5 shocking facts about the scale of the Tory 2024 election defeat
Some key facts and figures to sum up just how bad it’s been for the Tories.
Basit Mahmood
Margaret Thatcher’s old seat of Finchley has been GAINED by Labour
Labour’s Sarah Sackman took Finchley and Golders Green from the Conservatives, defeating Tory rival Alex Deane who polled 17,276, while Sackman secured 21,857 votes
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
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.