Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses South West Norfolk seat

Will Durrant, PA & Ashlea Hickin

5 July 2024 at 4:08 am·1-min read

Former prime minister Liz Truss has lost her Norfolk South West seat — -Credit: (Image: PA)

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has lost her seat in South West Norfolk in one of the biggest shocks of the election. Labour's Terry Jermy won the seat with a majority of 630 votes. He received 11,847 votes compared to Truss' 11,217.

Truss was Prime Minister for just 44 days in 2022 and resigned after her disastrous mini-budget. She previously won the seat with a huge majority of 26,195 in 2019.

A crowd at the King’s Lynn counting centre began slow hand clapping as seven candidates lined up on the stage for several minutes – until Ms Truss appeared on the stage without a blue rosette. Truss did not give a speech after her loss was announced. She swiftly left the counting room and left without talking to any members of the press.

The full results are as follows:

Terry Jermy (Labour) - 11,847

Liz Truss ( Conservatives ) - 11,217

Toby McKenzie (Reform UK) - 9,958

James Bagge (Independent) - 6,282

Josie Radcliffe ( Liberal Democrats ) - 2,618

Pallavi Devulapalli (Green Party) - 1,838

Earl Elvis of East Anglia (Monster Raving Looney Party) - 338

Gary Conway (Heritage Party) - 160

Lorraine Douglas (Communist Party of Britain) - 77

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