Liz Truss loses seat as ex-Tory leader suffers humiliating election defeat to Labour
Liz Truss has suffered a humiliating election defeat as the former Tory party leader lost her South West Norfolk seat.
Ms Truss had been the country's shortest-serving leader ever after her chaotic budget sparked a money market meltdown and a collapse in sterling.
Ms Truss secured 11,217 votes in her South West Norfolk constituency, behind the 11,847 votes for Labour candidate Terry Jermy.
In third place, Reform UK's Toby McKenzie took 9,958 votes.After she lost her seat, Ms Truss hugged allies and left the counting hall in King's Lynn without making a speech.
The ex-PM was late to the declaration, with the crowd slow clapping after seven candidates had lined up on the stage for several minutes - without Ms Truss being present.
Taking over from the scandal-ridden premiership of Boris Johnson, Ms Truss, 48, was forced to announce her resignation after just 44 days when her unfunded tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil, raising the cost of mortgages for homeowners already in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.
Ms Truss had become synonymous for many voters with the chaos and failures of Conservative government.
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