The Tories are experiencing their worst General Election result in their 200-year history as senior cabinet ministers are losing seats left, right and centre.
Labour, meanwhile, is on track to achieve an unprecedented ‘supermajority’ rivalling that of Tony Blair in 1997.
Both Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt, once the second most powerful politician in Britain as Chancellor, have narrowly been re-elected as MPs.
Sunak, who appeared exhausted and stern as he announced his concession in the early hours, officially resigned as prime minister after handing his notice to King Charles.
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Which Conservative MPs lost their seats?
Several Tory ‘big beasts’, some of who spent years shaping the lives of the British public, have failed to see the other side of this election.
As the country enters a new political era, here are all the cabinet ministers and top officials so far who unknowingly went to Downing Street for the final time.
Alex Chalk
Alex Chalk, who served as the Justice Secretary from April last year, was the first to face his ‘Portillo’ moment. (That’s political-speak for a shock election loss.)
Chalk, a former barrister, had been an MP for Cheltenham since 2015 and was re-elected four years later with a majority of 1,421.
This time, however, it was his Lib Dem opponent Max Wilkison who was enjoying a majority – and an even bigger one. Wilkison, a former Gloucestershire Echo reporter, polled 25,076 ahead of Mr Chalk on 17,866.
Gillian Keegan
From consular policy in Africa and mental health to education, Gillian Keegan has been around the cabinet block, to say the least.
But the ‘Blue Wall’ that she hoped would protect her Chichester seat was smashed to pieces by the Lib Dems in the early hours.
By losing to Jess Brown-Fuller, Keegan’s constituency turned a colour other than blue for the first time in a century.
Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt, who once ran unsuccessfully to be the leader of the Conservative Party, has lost her seat in Portsmouth North.
The House of Commons Leader had a notional majority of 15,780 in 2019. She had long been considered a safe pair of hands for the Tories, a party plagued by turbulence.
All eyes had been on Portsmouth North, a seat that had long acted as a crystal ball for who would win the General Election. But in the end, Labour’s Amanda Martin captures it with a majority of 480.
Mordaunt appeared bleary-eyed, her voice strained, as she delivered her concession speech stressing that ‘democracy is never wrong’.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his North East Somerset and Hanham seat to Labour by more than 5,000 votes.
He arrived at the count carrying a bag of sandwiches with his son Peter, which he said included ‘ham and tongue’.
The arch Brexiteer ended his time as an MP by quoting Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: ‘From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success.’
Mark Harper
Mark Harper has been Transport Secretary since 2022 and became an MP in 2005.
During his time in the transport post, Sunak scrapped the northern leg of the high-speed rail line HS2. Harper is also known for chairing the Covid Recovery Group, which opposed the December 2020 lockdown and voted against other Covid restrictions.
He lost his Forest of Dean seat to Labour challenger Matt Bishop – just. Harper lost by just 278 votes, finishing with 16,095.
Liz Truss
As the crowd slowly clapped, the candidates for MP of South West Norfolk may have noticed someone was missing on stage; their former MP.
Truss appeared mere moments before the results, standing only slightly awkwardly to the side of her political competitors. That included her the man who would become her successor, Labour’s Terry Jermy.
Truss’ vote share of 26,195 in 2019 had withered to just 11,217, paving the way for Jermy’s success.
For the politician who was PM for just 49 days in late 2022, her defeat was one of the biggest signs yet of how a fed-up electorate has rejected the party that has governed them for 14 years.
Jonathan Gullis
Jonathan Gullis was among the most high-profile 2019 General Election MPs who smashed through the ‘Red Wall’, becoming Stoke-on-Trent North’s first-ever Conservative MP.
He proved himself to be among the most divisive politicians in the Commons, having spent the last few years raging against the ‘Wokerati’, called his constituents ‘scumbags’ and suggested asylum seekers should be housed in tents.
Today, Stoke-on-Trent North’s new MP is Labour’s David Williams (no, not the comedian). He won with 14,579 votes compared to deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, who received 9,497.
‘No idea,’ Gullis said when he was asked by the i newspaper in May what he would do if he lost his seat.
‘Because I’m quite outspoken, some would joke that I’m deeply unemployable.’
Johnny Mercer
Adding to the list of big-name losses is Jonny Mercer, the former Minister for Veterans Affairs. He lost the Plymouth Moor View seat to Labour’s Fred Thomas.
This means that there won’t be a Tory MP to be found in Plymouth, capturing how powerful the anti-incumbent revolt was that swept the Conservatives out.
Lucy Frazer
In Ely & East Cambridgeshire, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lucy Frazer lost her seat to the Lib Dems.
Charlotte Cane received 17,127 votes to Frazer’s 16,632 – a razor-thin margin of 495.
Steve Baker
A long-standing member of the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party and former RAF engineer, Steve Baker served as Member of Parliament for Wycombe in Buckinghamshire from 2010.
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However, his 2019 majority of 24,766 would drop to 11,444, meaning that Labour’s Emma Reynolds would claim victory with 16,034 votes.
Full list of Tory MPs who survived Labour landslide
More than 100 Conservatives managed to hold their seats, including some major players in the last government.
Conservative MPs in parliament, including Kemi Badenoch – poised to be the next leader of the Conservatives – and Suella Braverman hung onto their seats.
The full list is below.
- West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine – Andrew Bowie
- Gordon & Buchan – Harriet Cross
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk – John Lamont
- Stockton West- Matt Vickers
- Fylde- Andrew Snowden
- Keighley & Ilkley – Robbie Moore
- Skipton & Ripon – Julian Smith
- Richmond & Northallerton – Rishi Sunak
- Thirsk & Malton – Kevin Hollinrake
- Wetherby & Easingwold – Alec Shelbrooke
- Bridlington & the Wolds – Charlie Dewhirst
- Beverley & Holderness – Graham Stuart
- Staffordshire Moorlands – Karen Bradley
- Tatton – Esther McVey
- Goole & Pocklington – David Davis
- Gainsborough – Edward Leigh
- Brigg & Immingham – Martin Vickers
- Daventry – Stuart Andrew
- Melton & Syston- Edward Argar
- Mid Leicestershire – Peter Bedford
- Newark – Robert Jenrick
- Aldridge-Brownhills – Wendy Morton
- Sutton Coldfield – Andrew Mitchell
- Leicester East – Shivani Raja
- Sleaford & North Hykeham – Caroline Johnson
- Louth & Horncastle – Victoria Atkins
- Chester South & Eddisbury – Aphra Brandreth
- Stone, Great Wyrley & Penkridge – Gavin Williamson
- Hinckley & Bosworth – Luke Evans
- South Leicestershire – Alberto Costa
- Harborough, Oadby & Wigston – Neil O’Brien
- Grantham & Bourne- Gareth Davies
- Meriden & Solihull East – Saqib Bhatti
- South Northamptonshire – Sarah Bool
- Mid Bedfordshire – Blake Stephenson
- North Bedfordshire – Richard Fuller
- Rutland & Stamford – Alicia Kearns
- South Holland & The Deepings – John Hayes
- The Wrekin – Mark Pritchard
- Solihull West & Shirley – Neil Shastri-Hurst
- Hertsmere – Oliver Dowden
- North West Norfolk – James Wild
- Kenilworth & Southam – Jeremy Wright
- Broxbourne- Lewis Cocking
- Huntingdon – Ben Obese-Jecty
- North East Cambridgeshire- Steve Barclay
- Mid Norfolk – George Freeman
- Broadland & Fakenham – Jerome Mayhew
- South Shropshire- Stuart Anderson
- Kingswinford & South Staffordshire – Mike Wood
- Bromsgrove – Bradley Thomas
- Harrow East – Bob Blackman
- Wyre Forest- Mark Garnier
- Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner – David Simmonds
- Chingford & Woodford Green – Iain Duncan Smith
- West Suffolk – Nick Timothy
- Central Suffolk & North Ipswich – Patrick Spencer
- Harwich & North Essex – Bernard Jenkin
- Hereford & South Herefordshire – Jesse Norman
- West Worcestershire – Harriett Baldwin
- Droitwich & Evesham – Nigel Huddleston
- South West Hertfordshire – Gagan Mohindra
- Epping Forest – Neil Hudson
- South Suffolk – James Cartlidge
- Mid Buckinghamshire – Greg Smith
- Romford – Andrew Rosindell
- Brentwood & Ongar- Alex Burghart
- North West Essex – Kemi Badenoch
- Braintree – James Cleverly
- Maldon- John Whittingdale
- Hornchurch & Upminster – Julia Lopez
- Basildon & Billericay – Richard Holden
- Rayleigh & Wickford – Mark Francois
- Witham- Priti Patel
- North Cotswolds- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
- Beaconsfield – Joy Morrissey
- Castle Point – Rebecca Harris
- Spelthorne – Lincoln Jopp
- Old Bexley & Sidcup- Louie French
- Bridgwater – Ashley Fox
- Windsor – Alex Rankin
- East Hampshire – Damien Hinds
- Croydon South – Chris Philp
- Bromley & Biggin Hill – Peter Fortune
- Orpington – Gareth Bacon
- East Surrey – Claire Coutinho
- Sevenoaks – Laura Trott
- Tonbridge – Tom Tugendhat
- Faversham & Mid Kent – Helen Whately
- Herne Bay & Sandwich – Roger Gale
- East Wiltshire – Danny Kruger
- North West Hampshire – Kit Malthouse
- Hamble Valley – Paul Holmes
- Farnham & Bordon – Greg Stafford
- Runnymede & Weybridge – Ben Spencer
- Godalming & Ash – Jeremy Hunt
- Reigate – Rebecca Paul
- East Grinstead & Uckfield – Mims Davies
- Maidstone & Malling – Helen Grant
- Weald of Kent (Con hold) – Katie Lam
- South West Wiltshire – Andrew Murrison
- Salisbury – John Glen
- Romsey & Southampton North – Caroline Nokes
- Fareham & Waterlooville – Suella Braverman
- Gosport – Caroline Dinenage
- Havant – Alan Mak
- Bognor Regis & Littlehampton – Alison Griffiths
- Sussex Weald – Nus Ghani
- Bexhill & Battle – Kieran Mullan
- Torridge & Tavistock – Geoffrey Cox
- Central Devon – Mel Stride
- North Dorset – Simon Hoare
- Christchurch – Christopher Chope
- New Forest West – Desmond Swayne
- New Forest East – Julian Lewis
- Arundel & South Downs – Andrew Griffith
- South West Devon – Rebecca Smith
- Exmouth & Exeter East – David Reed
- Isle of Wight East – Joe Robertson
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