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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Grant | 979 | |||
Labour | David Picton | 899 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Ellison | 537 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Truss | 495 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Broad | 311 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Richardson | 230 | |||
Turnout | 3,451 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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. Stiles | 1,503 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey E. Brighty | 1,491 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth M. Truss | 1,360 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael W. Smart | 798 | 18.9 | ||
UKIP | Jeremy C. Elms | 145 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,662 | 39.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eileen Glover | 1,668 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Peter King | 1,611 | |||
Conservative | Liz Truss | 1,443 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Pattenden | 1,386 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Lewis | 1,284 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elliot Shubert | 1,168 | |||
Labour | John Littlefield | 720 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | Terence Malone | 693 | |||
Labour | John Twidale | 667 | |||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 23,036 | 65.4 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Liz Truss | 7,400 | 21.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Waller | 3,990 | 11.3 | +2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Turek | 801 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 15,636 | 44.4 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,227 | 51.8 | −16.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine McCafferty | 18,426 | 38.6 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Liz Truss | 17,059 | 35.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Ingleton | 9,027 | 18.9 | +2.9 | |
BNP | John Gregory | 1,887 | 4.0 | New | |
Green | Paul Palmer | 1,371 | 2.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,367 | 2.9 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,770 | 67.0 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Liz Truss | 23,753 | 48.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gordon | 10,613 | 21.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 9,119 | 18.6 | −11.4 | |
UKIP | Kay Hipsey [6] | 3,061 | 6.2 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Dennis Pearce [7] | 1,774 | 3.6 | New | |
Green | Lori Allen | 830 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 13,140 | 26.7 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,150 | 66.2 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Liz Truss [9] | 25,515 | 50.9 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Paul Smyth [10] | 11,654 | 23.3 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Peter Smith [9] | 8,649 | 17.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Moss-Eccardt [11] | 2,217 | 4.4 | −17.2 | |
Green | Sandra Walmsley [12] | 2,075 | 4.1 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 13,861 | 27.6 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,110 | 65.1 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Liz Truss [9] | 32,894 | 62.8 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Peter Smith [9] | 14,582 | 27.8 | +10.5 | |
UKIP | David Williams | 2,575 | 4.9 | −18.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gordon | 2,365 | 4.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 18,312 | 35.0 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,416 | 67.3 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Liz Truss | 35,507 | 69.0 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Emily Blake | 9,312 | 18.1 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josie Ratcliffe | 4,166 | 8.1 | +3.6 | |
Green | Pallavi Devulapalli | 1,645 | 3.2 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Earl Elvis of Outwell | 836 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 26,195 | 50.9 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,466 | 65.6 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 |
Candidate | MPs' 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] | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | % | % Votes cast | |
Liz Truss | 50 | 14.0 | 64 | +14 | 17.9 | 71 | +7 | 19.8 | 86 | +15 | 24.1 | 113 | +27 | 31.6 | 81,326 | 47.2 | 57.4 |
Rishi Sunak | 88 | 24.6 | 101 | +13 | 28.2 | 115 | +14 | 32.1 | 118 | +3 | 33.1 | 137 | +19 | 38.3 | 60,399 | 35.0 | 42.6 |
Penny Mordaunt | 67 | 18.7 | 83 | +16 | 23.2 | 82 | −1 | 22.9 | 92 | +10 | 25.8 | 105 | +13 | 29.3 | Eliminated | ||
Kemi Badenoch | 40 | 11.2 | 49 | +9 | 13.7 | 58 | +9 | 16.2 | 59 | +1 | 16.5 | Eliminated | |||||
Tom Tugendhat | 37 | 10.3 | 32 | −5 | 8.9 | 31 | −1 | 8.7 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Suella Braverman | 32 | 8.9 | 27 | −5 | 7.5 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Nadhim Zahawi | 25 | 7.0 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Hunt | 18 | 5.0 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
Votes cast [rounding 1] | 357 | 99.7 | 356 | −1 | 99.4 | 357 | +1 | 99.7 | 355 | −2 | 99.4 | 355 | 0 | 99.2 | 141,725 | 82.2 | 100 |
Spoilt ballots | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | +1 | 0.3 | 2 | +1 | 0.6 | 654 | 0.4 | |
Abstentions | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | +1 | 0.6 | 1 | −1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 30,058 | 17.4 | |
Registered voters | 358 | 100.0 | 358 | 0 | 100.0 | 358 | 0 | 100.0 | 357 | −1 | 100.0 | 358 | +1 | 100.0 | 172,437 | 100.0 |
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