Defeats of Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss among the jaw-dropping moments of election night
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Michael Portillo’s election defeat in 1997, unseated on a swing of 17.4 percentage points shortly after 3am on 2 May that year, has become synonymous with the shock moment that a major political big beast loses their seat. But following a landslide victory for Labour in the 2024 general election, the “Portillo moments” started coming thick and fast. Who are the major figures who have lost their seats in the 2024 general election?
As of 7am on Friday, eight cabinet ministers had lost their seats, including:
Penny Mordaunt, leader of the Commons
Alex Chalk, the justice secretary
Grant Shapps, the defence secretary
Gillian Keegan, the education secretary
David TC Davies, the Welsh secretary
Michelle Donelan, the science secretary
Lucy Frazer, the culture secretary
Mark Harper, the transport secretary
Johnny Mercer, the veterans minister
Simon Hart, the chief whip
Victoria Prentis, the attorney general
Michael Tomlinson, illegal immigration minister
