Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, left, celebrate Labour's third term in office at a party at the National Portrait Gallery in central London May 6. (AP)

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is greeted by Russel Brown Labor candidate for Dumfries and Galloway May 4. (Reuters)

    LONDON, May 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Britain's ruling Labor Party has secured its win in the general election held Thursday, garnering so far 351 of the 645 seats in the new parliament, more than the 324 seat needed for a victory, the Sky TV reported.

    Labor leader Tony Blair thus becomes the first Labor prime minister to win three successive elections.

    The opposition Conservatives has got 192 seats, the Liberal Democrats 59 seats, showed latest results from Sky TV.

    Blair pledged to respond "sensibly and wisely" to the result, adding that it was clear "the British people wanted to return a Labor government but with a reduced majority."

    This is a delightful birthday present to Blair who turns 52 Friday, though the joy is much undermined since Labor's majority is drastically slashed from the 161 seats in 2001. Enditem