Gillian Keegan loses seat as Conservative general election disaster continues

Gillian Keegan has lost her seat on a disastrous general election night for the Conservatives.

Ms Keegan, born in Leigh and raised in Huyton, served as Education Secretary in Rishi Sunak's cabinet. She lost her Chichester seat to the Liberal Democrats with Jess Brown-Fuller taking the seat.

Ms Brown-Fuller won 25,540 votes to Ms Keegan's 13,268 in a comprehensive win for the Lib Dems. It brings Ms Keegan's seven-year stint in parliament to an end on a night which has seen many Tories already lose their seats.

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READ MORE: General election exit poll predicts historic Labour landslide

Released as voting closed at 10pm on Thursday (July 4), the exit poll predicted a landslide Labour victory. Sir Keir Starmer's party is forecast to win 410 seats to the Conservatives' 131, bringing an end to 14 years of Tory rule and returning Labour to Downing Street

If the exit poll is correct, the Conservatives will have their lowest number of MPs on record. The Liberal Democrats are forecast to win 61 seats, Reform UK 13 and the Green Party two.

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