Big Names Fall in Historic Tory Election Defeat

Liz Truss and other senior Tories have lost while Jeremy Hunt, James Cleverly, Suella Braverman, Kemi Badenoch remain among potential leadership contenders.

Composite file photos of the twelve former Conservative ministers who lost their seats in the 2024 General Election. Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Welsh Secretary David TC Davies, Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Attorney General Victoria Prentis, veterans minister Johnny Mercer, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, Science Secretary Michelle Donelan, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Illegal Immigration Minister Michael Tomlinson, and Chief whip Simon Hart. PA/Richard Townshend/David Woolfall/UK Parliament

Liz Truss, Grant Shapps, and Penny Mordaunt are among a number of senior Tories who lost their seats as Labour was handed a landslide victory.

Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak and a number of his potential replacements, including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, managed to survive the Tory bloodbath.