Former Prime Minister Liz Truss Narrowly Loses To Labour
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Liz Truss has lost her seat to Labour by just over 600 votes to Labour, becoming the first former prime minister to be kicked out of Parliament in an election for 100 years.
Truss had represented South West Norfolk since 2010.
Labour candidate Terry Jermy won 11,847 while Truss won 11,217. Reform UK candidate Toby McKenzie garnered 9,958 after coming a close third.
She was the United Kingdom's shortest serving prime minister having spent just a matter of weeks in Downing Street in late October before being replaced by Sunak.
She had previously served in the cabinets of David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
She is the latest in a series of high-profile Conservative names to have lost their seats as part of Labour's landslide election victory.
Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt also lost to Labour in Portsmouth North, while Grant Shapps and Alex Chalk are among the other ministers to have lost their parliamentary seats. Eleven Cabinet ministers suffered defeat in the early hours of Friday morning.
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