It’s been a remarkable election night. The Tories have won a big majority in the House of Commons and stormed the so-called ‘Red Wall’ of Labour seats in the North and Midlands, which have voted red for decades. As expected after such a tumultuous election, there have been some high-profile casualties along the way.
Here are the seven biggest names to lose their seats:
Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson’s loss of her East Dunbartonshire seat will be viewed as the ultimate ‘Portillo moment’ of the 2019 election campaign, made all the more noteworthy because of Swinson’s own grand rhetoric when the election was called. Swinson started the campaign in November saying she would be the next PM. She ended it not even being able to say she was an MP. The Lib Dems underperformed this election, but in the end suffered the ultimate humiliation of losing their leader too.
Laura Pidcock
Ahead of tonight’s election result, Labour activists were said to be worried that Laura Pidcock, the Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights could lose in the Labour heartland of North West Durham.
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