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Rishi Sunak
personRishi Sunak led the Conservatives to their worst-ever election result. Penny Mordaunt, Grant Shapps, David TC Davies, Mark Harper, Victoria Prentis and Johnny Mercer all lost to Labour. Liz Truss and a record 11 Cabinet ministers lose their seats.
Nigel Farage
personFarage overturned a Conservative majority of 24,702 to win the Clacton seat. He was elected with 46.07% of the vote. Lee Anderson, Richard Tice and Rupert Lowe also won seats in parliament.
Grant Shapps
personEight cabinet ministers lost their seats, surpassing the previous record of seven in 1997. But several big beasts of the party have held onto their seats. Greens have enjoyed a bumper night winning five seats, adding four to their tally from 2019.
Penny Mordaunt
personSeven whips were kicked out by voters in an unprecedented turnarond by Labour. Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Therese Coffey are gone.
Keir Starmer
personLabour wins 326 out of the total 650 seats in the general election. Party takes four in five capital seats, beating Tony Blair’s record 1997 haul. First Labour government since Gordon Brown was elected as prime minister in 2007.
SNP
organizationSNP lost dozens of lawmakers as it headed for its worst result since 2010. Scottish Labour overturned almost a decade of SNP dominance in Scotland's Westminster seats. First Minister John Swinney pledged a period of ‘soul searching’
Labour
organizationLabour on course for historic super-majority of 410 seats. Tories will be reduced to 131 in their worst ever result. SNP will return just nine MPs after losing dozens of seats.
The Labour Party
organizationLabour on course for one of the biggest Commons majorities in history. Tories set to fall to 131 seats, down from 365 five years ago. Reform UK, led by populist Nigel Farage, expected to win 13 seats.
Keir Starmer
personSurvey shows Sir Keir Starmer winning 410 of the 650 seats. Would be more than Tony Blair in 1997. Tories expected to be slashed from 365 to just 131 seats. Lib Dems could get 61 and Nigel Farage's Reform insurgents predicted to have 13.
Labour Party
organizationRishi Sunak's party forecast to only take 131 seats, down from 346 when parliament was dissolved. Voters punish Conservatives for cost-of-living crisis and years of instability. Liberal Democrats could have as many as 61 representatives on the benches.
Labour
organizationMumsnet exit poll of over 4,000 users sees Sir Keir Starmer's party predicted for 49% of the votes and Ed Davey's crew second with 17% UK general election 2024 LIVE. Labour is on course to take 410 of the 650 available seats, a majority of 170. Conservatives are expected to win just 131 seats, with the Lib Dems on 61 and Reform UK on 13.
Gavin Plumb
personGavin Plumb, 37, of Harlow, Essex, found guilty of soliciting murder and inciting rape and kidnap. Security guard had already purchased a "kidnap kit" with shackles and chloroform. Plumb tried to kidnap two air hostesses off a train in 2006 and in 2008 he attempted to falsely imprison two 16-year-old girls.
The Labour Party
organizationUK election exit poll forecasts Labour majority of 170. Keir Starmer predicted to be Britain's next prime minister. Conservatives forecast to win fewest seats in party's history.
Rebecca Joynes
personRebecca Joynes, 30, of Thingwall, Wirral, groomed the youngsters from the age of 15. She fell pregnant by a 16-year-old pupil while on bail for having an inappropriate relationship with another. Judge berated her for 'exploiting' her job for'sexual gratification' Bodycam footage of her arrest shows her looking gobsmacked.
Labour Party
organizationLabour on course to win general election by a record landslide, two major polls suggest. YouGov’s final poll forecast a ‘historic election victory’ for the centre-left party. Survey of 34,558 and constituency-level modelling suggested it is “99% certain’ Labour will secure more than the 418 seats won in 1997.
Emma Raducanu
personEmma Raducanu beat Elise Mertens 6-1, 6-2 in the second round. The 21-year-old is in the third round for the first time since 2021. British wildcard received a wildcard to the tournament. She beat lucky loser Renata Zarazua in the opening round.
The White House
organizationThe White House is in a state of complete turmoil following Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance last Thursday. Many of his own aides are worried about his mental fitness, and angry about what they see as a lack of candor from Biden's senior aides. Only 10 percent of respondents said they believed a cold was to blame, rejecting the official White House explanation.
Mark Cavendish
personMark Cavendish beats Eddy Merckx's Tour de France record. The 39-year-old won his 35th stage on Wednesday's run-in to Saint-Vulbas. The Manx Missile has been eyeing the record ever since he equaled the Belgian's 34 stage wins during the 2021 edition.
Lucy Letby
personLucy Letby, 34, tried to kill a baby girl known as Child K in February 2016. Letby struck after the infant was moved from the delivery room to the neo-natal unit. She is already serving 14 whole life terms for the seven murders and seven attempted murders.
Rudy Giuliani
personThe New York State Bar suspended Rudy Giuliani's license on Tuesday. A panel of five judges cited Giuliani's litany of false statements, allegations of misconduct, and his involvement in the Trump campaign's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Earlier this year, Giuliani was temporarily disbarred in D.C.