Electoral history of Liz Truss

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Liz Truss , the Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk since 2010 who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022, making her the shortest serving Prime Minister in history. Truss previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2022.

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Council elections

1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Grant 979
Labour David Picton 899
Conservative Douglas Ellison537
Conservative Elizabeth Truss 495
Liberal Democrats Shirley Broad311
Liberal Democrats David Richardson230
Turnout 3,451
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2002 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Blackheath Westcombe

Blackheath Westcombe (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander H.W. Grant 1,776 42.0
Labour Annie P. Keys 1,539
Conservative Hugh R. Harris 1,507 35.7
Labour Matthew A.V. Stiles1,503
Conservative Geoffrey E. Brighty1,491
Conservative Elizabeth M. Truss 1,360
Liberal Democrats Michael W. Smart79818.9
UKIP Jeremy C. Elms1453.4
Turnout 3,66239.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

2006 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Eltham South

Eltham South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Glover 1,668 44.2
Conservative Peter King 1,611
Conservative Liz Truss 1,443
Liberal Democrats Mark Pattenden1,38636.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Lewis1,284
Liberal Democrats Elliot Shubert1,168
Labour John Littlefield72019.1
Labour Terence Malone693
Labour John Twidale667
Turnout 40.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Parliamentary elections

2001 general election, Hemsworth

General election 2001: Hemsworth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Trickett 23,036 65.4 −5.2
Conservative Liz Truss 7,40021.0+3.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Waller3,99011.3+2.4
Socialist Labour Paul Turek8012.3New
Majority15,63644.4-8.4
Turnout 35,22751.8−16.1
Labour hold Swing -4.2

2005 general election, Calder Valley

General election 2005: Calder Valley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine McCafferty 18,426 38.6 −4.1
Conservative Liz Truss 17,05935.7−0.5
Liberal Democrats Liz Ingleton9,02718.9+2.9
BNP John Gregory1,8874.0New
Green Paul Palmer1,3712.9+0.7
Majority1,3672.9−3.6
Turnout 47,77067.0+4.0
Labour hold Swing −1.8

2010 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2010: South West Norfolk [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Truss 23,753 48.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gordon10,61321.6+2.4
Labour Peter Smith9,11918.6−11.4
UKIP Kay Hipsey [6] 3,0616.2+1.5
BNP Dennis Pearce [7] 1,7743.6New
Green Lori Allen8301.7New
Majority13,14026.7+8.5
Turnout 49,15066.2+4.1
Conservative hold Swing

2015 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2015: South West Norfolk [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Truss [9] 25,515 50.9 +2.6
UKIP Paul Smyth [10] 11,65423.3+17.1
Labour Peter Smith [9] 8,64917.3−1.3
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moss-Eccardt [11] 2,2174.4−17.2
Green Sandra Walmsley [12] 2,0754.1+2.4
Majority13,86127.6+0.9
Turnout 50,11065.1−1.1
Conservative hold Swing -7.2

2017 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2017: South West Norfolk [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Truss [9] 32,894 62.8 +11.9
Labour Peter Smith [9] 14,58227.8+10.5
UKIP David Williams2,5754.9−18.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gordon2,3654.5+0.1
Majority18,31235.0+7.4
Turnout 52,41667.3+2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.7

2019 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2019: South West Norfolk [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Truss 35,507 69.0 +6.2
Labour Emily Blake9,31218.1−9.7
Liberal Democrats Josie Ratcliffe4,1668.1+3.6
Green Pallavi Devulapalli1,6453.2New
Monster Raving Loony Earl Elvis of Outwell8361.6New
Majority26,19550.9+15.9
Turnout 51,46665.6−1.7
Conservative hold Swing +8.0

2022 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateMPs' 1st ballot:
13 July 2022 [14] [15] 		MPs' 2nd ballot:
14 July 2022 [16] [15] 		MPs' 3rd ballot:
18 July 2022 [17] [15] 		MPs' 4th ballot:
19 July 2022 [18] [15] 		MPs' 5th ballot:
20 July 2022 [19] [15] 		Members' vote
22 July to 2 September 2022 [20] [21] [22]
Votes%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes%% Votes cast
Liz Truss 5014.064+1417.971+719.886+1524.1113+2731.681,32647.257.4
Rishi Sunak 8824.6101+1328.2115+1432.1118+333.1137+1938.360,39935.042.6
Penny Mordaunt 6718.783+1623.282−122.992+1025.8105+1329.3Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch 4011.249+913.758+916.259+116.5Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 3710.332−58.931−18.7Eliminated
Suella Braverman 328.927−57.5Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi 257.0Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt 185.0Eliminated
Votes cast [rounding 1] 35799.7356−199.4357+199.7355−299.4355099.2141,72582.2100
Spoilt ballots 00.0000.0000.01+10.32+10.66540.4
Abstentions 10.32+10.61−10.3100.3100.330,05817.4
Registered voters358100.03580100.03580100.0357−1100.0358+1100.0172,437100.0

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

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