Former Tory prime minister Liz Truss loses her seat to Labour

Liz Truss has lost her seat of South West Norfolk, one of the biggest Conservative losses on a disastrous night for the party.

The former prime minister, whose turbulent 45-day period in power has been blamed by many Conservatives for Thursday’s historic defeat, lost her seat to the Labour candidate, Terry Jermy.

Truss won a 26,000 majority at the 2019 election, and had not been expected to come under serious pressure at this election. However activists on the ground said they had seen relatively little of her during the campaign, despite the fact she has been the area’s MP for 14 years.

The result in South West Norfolk is likely to become an emblem of what looks set to be the Tories’ worst-ever election result, with the exit poll predicting they will win just 131 seats nationwide.