2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which Tory ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?
As of 7am on Friday, 11 cabinet ministers had lost their seats
Basit Mahmood
BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt loses her seat of Portsmouth North
She was defending a majority of 15,780. Reform took more than 8,000 votes.
BREAKING: Tory Jonathan Gullis loses his seat, much to the delight of many
Many are glad to see the back of him…
BREAKING: Jonathan Ashworth loses seat in Leicester South
Shockat Adam, an independent, won the contest in Leicester South.
George Galloway loses Rochdale seat to Labour’s Paul Waugh
He didn’t turn up for the result…
Lee Anderson wins in Ashfield, making him the first Reform MP
Lee Anderson, the former chair of the Conservative Party, who defected to Reform UK has managed to win the seat of Ashfield for Reform.
Rishi Sunak expected to announce resignation tomorrow morning
Sunak’s gamble has backfired…
Tory Robert Buckland loses seat in Swindon South
It comes as the exit poll predicts that the Labour Party is set to win a general election landslide with a majority of 170.
EXIT POLL: Jeremy Hunt, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt, Steve Baker, Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees-Mogg are all likely to lose their seats
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
BREAKING: Jeremy Hunt will become the first Chancellor to lose his seat at a general election, exit poll predicts
A possible gain for the Lib Dems is being mooted in Hunt’s Godalming & Ash constituency.