Liz Truss loses South West Norfolk seat and 'goes missing' before result
Former PM Liz Truss previously enjoyed a majority of more than 26,000 votes in her South West Norfolk constituency.
Election 2024: Liz Truss loses her seat in Norfolk South West
Liz Truss has been ousted from her South West Norfolk seat after "going missing" at her election count.
The former prime minister, who was in power for just 49 days and was Britain's shortest-serving leader of all time, was defending a Tory majority of more than 26,000 votes in the rural seat in the eastern England.
She has represented the constituency in the House of Commons since 2010, but this time round faced her strongest challenge yet.
The announcement of the results was paused as officials tried to find the former MP, who lost out to Labour's Terry Jermy.
Candidates stood on the stage ready and waiting for the results to be read, but Ms Truss was nowhere to be found.
As they waited, a member of the audience let off a very slow hand clap. Finally, Ms Truss returned to the stage at 6.45am to hear she had lost by about 600 votes.
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She received 11,217 votes, while Mr Jermy got 11,847.
Independent James Bagge received 6,282 votes and Reform UK's Toby McKenzie got 9,958.
