It has been a bad night for the Conservatives, with a number of key figures ousted from their seats across the nation.
A record number of Conservative Cabinet members have lost their seats, beating the previous record of seven defeats in 1997.
Among those to no longer be elected as MPs include former prime minister Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and House of Commons Leader, Penny Mordaunt. Here we take a look at some of the key names leaving politics.
5. Science Secretary Michelle Donelan lost her Melksham and Devizes seat to the Liberal Democrats. She faced calls to resign earlier in the year after taxpayers’ money was used to pay damages to an academic she had accused of expressing sympathy for Hamas.
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6. The Education Secretary since 2022 and MP for Chichester from 2017, Gillian Keegan lost her seat to Liberal Democrat candidate Jess Brown-Fuller. Ms Keegan had pushed for banning smartphones in schools and also oversaw draft statutory sex education guidance that “gender ideology” should not be taught in schools.
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7. Former prime minister Liz Truss lost her seat to Labour in one of the biggest shocks of election night. Terry Jermy will become the MP for South West Norfolk with 11,847 votes after ousting the Conservative who spent 44 days in the top job.
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8. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer lost her seat in Ely and East Cambridgeshire to the Liberal Democrats’ Charlotte Cane. Ms Frazer was a Sunak loyalist and her prior posts included minister in the transport and justice departments, financial secretary to the Treasury and solicitor general.
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