UK general election 2024: the Tory 'big beasts' who lost their seats

After a landslide victory for Labour in the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak has accepted responsibility for the record-breaking Tory defeat - which saw Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss unseated. We take a look at the major figures who have lost their seats.
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[@Leo-dw4fx]

The whole conservative manifesto was 'Labour is worse than us'. That is not winning manifesto, that is fear mongering/gaslighting. They truly deserved this results.

[@tonywoodhouse6988]

But wasn't the Labour manifesto just we need "Change". Nothing about what those changes are actually going to be. Only time will tell.

[@lukasmadrid1945]

​@@tonywoodhouse6988agreed, labour recived less votes for this huge majority than they did for the loss in 2019. Secondary parties were the biggest winners in this election imo

[@cleanerben9636]

well it worked for all of last decade but there comes a point where just being not as bad doesn't anymore.

[@realistic1730]

They did deserve to lose. But this is the one time the Conservatives spoke the truth..... Labour are worse than Conservatives which just goes to show how bad Labour will be. Never underestimate the ability of socialists to mess things up. Neither party is capable of addressing the issues the majority of the country lmow we are facing.

[@lukasmadrid1945]

@@realistic1730 imagine believing the labour party is socialist

[@sepiae]

Gosh, the relief over the prospect of not having to constantly see Rees-Mogg's face in the news anymore...

[@Jon-xw9om]

"I find it uplifting", to quote JRM himself.

[@byc1013]

Grant was and is far worse

[@paulleverton9569]

Pretty sure we'll see him even more as he reads the news. Didn't he already work for G B News before he lost his seat? And parasite Farage just won an award for presenting....?!?!? A constituency to run as an MP, a department of government to run as a Cabinet Minister BUT has enough free time to also become a news reader??? I thought the average MP had to work seven 18 hour days just to keep a lid on things?

[@ShiftyGeeza]

Unless you're watching GB News in which case Moggs mug will be featured there 24/7 now.

[@heathermcdougall8023]

It's called democracy. There are many MP's people on both sides people hate, but debate in a democracy is crucial.

[@user-zj5ss1dg3r]

Jacob Rees Mogg. So glad to see him go into the wilderness.

[@toxln]

He'll be harping from the sidelines like Farage has been doing for years, not having any responsibility or integrity to the truth.

[@nahimwazir1616]

Your pleasure is shared.

[@juliesheard2122]

He'll be just fine and dandy. He won't be having to visit a food bank.

[@mbrackeva]

@@juliesheard2122 And if not, he can always become a butler. He already dresses as one.

[@tara1941]

Self destruction no sympathy he should have got off the fence and joined the REFORM PARTY .

[@michaelflinn7784]

Finally we have a benefit of Brexit. Goodbye Tories

[@perlaarrebatada9726]

Well... yes...at least one benefit

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

That's a benefit of democracy, there hasn't & never will be any brexit benefits.

[@tomhodgson3626]

well done to the former tory mps that actually spoke and congratulated their predecessors

[@chitahitsu4743]

unlike some lettuces i could mention

[@EzraMerr]

Successors*

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Gj for the bear minimum

[@tomhodgson3626]

@@EzraMerr yeh, my bad

[@norandomness]

Such a low standard This is the colonial mothership The least their drones can do is respect the script

[@mup_pet]

Grrr, I can't seem to find any footage of Therese Coffey being booted out. I was singing and dancing when I heard; she was one of the most callous creatures in that joke of a party.

[@TheRealist2022]

Shapps has always been useless...goodness knows why anyone put him in to a ministerial position. Glad he's gone.

[@sphinx1017]

So pleased Mogg is out, gone and flushed away.

[@meilong2338]

Down the toilet of history and the toilet of brexit

[@paulbats6996]

He may be a floater..... 😮

[@Broadswords]

Deluded thinking they were a success, fail and you’re sacked simple. How Hunt survived is beyond reason.

[@marialanchester8180]

Little Harry Potter gone, 😌

[@ascgazz]

@@marialanchester8180 woooo

[@RodFleming-World]

The Tories had two jobs: make a clean break with the EU and put an end to immigration. They failed to do either. This may be a disaster but it's one they brought on themselves.

[@sammckinstry]

Yes, and one or two wee erors in the privatisation department, don't you think? Energy, Water, Trains, Post. Not one worth a docken, except to shahreholders, for which the rest of us have suffered long and much.

[@vincetownsend2514]

Two jobs? Is that why they didn't bother with the NHS, education, social care, house prices and the rest of the crises? Two jobs my a**e.

[@RodFleming-World]

@@vincetownsend2514 those items did not influence the Tory vote. Immigration and Europe did.

[@MauraNolan-ky7xr]

I can’t understand how Badenoch and bravemann still in parliament what is Wrong with the voters?.

[@kwanchan6745]

I also don't understand what arrogance goes through the mind of truss the whole country hates her for what she has done...how does she think she would get re-election ? the weasels like gove knew the gig was up and he wasn't even responsible for the economic meltdown

[@grahamkemp5102]

Too many of their constituents are in all probability anti immigration. If they hadn't voted Tory they would have again in all probability voted reform.😢

[@liamcollett4537]

Democracy is never wrong

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@kwanchan6745All of the candidates find out the results ahead of the returning officer‘s declaration, so she essentially delayed proceedings by turning up late just to stand awkwardly with an unreadable expression at the end of the stage before losing and exiting into the abyss.

[@hishamg]

They’re in ultra safe Tory seats where you only have to wear a blue rosette to win.

[@juliesheard2122]

The tories have broken tjis country. Labour have a huge job now to put right the foul mess they inherit.

[@mightyfinejonboy]

15 years from now the same thing will happen, there is no pressure to perform.

[@fahmad7194]

All well deserved defeats

[@donnaspeer2760]

I actually thought the Tories would have lost more seats.

[@isaacwillis8618]

Same here, I was expecting the lib Dems to be opposition but the Tories getting the amount of seats they did was shocking

[@jaijai5250]

@@isaacwillis8618I suppose some people are so wealthy that they can still vote Tory; and having a Tory government isn’t detrimental to their overall health and wellbeing.

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

I’m not particularly excited about the Labour victory but I’m delighted to see the back of the tories. And what a real bonus that Mogg and Truss in particular lost. I’m so so happy they lost.

[@shorelineboy]

When are the media going to mention how well Jeremy Corbyn did. Well done Jeremy

[@heathermcdougall8023]

Although I deeply disagree with Corbyn's policies and political outlook, I admit to finding him personally very likeable.

[@supertubemind]

Independent, Jeremy Corbyn Votes 24,120 Share 49.2% Share change +49.2 Labour, Praful Nargund Votes 16,873 Share 34.4% Share change -29.9 Popular vote Starmer 2024 9,660,081 Corbyn 2019 10,269,051 Starmer did not win this election, the Tories lost it.

[@jaijai5250]

They never will. Neither will they mention Diane Abbots huge win. Can’t believe people still receive most of their news and information from the mainstream.

[@robertjamesstove]

The BBC gave him quite a lot of coverage when it was clear that he'd managed, against the odds, to keep his seat as an independent.

[@supertubemind]

@@robertjamesstove No, they gave Corbyn scant coverage even after his win. They give far more airtime to the racist Fartage. Far too much.

[@roserose-gt4if]

Coffey finally orf to her cow field 👏🏼

[@kellypaws]

Former Prime Minister? I've had rashes that lasted longer than she was Prime Minister. And they were more useful too.

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

LOL I too have had rashes that lasted longer than she was Prime Minister XD

[@paulbats6996]

I can recommend an ointment....... for the rash AND Truss.

[@patsydf]

Take note Donald Trump and see how these proud Brits concede to the winners, it's the civilized way of behaving.

[@kevinrobb86]

WTAF?

[@Hjominbonrun]

No one talks about how the dem media and Hillary dont conceded. Accuse your enemy of that you are guilty of.

[@test-bu8sw]

Look how Biden has reacted when its pretty much a given its time for him to stand down.

[@patcatlab5832]

Trump is the True president the democracy stole his win but not this time 🎉🎉

[@chrisbremner8992]

We don't have unsolicited postal votes , drop boxes , no voter ID and electronic voting machines accessable online . He was robbed and the whole world outside the western main stream media bubble of lies knows it .

[@petermoate5412]

A lot of Famous Tories now unemployed and unemployable. Who in their right mind would give a job to Liz Truss? She is an accountant, but you would not get her to do your tax return of be incharge of the cash register at the local charity shop. Her last book showed thatperhaps she could write fantasy stories for Tory children !

[@3thinking]

Buh-bye to the haunted Victorian pencil, to the limp lettuce, and the sword carrying admiral.

[@nikoniko3058]

I enjoyed the sword carrying admiral failure the most, i dont know why, lol! I guess the thought she would be reelected because of the sword!

[@lynneforbes4420]

Especially the latter! Her cold calculating arrogance is beyond belief.

[@spongeybobify]

Most satisfying 2 minutes of my life

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

I wasn't overjoyed to see the demise of any of these parliamentarians except, of course, when I thought about Gillian Keegan. Probably the worst Education Secretary in British history. What an awful mess she has left behind...

[@tescoprimark1299]

Sunak sounds he never said “sorry” sincerely!

[@monkeyboy8424]

So much for Can't Shapps and his miracle spreadsheet.

[@RankinMsP]

We are not disappointed with yoru losses, Penny. We are just disappointed people voted Reform and still voted Tory

[@Thisisasmokescreen]

I always feel sorry for Truss. I don’t think she’s that sharp, she never really seemed to know where she was or what she was talking about. She was used. If she has any sense, she will start farming lettuces. I’d buy one.

[@Henbot]

Glad to see Moggy go though he will have no awareness or care. I had no idea Penny saw the door

[@lynneforbes4420]

Penny , another callous calculator. Very glad she’s gone.

[@johannesnicolaas]

Rees-Fogg gone.... thank you Lord...!! Or the Gods.... Or the universe!!

[@AndreaHallissey-qe4lb]

Never mind being sorry to conservative workers how about sorry to a whole country for bringing us to the state we are in.

[@EzraMerr]

That would be due to socialist policies implemented in the 1960s and 1970s; that have still not been removed , plus EU policies in affect that have stagnated UK's economy

[@kevinfalls662]

@@EzraMerr ha

[@steviedee8921]

Well done the electorate of South West Norfolk. Truss was an utterly waste of space

[@mitchyoung93]

"Forest of Dean" always cracks me up.

[@koko2bware]

Torys : We congratulate Labour on this victory, and in continuing with our Tory-Labour-Lib-Dems cabal against the ordinary people of Britain, and we promise to work together for the benefit of our masters in Davos !!

[@bereal6590]

Fanfkgtastic!! I despise truss schapps and mogg! 👍✌✊

[@ericfrewin2740]

Starmer should take note. We have had enough double talking and betrayal. Stick with your W.E.F mandate and in four years this will be the Labour party instead of the Tories.

[@tamaliaalisjahbana9354]

Thank goodness. The British people finally had the sense to throw out the likes of Reese Mogg and Truss. Praise the Lord.

[@SandraKindreich]

Keep telling yourself you did nothing wrong, Liz, now get lost

[@johannesnicolaas]

Now he has all his time for the stock exchange... what a relief.

[@barnicat]

IKR? I was so worried about how he'd be putting food on the table ...

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

After 14 years of ruling you cant blame anyone for the condition of your country

[@onehotgossip]

Yes we can, and it's not the tax payers faults. scardy cat Mps are to blame thinking of how they can fleece the public.

[@supersnakeboi]

‘Democracy is never wrong’ 14 years says otherwise

[@sheargillsparkie9588]

Liz Truss was a complete and utter debacle!

[@muhammedmunawar8583]

You forgot steve baker

[@TheCheesenChips]

Will truss still get that pm allowance? If she does then thats just wrong

[@Sam19509]

She gets her money honey because she served in the top office. Are you gonna pay for her bills and vacations.😂😂

[@chriswood7794]

Just marvellous

[@davidbosquette4798]

It was such a great night really.

[@RoofLight00]

Fabrichunt was a nice one. Glad to see he’ll be auctioning his syrups on eBay now. 😂😂😂

[@phildobson8705]

Thank f.... We saw "maximum pain woman" in action for her short premiership.😢 Imagine if she had won this election?

[@MsDeltafire]

Karma

[@Dude-etiquette]

Suala should have lost as well, she is toxic

[@leecudmore-ray6697]

Cruella

[@colinmccarthy7921]

Who will be the new Tory Leader.Could it be Suella Braverman or some one else.

[@paulbats6996]

Well if it's not Cruella, it's bound to be someone else. Derrrr

[@tadhgcronin175]

The big beasts had every chance to impress but absolutely failed.

[@rafd3593]

Best news this decade.

[@dawnwilson1529]

People's character is always highlighted in loss...

[@cage71-ho2sw]

now , many will need therapy to get rid of abuse , we have lived under the conservatives

[@jeromefitzroy]

They don’t even deserve a single seat!

[@maarifa4772]

There is not much difference between the labour and the story except their name. Just the other side of the same coin.

[@leecudmore-ray6697]

the winning side....... clearly

[@brutaluniverse8214]

You’re next republicans in America!

[@J-PoN]

These Tory tears are priceless 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MJODENG]

It’s not possible to have a foreigner as primeminister in UK 🫵

[@Cal1gula666]

I think I am most glad about Fabricnt and Moggy getting ditched.

[@horationelson2320]

The house of commons will look much better

[@methanedirigible]

Does Fabricant have to give the wig back?

[@mmmoroi]

Rees-Mogg should have abandoned ship for a life boat named Reform

[@paxundpeace9970]

We would rather leave for labour

[@paulbats6996]

Oh, that lifeboat that's full of holes. 😂

[@monkeyman4556]

May they never see that easy life again

[@winstonbrown1516]

Strictly Come Dancing..., HERE THEY COME!!!!

[@TheSeafordian]

Penny offered to help the winner get up to speed in the constituency.

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594]

😂 dizzy lizzy 🖐️

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

0:58 - The conservatives have lost it. Yea. I could have told you that. It's why I left the party.

[@perlaarrebatada9726]

Yes !!! Go away all of you !!! May, Jhonson, Truss, Sunak go away. !!!! Yeeees !

[@jaybestnz]

I'm so happy the Tories are told firmly that their behaviour has not been acceptable.

[@laurawalker6431]

Sunak has betrayed his party and staff! A disgrace! He should resign asap! He should have resigned on the spot really like David Cameron did who was truly sorry! Sunak is not sorry at all if he doesn’t resign! Horrid character!!!

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

So so happy Mogg and Truss lost. And obviously the other so called big names.

[@tuckedup]

michael fabricant looks like he's in The Yardbirds

[@jackspring7709]

They had a huge mandate and the goodwill of the country: they failed that mandate, turned their back on their voters and now starmer and his gang are in. The tories have absolutely no-one to blame but themselves.

[@lewsmith9708]

That lineup of the Tories that lost their seats lines almost perfectly with Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You." 🤣

[@SonicPhonic]

Every time I see Sunak, I think "why doesn't he wash his hair?" Now elect the "Lords".

[@daviflewis7670]

All I have to say is, Sunak does not know the word of sorry.he as presided over the worst mauling the tories have ever had.this man is deluded, not sorry.everthing about his Premiership as been a disaster.sorry does not come into his vocabulary.he as ignored all advice given to him and ignored it all. So you deserved all you got.

[@OutRAjious]

Antony Bridgen….. where the coverage of that disastrous vote???

[@lynneforbes4420]

Andrew…😢

[@Nighthawk-8050]

The people have spoken

[@robertovers1863]

therese coffey ! blimey i wonder where she will pop up next ? strictly or the jungle ? i would like to think we never ever see her again

[@carolirvine3367]

She is one of the worst, but then again, there are so many to choose from.

[@lisadsouza5061]

liss truss was a joke

[@notrut]

Glad to see the back of Grant Shapps, but Mordaunt was jilted.

[@Jeremiah59]

A new consensus is needed for the right.

[@meilong2338]

No consensus, the country has rejected brexit, the tories and Reform

[@Jeremiah59]

@@meilong2338 I'm not talking Brexit, the right wing is split.

[@gojo2194]

Too many couldn't even vote!!!

[@ascgazz]

Why do you think it would have mattered?

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Who couldn’t vote?

[@ascgazz]

@@christopherlyndsay8611 apparently lots of postal votes never arrived in time, but I don’t see what difference it would have made… really..

[@ManiacMike]

Reform handed labour the win in the majority of seats they stood

[@judithtaylor4767]

So glad Harper did not get back in the Forest of Dean is in safe hands now

[@robinreliant8888]

Holier then thou Rees-Mogg is brought back down to earth.

[@silverlakeas]

Unfortunately Jeremy Hunt kept his, ugh😭

[@S-North]

Sunak will be remembered as one of, if not, 'the' worst Prime Minister in history.

[@southernafricanboy4148]

Second that

[@ChartreuseDan]

Hard for him to compete with Truss or Johnson in that respect

[@S-North]

@@ChartreuseDan He's beaten their abysmal record 'hands down', he's left the Tory Party in an existential mess.

[@ChartreuseDan]

@@S-North Well there you go. Whatever else you can say about Sunak, at least he got the conservatives out of government

[@S-North]

@@ChartreuseDan Haha yep, his greatest achievement.

[@DavidTaylor-sz2ec]

All hail the next globalist overlord.

[@raymondraw5791]

Liz Truss was stitched up for trying to get the UK moving and supporting BREXIT.

[@jamieoliver4710]

Any major bot comments in newspapers and KZbin, she really ruffled the wrong feathers.

[@peterquennellnyc]

"Liz Truss was stitched up" Really? How? If you want to get the UK moving do the very opposite of Truss. Worldwide, leftish governments produde more growth - it's not shock therapy UK people need, its better systems, and that takes knowhow and teams.

[@jamieoliver4710]

@@peterquennellnyc she didn’t tank the economy, the Bank of England dumped pound bonds on the market sinking the value of the pound on exchanges after her budget reveal. They were scared her mini budget would not produce enough money for govt to pay back the interest on loans the govt owes to BOE. The theory is lower/less taxes actually spur economic growth and more sales (VAT etc) and that would actually make the govt more money instead of forcing everyone to pay MORE taxes for everything. This was a gamble the BOE didn’t want to take so they tanked the pound and as a result truss was ousted. There is no democracy in the Uk.

[@onehotgossip]

​​@@jamieoliver4710 believe it, they just all lie and scheme to us. Never trust the bankers and say no to digital banking

[@user-we1sv5ud3h]

No mention of ashworth wow

[@CarlosR-lh1rw]

Laughing hysterically at their loss. 😂😂😂

[@codswallop164]

Optically a funny WWE night without the wrestlers whilst the baton was passed over by the establishment. Congratulations to the banks, military industrial complex, Israel and incoming wage suppressing migrants.

[@heehee4651]

You think the migrants are gonna change your wages that much? The country is broke go after the nimbys we need to build , tax the 1% we need money we need to produce . Spending tons to deport migrants is not efficient with the amount of production we need to get out of this hole we’re in. We spend 1.8mil per asylum seeker deported to Rwanda, it’s a loss however you look at it or however you feel about migrants.

[@leecudmore-ray6697]

your name suits you

[@OnlineSafety-ng7et]

'big beasts' ?????

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

Yes big beasts. When I go to sleep, these big beasts like Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps rumble inside my wardrobe making all sorts of scary noises like hoots and roars and hisses. Then I cry for my mummy, and my mummy quickly rushes into my bedroom to see why I am crying, and then I tell my mummy that the big beasts have magically teleported inside my locked wardrobe and they are struggling to get out and eat me...Penny Mordaunt's tongue has wormed its way out of the keyhole and it is searching the room for the key, so my mummy stamps on the elongated Penny Mordaunt tongue, and then gets her wand out and sends the big beasts back to the dimension where they came from.

[@nc3802]

bye bye

[@Benjilaw2288]

So, slappy the doll from goosebumps the movie won.

[@mauricemattern3692]

well, they still have the power and the support of the capital...they will rise agian, unfortunately