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Four MPs — Nadine Dorries, [1] [2] Nigel Adams, [3] [4] Chris Skidmore [5] (all Conservative) and Chris Pincher [6] (independent, elected as Conservative) — announced their intention not to stand again, but later resigned from Parliament before the election, and are not included in the figures below.
An election took place in the East Anglia constituency of South West Norfolk on 4 July 2024, as part of the 2024 general election. Liz Truss, the shortest-serving British prime minister in history, was standing for re-election as MP. On 2 July, in anticipation of a large Labour victory in the general election, a national poll of voters by ...
“Liz Truss joins the long line of British Prime Ministers who have failed people “We need all parties in the North to work together, stand up to the Tories & support people in a new Executive.”
A record number of Conservative MPs lost their seats at the election. Three Cabinet members stood down; eight full members and four who attended Cabinet lost their seats, the highest number of sitting cabinet seat losses in history.
Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just over six tumultuous weeks in the top job, with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the end of next week. ... Things seemed to have calmed down ...
In a sit-down interview with the BBC’s Chris Mason, she apologises for her “mistakes” and pledges to lead the Tories into the next general election. – October 18: Ms Truss survives a ...
Liz Truss has resigned as Tory leader after a chaotic 44 days in office, with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the end of next week.
After a series of MP ballots, the list of candidates was narrowed down to Liz Truss, who served as Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities under Johnson's leadership, and Rishi Sunak, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 5 July. Truss launched her bid to succeed Boris Johnson on 10 July 2022. [18]