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| election_date = 4 July 2024 |
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| seats_for_election = The [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |
| seats_for_election = The [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |
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| popular_vote1 = '''11,847''' |
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| percentage1 = '''26.7%''' |
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| swing1 = '''{{increase}} 8.6 [[Percentage point|pp]]''' |
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| swing2 = {{decrease}} 43.7 [[Percentage point|pp]] |
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| candidate4 = James Bagge |
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| candidate5 = Josie Ratcliffe |
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An election took place in the [[East Anglia]] [[constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] on 4 July 2024, as part of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]. [[Liz Truss]], the shortest serving British prime minister in history, was standing for re-election as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]. On 2 July, a national poll of voters by Portland Communications had showed that Truss was the politician most people (28%) wanted to see lose their seat.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schofield |first=Kevin |title=Exclusive: Voters Want Liz Truss To Be This Election's 'Michael Portillo Moment' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/voters-hope-liz-truss-mirrors-michael-portillo-moment_uk_6683de6ee4b0e3bf97712997 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |date=2 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-03 }}</ref> |
An election took place in the [[East Anglia]] [[constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] on 4 July 2024, as part of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]. [[Liz Truss]], the shortest serving British prime minister in history, was standing for re-election as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]. On 2 July, a national poll of voters by Portland Communications had showed that Truss was the politician most people (28%) wanted to see lose their seat.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schofield |first=Kevin |title=Exclusive: Voters Want Liz Truss To Be This Election's 'Michael Portillo Moment' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/voters-hope-liz-truss-mirrors-michael-portillo-moment_uk_6683de6ee4b0e3bf97712997 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |date=2 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-03 }}</ref> |
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Truss lost her seat with a 43.7% fall in the Conservative vote share, despite having won 69% of the vote at the previous election; ''[[The Spectator]]'' labelled the result the "[[Portillo moment]]" of the year.<ref name="Spectator Portillo">{{cite news |last1=Steerpike |title=Watch: Liz Truss loses her seat |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/watch-liz-truss-loses-her-seat/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=The Spectator |date=5 July 2024}}</ref> |
Truss [[List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2024 United Kingdom general election|lost her seat]] with a 43.7% fall in the Conservative vote share, despite having won 69% of the vote at the previous election; ''[[The Spectator]]'' labelled the result the "[[Portillo moment]]" of the year.<ref name="Spectator Portillo">{{cite news |last1=Steerpike |title=Watch: Liz Truss loses her seat |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/watch-liz-truss-loses-her-seat/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=The Spectator |date=5 July 2024}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Truss had been the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] she achieved a majority of 26,195 over her nearest rival,<ref name="BBC 180624">{{Cite news |last=Worden |first=Clare |title=Liz Truss: 'People surprised to see me on doorstep' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722y9vxvpxo |work=BBC News |date=18 June 2024 |access-date=2024-07-02 }}</ref> making it the 11th safest Conservative seat in the country.<ref name="Politico 300624">{{Cite news |last=Bristow |first=Tom |title=Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-election-2024-liz-truss-opponents-labour-party-brexit-england-reform-tory/ |work=[[Politico Europe|Politico]] |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=2024-07-03 }}</ref> Serving as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] for only 49 days in 2022, Truss's tenure caused chaos in the financial markets.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> South West Norfolk elected a Labour MP for the first time in the landslide of [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]], like most of the seats in [[Norfolk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=General Election: Battle heats up in South Norfolk |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c844ng7jmd0o |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Since 1964 it |
Truss had been the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] she achieved a majority of 26,195 over her nearest rival,<ref name="BBC 180624">{{Cite news |last=Worden |first=Clare |title=Liz Truss: 'People surprised to see me on doorstep' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722y9vxvpxo |work=BBC News |date=18 June 2024 |access-date=2024-07-02 }}</ref> making it the 11th safest Conservative seat in the country.<ref name="Politico 300624">{{Cite news |last=Bristow |first=Tom |title=Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-election-2024-liz-truss-opponents-labour-party-brexit-england-reform-tory/ |work=[[Politico Europe|Politico]] |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=2024-07-03 }}</ref> Serving as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] for only 49 days in 2022, Truss's tenure caused chaos in the financial markets.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> South West Norfolk elected a Labour MP for the first time in the landslide of [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]], like most of the seats in [[Norfolk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=General Election: Battle heats up in South Norfolk |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c844ng7jmd0o |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Since 1964 it had been a Conservative constituency. |
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Before the election there was speculation that Truss might lose the seat.<ref name="sky 230624">{{Cite news |last=McCaffrey |first=Darren |title=Liz Truss' constituency hangs in the balance after voters look to cast ballots on her record as PM |url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-constituency-hangs-in-the-balance-after-voters-look-to-cast-ballots-on-her-record-as-pm-13157398 |work=Sky News |date=2024-06-23 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> Though there were a number of major Conservative politicians, including Chancellor of the Exchequer [[Jeremy Hunt]] (who subsequently retained his seat) who were considered at risk of losing their seats in 2024, Truss was the only former prime minister standing in the election and it was believed her defeat could be "the ultimate [[Portillo moment]]".<ref name="observer 10 things">{{Cite news |last=Ford |first=Robert |title=Ten things to watch as the UK general election results roll in |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/30/ten-things-to-watch-as-the-uk-general-election-results-roll-in |work=The Observer |date=2024-06-30 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> South West Norfolk had been held by the Conservatives since 1964 and required a 25% swing to the Labour Party for them to lose the seat.<ref name="Politico 300624" /> |
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A [[Survation]] poll on 22 June predicted that every Conservative in the Norfolk area would lose their seat.<ref name="diss wipeout">{{Cite news |last=Storey |first=Eleanor |title=Tories could face wipeout in Norfolk, according to new poll |url=https://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/tories-could-face-wipeout-in-norfolk-according-to-new-poll-9371542/ |work=Diss Express |date=2024-06-22 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> |
A [[Survation]] poll on 22 June predicted that every Conservative in the Norfolk area would lose their seat.<ref name="diss wipeout">{{Cite news |last=Storey |first=Eleanor |title=Tories could face wipeout in Norfolk, according to new poll |url=https://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/tories-could-face-wipeout-in-norfolk-according-to-new-poll-9371542/ |work=Diss Express |date=2024-06-22 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-07-02}}</ref> |
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==Candidates== |
==Candidates== |
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Liz Truss, a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], had been the sitting MP for the constituency since 2010, having won the seat in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|the election]] that had brought the Conservatives, led by [[David Cameron]] to power for the first time since [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]. She |
Liz Truss, a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], had been the sitting MP for the constituency since 2010, having won the seat in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|the election]] that had brought the Conservatives, led by [[David Cameron]] to power for the first time since [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]. She spent most of the subsequent years on the Conservative [[frontbench]] as a minister in the cabinets of prime ministers Cameron, [[Theresa May]], and [[Boris Johnson]], before herself becoming prime minister after winning [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|the September 2022 party leadership election to succeed Johnson]]. After [[Premiership of Liz Truss|a very brief stint]], she resigned as prime minister in October 2022 amid a government crisis in response to the [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|September 2022 mini-budget]], and thereafter sat in the Conservative [[backbench]]es. |
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[[Independent candidate]] James Bagge had been part of the local Conservative Party that had tried to stop Truss from being selected for the seat in 2009. A former [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]], Bagge was unhappy with the lack of attention Truss had given to the constituency and had resigned as [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Norfolk in January 2024 in preparation to stand against her in the forthcoming election.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eleanor |last=Storey |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24032417.turnip-talibans-james-bagge-stand-liz-truss/ |title=Turnip Taliban's James Bagge to stand against Liz Truss |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=6 January 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Walters |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-election-norfolk-b2474034.html |title=Turnip Taliban bid to unseat Liz Truss |website=Independent.co.uk |date=6 January 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 }}</ref> |
[[Independent candidate]] James Bagge had been part of the local Conservative Party that had tried to stop Truss from being selected for the seat in 2009. A former [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]], Bagge was unhappy with the lack of attention Truss had given to the constituency and had resigned as [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Norfolk in January 2024 in preparation to stand against her in the forthcoming election.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eleanor |last=Storey |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24032417.turnip-talibans-james-bagge-stand-liz-truss/ |title=Turnip Taliban's James Bagge to stand against Liz Truss |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=6 January 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Walters |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-election-norfolk-b2474034.html |title=Turnip Taliban bid to unseat Liz Truss |website=Independent.co.uk |date=6 January 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 }}</ref> |
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[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] nominee Pallavi Devulapalli was a councillor on [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council]], a [[general practitioner|GP]] and her party's national spokesperson on health.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> |
[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] nominee Pallavi Devulapalli was a councillor on [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council]], a [[general practitioner|GP]] and her party's national spokesperson on health.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> |
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Toby McKenzie, the nominee for [[Reform UK]] was a former teacher.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> |
Toby McKenzie, the nominee for [[Reform UK]], was a former teacher.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> |
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[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] nominee Josie Ratcliffe was a councillor for Downham East on King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and had stood for her party in the same constituency for the 2019 general election.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref> |
[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] nominee, Josie Ratcliffe was a councillor for Downham East on King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and had stood for her party in the same constituency for the 2019 general election.<ref name="BBC 180624" /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref> |
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== Campaign == |
== Campaign == |
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An election took place in the East Anglia constituency of South West Norfolk on 4 July 2024, as part of the 2024 general election. Liz Truss, the shortest serving British prime minister in history, was standing for re-election as MP. On 2 July, a national poll of voters by Portland Communications had showed that Truss was the politician most people (28%) wanted to see lose their seat.[1]
Truss lost her seat with a 43.7% fall in the Conservative vote share, despite having won 69% of the vote at the previous election; The Spectator labelled the result the "Portillo moment" of the year.[2]
Background
Truss had been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. At the 2019 general election she achieved a majority of 26,195 over her nearest rival,[3] making it the 11th safest Conservative seat in the country.[4] Serving as Prime Minister for only 49 days in 2022, Truss's tenure caused chaos in the financial markets.[3] South West Norfolk elected a Labour MP for the first time in the landslide of 1945, like most of the seats in Norfolk.[5] Since 1964 it had been a Conservative constituency.
Before the election there was speculation that Truss might lose the seat.[6] Though there were a number of major Conservative politicians, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (who subsequently retained his seat) who were considered at risk of losing their seats in 2024, Truss was the only former prime minister standing in the election and it was believed her defeat could be "the ultimate Portillo moment".[7] South West Norfolk had been held by the Conservatives since 1964 and required a 25% swing to the Labour Party for them to lose the seat.[4]
A Survation poll on 22 June predicted that every Conservative in the Norfolk area would lose their seat.[8]
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Liz Truss, a Conservative, had been the sitting MP for the constituency since 2010, having won the seat in the election that had brought the Conservatives, led by David Cameron to power for the first time since 1997. She spent most of the subsequent years on the Conservative frontbench as a minister in the cabinets of prime ministers Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson, before herself becoming prime minister after winning the September 2022 party leadership election to succeed Johnson. After a very brief stint, she resigned as prime minister in October 2022 amid a government crisis in response to the September 2022 mini-budget, and thereafter sat in the Conservative backbenches.
Independent candidate James Bagge had been part of the local Conservative Party that had tried to stop Truss from being selected for the seat in 2009. A former High Sheriff of Norfolk, Bagge was unhappy with the lack of attention Truss had given to the constituency and had resigned as Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk in January 2024 in preparation to stand against her in the forthcoming election.[9][10]
Terry Jermy, the Labour Party nominee, was a councillor for Thetford on Breckland District Council and Norfolk County Council.[3]
Green Party nominee Pallavi Devulapalli was a councillor on King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council, a GP and her party's national spokesperson on health.[3]
Toby McKenzie, the nominee for Reform UK, was a former teacher.[3]
Liberal Democrat nominee, Josie Ratcliffe was a councillor for Downham East on King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and had stood for her party in the same constituency for the 2019 general election.[3] [11]
Campaign
When the election was announced, Truss listed her local achievements in a Facebook post, including securing £20 million of regeneration funding for the town of Thetford.[12] She went to the constituency to campaign in person and, as a former prime minister, was accompanied by close protection officers.[3] She visited a number of towns and villages in the constituency, also attending a D-Day commemoration event in Pickenham.[13] She avoided the one hustings event that took place.[14]
The other candidates tried to make the election into a referendum about Truss's record. They argued that Truss had spent little time on constituency issues and had been a poor constituency MP. A spokesperson for Truss pointed out she held constituency surgeries, but did not advertise them for security reasons.[6]
Jermy received little support from the national Labour Party campaign and had to raise £15,000 for his local campaign via crowdfunding.[14]
Bagge launched his campaign, as a "moderate" Independent candidate, on the same date in April 2024 that Truss launched her latest book Ten Years to Save the West.[14] He received endorsements from former Conservative ministers David Gauke and Rory Stewart. Former minister Dominic Grieve campaigned in the constituency with him.[14]
McKenzie could only campaign for Reform at the weekends because he had a full-time job. He said he was realistically hoping to raise the profile of Reform in the constituency.[15]
As of 30 June, there were mixed reports about the likely result. A polling prediction by the Financial Times showed that Labour could beat the Conservatives into second place by a small 1.7% margin, with 32.1% of the vote.[4][16] Many voters were unenthusiastic or undecided. Though Bagge was unlikely to win the seat as an Independent, it was felt that the traditional Conservative vote might be split, allowing the Labour candidate to win.[4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 11,847 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Liz Truss | 11,217 | 25.3 | ||
Reform UK | Toby McKenzie | 9,958 | 22.4 | ||
Independent | James Bagge | 6,282 | 14.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Josie Ratcliffe | 2,618 | 5.9 | ||
Green | Pallavi Devulapalli | 1,838 | 4.1 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Earl Elvis of East Anglia | 338 | 0.8 | ||
Heritage | Gary Conway | 160 | 0.4 | ||
Communist | Lorraine Douglas | 77 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 630 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 44,335 | 59.3 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
South West Norfolk was the final result to be declared in Norfolk and Truss arrived at the count on Friday morning with only seconds to spare,[18] to a slow hand clap from the people assembled in the sports hall where the count was announced.[19] She lost the seat to Labour by 630 votes and did not give a concession speech,[20] though she gave a short interview to the BBC reporter before she left.[19] The Spectator magazine labelled the result the "Portillo moment" of the year.[2]
References
- ^ Schofield, Kevin (2 July 2024). "Exclusive: Voters Want Liz Truss To Be This Election's 'Michael Portillo Moment'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ a b Steerpike (5 July 2024). "Watch: Liz Truss loses her seat". The Spectator. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Worden, Clare (18 June 2024). "Liz Truss: 'People surprised to see me on doorstep'". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Bristow, Tom (30 June 2024). "Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election". Politico. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "General Election: Battle heats up in South Norfolk". BBC News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ a b McCaffrey, Darren (23 June 2024). "Liz Truss' constituency hangs in the balance after voters look to cast ballots on her record as PM". Sky News. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Ford, Robert (30 June 2024). "Ten things to watch as the UK general election results roll in". The Observer. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Storey, Eleanor (22 June 2024). "Tories could face wipeout in Norfolk, according to new poll". Diss Express. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Storey, Eleanor (6 January 2024). "Turnip Taliban's James Bagge to stand against Liz Truss". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Walters, Simon (6 January 2024). "Turnip Taliban bid to unseat Liz Truss". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Bardsley, Daniel (30 May 2024). "With her reputation battered, can 49-day prime minister Liz Truss win another term as MP?". The National UK. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Johnston, Kris (30 June 2024). "General election 2024: Liz Truss insists she is 'not complacent' ahead of South West Norfolk vote". Fenland Citizen. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Ben, Riley-Smith (2 July 2024). "The unlikely revolutionary hoping to unseat Liz Truss". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Kris, Johnston (28 June 2024). "Election Exclusives: Reform UK candidate Toby McKenzie 'in it to win it' against Liz Truss in South West Norfolk". Lynn News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Predict the UK general election result - South West Norfolk". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "South West Norfolk results". BBC News. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Truss loses seat on bruising night for Tories in Norfolk". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b Atkins, Ros (8 July 2024). "The Liz Truss moment: What it was like to be in the room". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Stacey, Kiran (5 July 2024). "Former Tory prime minister Liz Truss loses her seat to Labour". theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.