“This has clearly been a very disappointing and difficult night for the Labour Party,” Miliband said after winning his parliamentary seat in Doncaster North, northern England. “I’m deeply sorry for what has happened.”
High profile casualties included Labour’s finance spokesman Ed Balls, its foreign affairs spokesman and election strategist Douglas Alexander -- beaten by a 20-year-old student -- and Jim Murphy, leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Liberal Democrat casualties included Business Secretary Vince Cable and Energy Secretary Ed Davey, who both lost to Tories in London. In Scotland, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, Business minister Jo Swinson and former leader Charles Kennedy all lost.
Caption: Ed Miliband, leader of the U.K. opposition Labour Party, and his wife Justine Thornton, are greeted by Labour Party workers as they arrive at the party headquarters following the results of the 2015 general election in London, U.K., on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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