Liz Truss LOSES seat in shock defeat to Labour as ex-PM mocked at election count
Liz Truss LOSES seat in shock defeat to Labour as ex-PM mocked at election count
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Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has lost her South West Norfolk seat as the Tory Party suffered its worst election result since 1906.
The South West Norfolk declaration, which was delayed as onlookers gave the Truss a sarcastically slow clap, delivered a hammer blow to the shortest-serving Prime Minister.
Truss received just 11,217 votes, with Labour snatching the seat by getting the support of 11,847 constituents.
Reform UK also hoovered up 9,958 votes, ending any hope of Truss playing a leading role in the future of the Conservative Party.
Liz Truss LOSES seat in shock defeat to Labour as ex-PM mocked at election countSKYVoters in South West Norfolk had returned a Conservative MP in every election since 1964.
Truss returned to represent the rural constituency in Westminster following the 2019 General Election with a majority of 26,195.
However, Truss' record in Downing Street for 49-days appears to have hampered her chances of victory.
The former Prime Minister's premiership was rocked by a disastrous mini-budget which saw her £45billion package of unfunded tax cuts trigger mass market turmoil.
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Truss was hoping to continue her political career, playing a pivotal role in the formation of the neo-Thatcherite ginger group Popular Conservatives.
She even appeared to suggest she had big plans for her political future.
“I definitely have unfinished business,” the defiant ex-Prime Minister said just two months ago.
Truss now joins a small list of former Prime Ministers who have gone on to lose their seats shortly after leaving Downing Street.
Liz Truss PAArthur Balfour was ousted from the House of Commons in 1906 and Ramsay MacDonald was toppled in 1935 just months after resigning from No10.
Truss also joins a growing list of prominent Tory MPs defeated in the 2024 General Election.
Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps were among 11 Cabinet Ministers toppled.
Former Business Secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and ex-Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland were also included in the list of senior Conservatives culled.