Sir Keir Starmer played it safe during the General Election campaign as Labour sought to avoid squandering a solid lead in the polls.
But despite predictions of a landslide win, Sir Keir warned supporters against taking the election result for granted, imploring them not to grow complacent and stressing that polls do not always “predict the future”.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at some of the highlights as Labour campaigned across the UK urging the public to “vote for change”.
Labour had been calling for the Tories to fire the starting gun on an early election and Sir Keir, pictured here on a visit to Stafford, was thirsty for change (Jacob King/PA)
The next day deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner looked gleeful as she helped usher in an easyJet plane and a potential new era for Labour during a visit to London Stansted airport (Joe Giddens/PA)
Sir Keir and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson were photo-bombed as they met future voters during a visit to Nursery Hill Primary School, in Nuneaton (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
… despite a climate activist disrupting proceedings as they heckled Sir Keir during his speech (Stefan Rousseau/PA
… before Sir Keir and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves donned orange hi-vis and hard hats during a visit to Eastern Docks in Southampton (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Sir Keir takes a selfie with chief operating officer Martin Linden and staff during a visit to Window Supply Company in Bathgate, West Lothian (Jane Barlow/PA)
The Labour leader pottered around and had a laugh with Keith Brymer Jones during a visit to Duchess China in Longton, Stoke (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
And that’s a wrap! The leader looked optimistic as he addressed supporters at West Regwm Farm in Carmarthenshire on the final day of campaigning (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
