggest gainer in the 2015 UK general election, despite having failed to drum up enough votes in last year's Scottish independence referendum.

In the absence of a clear leader, the three possible outcomes of the Thursday election are a formal coalition, a so-called confidence and supply agreement between the parties, or cooperation on a vote-by-vote basis.

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband expressed his willingness to have a vote-by-vote partnership with SNP during the last BBC Question Time debate.

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