Chancellor and defence secretary OUT and Nigel Farage IN, poll says

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has said previously he admired Russian president Vladimir Putin as a political operator (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will lose his seat to Labour, according to an exit poll. There is a 94% chance the Labour Party take Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Ipsos UK’s exit poll for Sky News, BBC and ITV News said.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt could lose his seat, an exit poll has predicted. There is an 81% chance the Liberal Democrats gain Mr Hunt’s seat in Godalming and Ash, in Surrey, according to Ipsos UK’s exit poll for Sky News, BBC and ITV News. He would be the first sitting Chancellor to ever lose his seat.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be the MP for Clacton, the exit poll suggests. It is Mr Farage’s eighth attempt to become an MP, having failed on each previous attempt.

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The exit poll by Ipsos UK for Sky News, the BBC and ITV News, said Reform UK have a likelihood of 99%-plus to gain the seat in Essex.

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