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Truss loses her seat in parliament

The former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses her seat as a Member of Parliament, a position she has held for 14 years, after Friday's British parliamentary election. The Conservatives make a historic low election and a record number of ministers are ousted from parliament.

» Updated: 16 July 2024, 16:10

» Published: 05 July 2024

Truss loses her seat in parliament
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The former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses her seat as a Member of Parliament, a position she has held for 14 years, after Friday's British parliamentary election. The Conservatives make a historic low score and a record number of ministers are ousted from parliament.

Truss must leave her seat as a Member of Parliament after losing by 630 votes to Labour in her constituency of Norfolk South West in eastern England. In 2022, she was the UK's Prime Minister for 49 days, and she is only one of a record number who now lose their seats after Friday's election result.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak retains his seat in parliament, after winning in his own constituency in northern Yorkshire. But his Conservative Tory party made a catastrophic election and sets a new record for the number of ministers who were not re-elected. As many as nine are forced to leave their seats. This is the highest number ever and beats the previous record from 1997 – when seven had to leave.

Among others, the UK's Defence Minister Grant Shapps loses his seat in Welwyn Hatfield, north of London. But also Education Minister Gillian Keegan, Justice Minister Alex Chalk, Culture Minister Lucy Frazer, and Transport and Science Minister Michelle Donelan are forced to leave.

The loss of seats is said to have led to self-reflection, where one believes that the party is now being punished for the scandals and internal conflicts that have occurred in recent years.

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