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Former Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg loses North East Somerset seat to Labour

The former minister for Brexit opportunities was first elected to the seat in 2010

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

The flamboyant hats of returning officers taking social media by storm on election night

Returning officer, Lucia Bridgeman, the High Sheriff of Northumberland, took social media by storm with her headwear

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

The 2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?

Defeats of Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss among the jaw-dropping moments of election night

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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Leading Labour figure loses seat to independent pro-Palestine candidate

Labour’s shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth, who played a prominent role in the party’s media campaign, lost his seat to an independent.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

This election has upended British politics. A strange new landscape is revealed

Tribal loyalties and political certainties are falling away, but the Conservatives have been felled by a determined coalition, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to 'rebuild Britain' and restore trust in politics after Labour landslide

Sir Keir said the country could ‘move forward together’ as Labour took office following 14 years of Conservative rule

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Green party quadruples its number of Commons seats to four

Co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay each win seat as Siân Berry holds Brighton Pavilion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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Keir Starmer hails ‘sunlight of hope’ as Britain wakes up to Labour landslide

Labour leader promises ‘age of national renewal’ in which his government will ‘start to rebuild our country’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Nigel Farage elected Westminster MP at the eighth attempt as Reform UK leader wins Clacton

Reform UK leader comfortably beats Conservative incumbent Giles Watling with 21,225 votes - a majority of 8,405

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

UK general election 2024: five key points

Keir Starmer’s Labour is heading for power with a large majority as voters punish Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Wipeout for Tories in Wales as Labour takes 27 of 32 seats

Results with echoes of 1997 leave Plaid Cymru on four MPs and Lib Dems on one, but Conservatives with none

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Stephen Flynn says SNP 'must listen' as he holds on to seat amid heavy losses

STEPHEN Flynn has held his seat against a challenge from a Labour candidate who admitted to helping the Tory campaign against the SNP in 2019.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington seat as independent MP after being expelled from Labour

Jeremy Corbyn won the seat as an independent with 24,120 votes compared to Labour’s 16,834 votes

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Nigel Farage wins Clacton seat as Reform UK makes huge gains

Lee Anderson and Richard Tice have also been elected MPs as millions voted for the right-wing party

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps among record 11 ministers to lose seats in cull of top Tories

Defence Secretary Shapps has lost to Labour in Welwyn Hatfield while Justice Secretary Chalk was defeated in Cheltenham to Liberal Democrat candidate Max Wilkinson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

George Galloway loses Rochdale seat to Labour’s Paul Waugh

Workers party leader removed from Commons seat he had won in February byelection dominated by Gaza war

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer holds Holborn & St Pancras as left-wing challenger comes second

Sir Keir Starmer is set to become the next prime minister, with the exit poll suggesting Labour will win more than 400 seats

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

The funny and awkward moments from general election night

From chat about chickens to an MP finding out he was about to lose his job live on air, election night viewers have once again seen the pitfalls of live TV

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The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

Labour win first Scottish seat of General Election as SNP vote share collapses

LABOUR have won the first Scottish seat of the General Election as the SNP are facing collapse across the country.

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

George Galloway loses Rochdale seat to Labour months after recent by-election win

The Workers Party of Britain leader won the seat in a February by-election, overturning a Labour majority of 9,668

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Tory infighting begins as Rishi Sunak leads party to record-breaking defeat

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps and Suella Braverman are among senior Tories with scathing assessments of party leadership

International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024

Scottish National Party Slump Could Hit Independence Aims

The Scottish National Party was forecast to suffer its worst result in a British general election since 2010 on Thursday, dealing a blow to Scotland's flagging independence movement.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

Douglas Ross admits Tories set for 'historically bad' election defeat

DOUGLAS Ross has admitted the Tories were in store for a “historically bad” election result – but insisted they were not doomed to…

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Zero MPs left for Tories in Inner London in historic wipeout but they hold onto seats in suburbs

London minister Greg Hands lost in Chelsea and Fulham

The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024

SNP figures react to 'stark' exit poll result leaving party with just 10 seats

SNP figures have reacted to the results of the exit poll, which predicted that the party will win just 10 seats in Scotland and lose their status…

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