All the top Conservatives who lost their seats in the general election

Cathy Owen & Ruth Mosalski

5 July 2024 at 2:50 am·3-min read

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

Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised to Conservative candidates who have lost their seats after admitting it had been a "difficult night". He held onto his own Richmond and Northallerton constituency, but Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and former minister Jacob Rees-Mogg are among senior Tories to have lost their seats.

Tory leadership challenger Suella Braverman also said she was sorry for her party's record in government, suggesting it had not listened enough to the electorate. Elsewhere, former justice Sir Robert Buckland warned that a lurch to the right would be "disastrous" for the party after he lost his Swindon South seat.

In Wales, Chief Whip Simon Hart - who is in charge of overall party discipline - lost to Plaid Cymru in Caerfyrddin as the Tories lost all their seats in Wales.

Speaking at Northallerton leisure centre after his result came in, Mr Sunak said: "The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight, there is much to learn and I take responsibility for the loss. To the many good, hard-working Conservative candidates who lost tonight, despite their tireless efforts, their local records and delivery, and their dedication to their communities. I am sorry."

The Prime Minister held onto his seat with a nearly 13,000 majority over his nearest rival, Labour's Tom Wilson, but conceded defeat for the Tories amid crushing results elsewhere for the party.

Among the Cabinet ministers to lose their seats overnight were Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt to Labour, and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to the Liberal Democrats.

Jeremy Hunt won the Godalming and Ash seat in Surrey despite a threat from the Liberal Democrats, and former home secretary Suella Braverman, elected to the new constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville, held onto her seat.

Former prime minister Liz Truss said the Tories had not "delivered sufficiently" on voters' priorities including curbing immigration.

Ms Truss did not give a speech after losing her Norfolk South West seat to Labour. But she told the BBC: "I think the issue we faced as Conservatives is we haven't delivered sufficiently on the policies people want.

"And that means keeping taxes low, but also particularly on reducing immigration. And I think that's been a crucial issue here in South West Norfolk, that was the number one issue that people raised on the doorstep with me."

Here are the all the top Conservatives who have lost their seats.

Rishi Sunak's cabinet:

Grant Schapps (Welwyn Hatfield)

Secretary of state for defence

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham)

Lord Chancellor and secretary of state for justice

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North)

Leader of the House of Commons

Gillian Keegan (Chichester)

Secretary of state for education

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth Moor View)

Minister for Veterans' Affairs

David TC Davies (Monmouthshire)

Secretary of state for Wales

Simon Hart (Caerfyrddin)

Chief whip

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean)

Secretary of state for transport

Lucy Frazer (Ely and East Cambridgeshire)

Culture Secretary

Michelle Donelan (Melksham and Devizes)

Secretary of state for science, innovation and technology

Victoria Prentis (Banbury)

Attorney General

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole)

Minister for illegal migration

Other key Conservatives:

Liz Truss (Norfolk South West)

Jacob Rees Mogg (North-East Somerset & Hanham)

Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)

Liam Fox (North Somerset)

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