A total disaster for the Tories
The Tories suffered their worst ever defeat at the general election, which saw Labour’s Keir Starmer become the country’s new prime minister following a landslide victory.
As part of the wipeout they experienced at the election, Rishi Sunak’s party lost seats that they have held for years, in many cases for decades.
In a dramatic development, six of the seats the Tories lost were held by former prime ministers:
- Liz Truss – the UK’s shortest-lived prime minister lost her seat to Labour.
- Labour also won Uxbridge and Ruislip from the Tories – the seat Boris Johnson held when he was prime minister.
- Henley and Thames – the successor to the constituency Johnson held before Uxbridge and Ruislip was won by the Liberal Democrats.
- The Liberal Democrats also won Maidenhead – the seat previously held by Theresa May.
- In another victory for the Lib Dems, the party won David Cameron’s old seat of Witney.
- Finally, Labour won Margaret Thatcher’s old constituency of Finchley and Golders Green.
Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward
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