UK Elections 2024: Main political players of Britain as voters go for polls today | PICS

Britons will vote today to choose all 650 members of the House of Commons on July 4 for a term of up to five years.

British PM Rishi Sunak is one of the most important candidates. Sunak's Conservative Party is expected to be voted out of power after a turbulent 14 years wracked by infighting and scandals.

Sunak's rival is Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, which is expected to win by a landslide margin in Thursday's elections. Starmer is credited with enforcing discipline in the party and dragging it back to the centre.

Ed Davey, the leader of centrist Liberal Democrats, is another prominent candidate in the UK elections. He has served as climate and energy secretary under the previous Conservative coalition government.

Nigel Farage is the leader of the far-right, anti-immigration Reform UK Party, who is making a bid to the British Parliament for the eighth time. A staunch supporter of Brexit, Farage's party is expected to cut in the Conservative votebank.

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was ousted from the party for his stand on anti-semitism, is contesting as an independent candidate. He led the Labour to a heavy election defeat in 2019.

John Swinney is the leader of Scottish National Party (SNP) and is credited for bringing stability to the party after the abrupt departure of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.