Keir Starmer is Britain’s new leader after his Labour Party ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for his party’s performance.

Many will interpret the red tide that has swept across the U.K. as less of a victory for Keir Starmer's Labour party and more of a walloping for the Conservatives. That impression is borne out by the numbers of votes Labour received.

Labour claimed a dazzling 400-plus seats in yesterday’s election, in stark contrast with the Conservatives' 121 — the fewest seats in the party’s history. But this election has also seen the rise of Farage’s Reform UK party, which, along with other campaigns, cut into both Labour's and the Conservatives’ voting shares.

As of this morning, Labour had claimed nearly 34% of the vote, up just around 1.5 percentage points from its dismal loss in 2019 — and more than five percentage points less than Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party received in 2017. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have claimed just under 24%.

Smaller parties such as Reform UK performed much better than expected, with the party of Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage claiming more than 14% of the vote, while the Liberal Democrats took 12% and the Greens received 7%.

Divisions among British voters appear to reflect the widespread disillusionment many across the country felt in the lead-up to the election, both with the country’s Conservative leadership and with the alternatives.

Polling expert John Curtice told NBC News prior to the election that he would not be surprised if voter turnout was low due to the lack of “enthusiasm” for Britain’s options for political leadership.