As of 7am on Friday, 11 cabinet ministers had lost their seats
The Tories were routed. Election night 2024 saw them sink to their worst ever defeat in a general election.
The Labour Party have currently secured 411 seats, while the Tories are on 119, a loss of 249.
A number of high profile Tory MPs have lost their seats.
As of 7am on Friday, 11 cabinet ministers had lost their seats, including:
- Penny Mordaunt, leader of the Commons
- Alex Chalk, the justice secretary
- Grant Shapps, the defence secretary
- Gillian Keegan, the education secretary
- David TC Davies, the Welsh secretary
- Michelle Donelan, the science secretary
- Lucy Frazer, the culture secretary
- Mark Harper, the transport secretary
- Johnny Mercer, Veterans’ Minister
- Simon Hart, Chief Whip
- Victoria Prentis, Attorney General
Other big names to have lost their seats include former Prime Minister Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Robert Buckland, Stever Baker, Michael Fabricant, and Former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey.
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward
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