Mordaunt, Rees-Mogg and Shapps among Conservative election casualties
Several high-profile Conservative MPs lost their seats in the early hours of Friday morning as the party headed towards its worst election results in history.
Election results 2024: Nigel Farage says Reform will win ‘6 million votes plus’
Nigel Farage has celebrated the exit poll’s findings, declaring Reform UK will “win many, many seats”.
Robert Buckland loses Swindon South to Labour in first Conservative loss
Sir Robert Buckland has become the first Conservative MP to lose their seat at the general election as Labour gained the constituency of Swindon South.
Exit poll: Ed Davey ‘humbled’ as Liberal Democrats forecast to win 61 seats
Ed Davey has said that he feels “humbled” by the exit poll, which predicts the Liberal Democrats will record its best results for a century.
Election 2024: Keir Starmer and Labour predicted to win 170-seat majority in exit poll
Keir Starmer is on course to secure a thumping Labour majority, according to the exit poll released at 10.00pm this evening.
Theresa May, Graham Brady and Chris Grayling among new nominees to the House of Lords
Former prime minister Theresa May, former cabinet minister Chris Grayling and senior Conservative backbencher Sir Graham Brady are among those set to receive dissolution peerages. A notice released at 9.00 pm read: “The King has been graciously pleased to signify His intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the undermentioned: Nominations […]
General election 2024: Voting gets underway as polls open
Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland opened at 7am this morning.
‘Time for a change’: The Sun endorses Labour for first time since 2005
The tabloid newspaper, which last backed the party under Sir Tony Blair, declared that it was “time for a change”.
Minister suggests he may not vote Conservative after surprise Boris Johnson speech
A serving minister has hinted he may not vote for the Conservative Party after Boris Johnson delivered a surprise campaign speech on Tuesday evening.
Stride warns of ‘extraordinary’ Labour landslide ‘the like of which we have never seen’
The Conservative Party has entered the final day of campaigning warning of a Labour landslide “the like of which we have never seen before”.
