Mr Sunak, who was beforehand MP for Richmond, has turn out to be the brand new MP for Richmond and Northallerton after modifications to the constituency boundary.

He collected 23,059 votes, profitable the seat with a majority of greater than 12,000.

On the 2019 election, Mr Sunak received with a majority of 27,000.

Has a Prime Minister ever misplaced their seat in a UK election?

Based on the Institute for Authorities web site, no incumbent (presently holding workplace) prime minister has ever misplaced his or her seat at a common election.

There have been Prime Ministers who’ve received with comparatively small majorities although, similar to Boris Johnson in 2019 who received by 7,210 votes within the Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat.

The Institute for Authorities provides: “Two prime ministers have come near dropping their seats. In December 1905, Arthur Balfour resigned as prime minister in an try and pressure an election, however the chief of the opposition, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, as a substitute fashioned a authorities and have become PM. Balfour went on to lose his constituency on the election a month later.

“Within the 1935 common election, Ramsay MacDonald was defeated, having resigned as head of the nationwide authorities not lengthy earlier than the marketing campaign began.” 

Clearly, there have been loads of instances the place the present Prime Minister has received their seat however their celebration has misplaced general.

This meant they may stay as an MP in Parliament, while most definitely resigning from the management place of their celebration.

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What would occur if a Prime Minister misplaced their seat however their celebration received?

There is no such thing as a precedent for this case occurring so it’s troublesome to say what would occur on this state of affairs.

The Cupboard Handbook says {that a} Prime Minister “will usually be the accepted chief of a political celebration that instructions nearly all of the Home of Commons”, nevertheless it doesn’t say that this have to be the case.

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The Institute for Authorities states: “Nevertheless, prime ministers are anticipated to be accountable to parliament by means of Prime Minister’s Questions, delivering statements and showing in entrance of the Liaison Committee.

“It will due to this fact not be sustainable for a primary minister to remain in workplace with out being an MP indefinitely.”

The most definitely factor that will occur is that the Prime Minister would resign, a Cupboard minister of deputy chief could be made an interim PM after which a management contest would happen inside the celebration to nominate a brand new one.

Others appear much less certain, with tensions excessive on the leisure centre as we collect exterior. Amongst those that appear maybe most excited concerning the outcomes is Sir Archibald Stanton, the candidate for the constituency’s Monster Raving Loony Celebration. I stumble upon him again within the city centre at The Buck Inn, while biding my time because the votes are being counted. He’s wearing a pink swimsuit and prime hat which is roofed with black bats. To his left, a life-size stuffed tiger, his proper, Gilly, a ventriloquist puppet and ‘our subsequent occasion chief,’ Archibald defined. The exit ballot result’s ‘no shock’ to him.

Sunak and his spouse Murty depart from the Richmond and Northallerton depend centre

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It is now simply earlier than 4 am, and the landslide victory for the Labour Celebration is beginning to type when two gray Vary Rovers edge across the nook and head for the leisure centre. It’s Rishi. ‘We’re witnessing historical past,’ says one safety guard.

Round 45 minutes later, to some shock within the room, it’s introduced Rishi has stored his seat. A collective gasp escapes from the safety guards and two cops who be a part of us as we huddle round a telephone watching the published dwell. The 2 Vary Rovers emerge from the automobile park seating Rishi who stays chief of this space of Yorkshire, however not of the UK.

It’s a fast retreat for the opposite invitation holders who’ve watched the outcomes and counted dwell. They’ve had sufficient, and so have I.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF/Grey Information) – KeKe Jabbar, star of the OWN sequence “Love & Marriage: Huntsville,” has died at age 42.

Jabbar’s demise was introduced on Tuesday in a press release from her household, which was learn by YouTuber Marcella Speaks.

The assertion learn:

“It’s with excessive unhappiness that we announce the passing of our beloved KeKe. She handed away peacefully at house surrounded in love. She was a mother, a sister and a terrific buddy, lively, love and laughter. She is going to absolutely be missed. At the moment, we’re asking for respect and privateness in our second of grief whereas we course of this nice loss.”

LaTisha Moore Scott, a solid member on the OWN actuality sequence and Jabbar’s cousin, additionally confirmed Jabbar’s demise in a Fb submit.

“At the moment we’re asking for RESPECT, and PRIVACY in our second of grief, whereas we course of this nice loss!” Scott wrote.

A explanation for demise has not but been reported.

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The senior shadow cupboard member was crushed by Shockat Adam in Leicester South, with 14,739 votes to 13,760. 

Adam’s coverage pledges included defending the NHS, standing up for world peace and justice and championing reasonably priced housing. 

Adam mentioned he would help a ceasefire in Gaza, one thing which Ashworth had did not vote for at Westminster.

READ MORE: Basic Election dwell updates: Exit ballot predicts outcomes

In the meantime in Illford North, shadow well being secretary Wes Streeting almost misplaced his seat to a different unbiased. Palestinian activist Leanne Mohamad got here inside a couple of hundred votes of the senior determine, taking 15,119 to his 15,647. Streeting’s vote share was down by 20 factors. 

In Islington North. ex-Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn devoted his victory as an unbiased to the folks of his constituency, as he loved candy success over his former occasion.

He efficiently retained his long-held seat of Islington North in London, beating his Labour rival by greater than 7000 votes.

In his victory speech, he claimed his marketing campaign had proven “what kinder, gentler and extra wise, extra inclusive politics, can result in”.

READ MORE: Basic Election tracker: Maps and charts present Scotland outcomes up to now

Later, unbiased candidate Faiza Shaheen mentioned Labour ought to be “ashamed” for letting former Tory chief Sir Iain Duncan Smith win as she accused the occasion of splitting the vote within the Chingford and Woodford Inexperienced constituency.

Shaheen, who was dropped by Labour after liking a sequence of posts on social media platform X after being accused of downplaying antisemitism allegations, got here third with 12,445 votes behind her former occasion’s consultant Shama Tatler on 12,524 votes.

“I’m so offended that the Labour Occasion has accomplished this to Chingford & Woodford Inexperienced… they’ve returned Iain Duncan Smith to Westminster and ought to be ashamed,” she posted to X.

“Our vote was a mix of these appalled by how I used to be handled, those that took challenge with having an imposed candidate who didn’t know us, those that have been by no means going to vote Labour after Starmer’s stance on Gaza, and those who have by no means voted earlier than.

“Labour cut up the vote the second they deselected me.”

 

The Shadow Paymaster Normal Jonathan Ashworth has misplaced his Leicester seat and each Blackburn and Dewsbury and Batley have fallen to independents, amid indicators of a voter backlash over Gaza.

In Blackburn, Labour fell 0.3 proportion factors behind an impartial who secured 27% of the vote to take the north-west constituency. In Dewsbury and Batley, Labour’s vote collapsed by greater than 36% for former Rachel Reeves adviser Heather Iqbal.

Labour has additionally didn’t retake the previous Labour MP Claudia Webbe’s Leicester seat or win in Chingford and Woodford Inexperienced.

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Learn extra of our 2024 normal election outcomes protection (article continues under):

Election evening because it occurred: Key outcomes unpacked in historic landslide

Labour outcomes tracker: Full record and map of Labour positive factors, holds, losses, new MPs

‘We did it’: Keir Starmer’s victory speech as Labour crosses key 326 seat line

‘A landslide masks discontent left, proper and centre. Labour has its work minimize out’

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‘Keir Starmer is on the peak of his energy. How ought to he take advantage of it?’

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In the meantime Shadow Well being Secretary Wes Streeting gained however got here inside 1,000 votes of shedding his east London seat, Ilford North, Rushanara Ali gained narrowly in Bethnal Inexperienced, and Jess Phillips solely gained her seat in Birmingham by round 700 votes.

Sky Information evaluation has proven that the Labour vote is down by greater than 14% in areas with a Muslim inhabitants above 15%, with anger over Gaza contributing to the big impartial vote we’re seeing in some constituencies.

Labour has confronted a string of challenges from independents campaigning exhausting to win Muslim voters angered by Labour’s failure to indicate extra help for Palestinians in the course of the Israel-Hamas battle.

Labour additionally didn’t win in Chingford and Woodford Inexperienced in opposition to its former candidate.

The dimensions of the defeat of Jon Ashworth,who noticed his share of the vote.collapse by 35 proportion factors versus 2019, is a serious blow.

It additionally leaves the get together down two senior shadow cupboard member, after Shadow Tradition Secretary Thangam Debbonaire additionally misplaced in Bristol Central.

In the meantime the Tories managed to win in Leicester East. Webbe stood as an impartial. She had been elected because the Labour MP for Leicester East on the 2019 normal election. She had beforehand served as a councillor in Islington and as a member of the NEC, the place in 2018 she was elected chair of the disputes panel.

Claudia Webbe was convicted of harassment in November 2021 and misplaced her attraction for this conviction in Might 2022, and Labour known as on her to resign as an MP. She had the Labour whip suspended in September 2020 over the harassment expenses and has not regained it.

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Learn extra on how the evening unfolded:

Liz Truss loses South West Norfolk: Overwhelmed by a lettuce, overwhelmed by Labour

Scotland outcomes: Labour makes huge positive factors as SNP obliterated

Wales outcomes: Labour luggage 27 of 32 seats as Tories wiped off the map

Crimson Wall: Good points in Stoke, Grimsby, Redcar, Workington, Hartlepool, Barrow, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Bolsover

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Senior Tory loses seat as Labour mayor Dan Norris wins

Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn holds on in robust consequence over Labour

Nuneaton, Stevenage, Swindon, Worcester: Labour wins in key bellwether marginals

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Day one: What would occur on Starmer’s first day in cost?

100 days: What would occur in the course of the first 100 days of a Labour authorities?

Delivering pledges: ‘Change is tough – how can Labour obtain it?’

Manifesto: ‘12 nice insurance policies you might by no means have heard of’

Overseas affairs: ‘No matter occurs to Biden, Starmer faces a US problem’

Trilemma: IFS warns Starmer will probably have to choose cuts, debt or tax hikes

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Kemba Walker, a day after ending his enjoying profession, is returning to the place he discovered his biggest NBA success, because the Charlotte Hornets introduced he’s becoming a member of the teaching employees as a participant enhancement coach.

Walker was a three-time All-Star throughout his eight years with the Hornets franchise and stays the group’s all-time chief in factors with 12,009.

The 34-year-old introduced his retirement Tuesday, ending a profession that included stints with the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks. He performed sparingly final season with AS Monaco because it gained the French League championship.

Walker joined the then-Charlotte Bobcats in 2011 because the No. 9 general decide. Together with the factors milestone, he’s additionally the franchise’s all-time chief in 3-pointers, win shares and minutes performed and is high 10 in assists (second), steals (third), video games performed (third) and rebounds (eighth).

Walker’s hiring was considered one of a lot of assistant teaching positions introduced by the Hornets on Wednesday to fill out the employees of recent coach Charles Lee.

Info from ESPN’s Andrew Lopez was used on this report.

In her successful speech the Conservative MP for Fareham and Waterlooville thanked her crew and her household however apologised to voters on behalf of the Conservative Celebration.

LIVE UPDATES: Election outcomes as they arrive in

READ MORE: Conservative document hard-fought wins in Fareham and Hamble

After returning a much-reduced majority, she stated: “There is just one factor I can say – I am sorry. I am sorry that my occasion did not hearken to you. The Conservative Celebration has allow you to down.

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“You voted for us over 14 years and we didn’t preserve our guarantees. We’ve got acted and we have to be taught our lesson as a result of, if we do not, we can have many worse nights to come back.

“The nation deserves higher and I’ll do every little thing in my energy to rebuild however we have to hearken to you – you have got spoken very clearly.”

Braverman retained her seat with 17,561 votes.

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Jeremy Hunt has clung on to his Surrey seat as scores of former cupboard members together with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Grant Shapps have been ousted in a massacre of Tory large beasts across the nation.

The incumbent Chancellor, who has been the the MP for South West Surrey since 2005, gained the newly created seat of Godalming and Ash by round 1000 votes after stiff competitors from the Liberal Democrat Paul Follows.

The end result got here after a record-breaking quantity of cupboard ministers have been ousted over the course of the evening, together with Grant Shapps, the defence secretary; Alex Chalk, the Lord Chancellor; Gillian Keegan, the schooling secretary; and Penny Mourdant, who had been talked about as a possible challenger for the management of the Tory celebration after the election. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the previous cupboard minister, additionally misplaced his seat.

Following Hunt’s victory, his spouse Lucinda was reportedly seen weeping with pleasure throughout a tv interview. In his speech following his victory, Jeremy Hunt grew to become emotional saying: “A message to my youngsters, who I sincerely hope are asleep now.

“This will appear to be a troublesome day for our household as we transfer out of Downing Road, however it isn’t.

“We’re extremely fortunate to reside in a rustic the place selections like this are made not by bombs or bullets, however by 1000’s of strange residents peacefully putting crosses in bins and bits of paper.

Jeremy Hunt

“Courageous Ukrainians are dying each day to defend their proper to do what we did yesterday and we must not ever take that with no consideration. Don’t be unhappy, that is the magic of democracy.”

The dimensions and significance of the defeats underscores the collapse of assist for the Tories of their conventional dwelling counties heartlands.

Hunt had admitted throughout the election marketing campaign that his seat was on a “knife edge,” however had insisted that he was “combating” for the constituency and was “no Michael Portillo” – the previous cupboard minister who misplaced his seat within the 1997 common election. James Walsh, his Labour opponent, mentioned throughout the marketing campaign that Hunt was in search of to place himself because the “underdog”.

Ed Davey’s Liberal Democrats mounted an offensive on swathes of the so-called Blue Wall all through the marketing campaign, because the largely remain-voting area deserted the Tories on the again of Brexit and the celebration’s swing to the best.

The longer term management of the celebration is now unclear, although each Hunt and Rishi Sunak held onto their seats. Each Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman, thought of management contenders, additionally gained their seats.

Hunt was appointed chancellor within the final days of Liz Truss’ Tory authorities, after he declined to participate in what would have been his third Tory management race. When he entered No. 11, Hunt was hailed as “essentially the most highly effective particular person in Britain”. 

Tesla (TSLA) shares surged Tuesday to their highest ranges since January following the discharge of second-quarter manufacturing and supply numbers that surpassed analysts’ expectations.

The electrical car big stated it delivered 443,956 automobiles within the second quarter and produced 410,831 automobiles. Whereas the deliveries determine was down 5% in contrast with the second quarter of 2023, it got here in forward of analysts’ consensus of about 439,000.

Telsa was the most important gainer on the S&P 500 for the second consecutive day Tuesday, with shares rising 10.2% to shut at $231.26. The inventory has gained 17% over the previous two periods, however remains to be down about 7% because the begin of the 12 months.

Earnings and Robotaxi Occasion Coming Up

After a largely tough first half of 2024, Tesla inventory began to show round final week amid optimism for its quarterly numbers, and rose once more Monday amid optimistic supply figures for a number of of Tesla’s Chinese language rivals.

Wedbush analysts wrote in a observe instantly following the deliveries launch that they consider “the worst is within the rear view mirror for Tesla.”

In addition they wrote that the second-quarter knowledge ought to get traders excited for subsequent month’s scheduled “robotaxi” occasion, the place Tesla is ready to debut its totally autonomous taxi to compete with others within the business resembling Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Waymo.

“We proceed to consider that Tesla is extra of an AI and robotics play than a conventional automotive firm,” Wedbush analysts wrote. “Now the rubber meets the highway because the Road anticipates August eighth as a key linchpin day for the Tesla story.”

Tesla additionally introduced Tuesday that it’s going to launch its second-quarter monetary outcomes after the bell on July 23.

UPDATE: This text has been up to date with closing share worth data, context and an up to date share worth chart.

He was working within the newly created Godalming and Ash seat

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has saved his seat within the newly created Godalming and Ash constituency.

He managed to carry the seat with simply 800 votes and shut on Mr Hunt’s heels was the Lib Dem candidate Paul Follows.

Jeremy Hunt has represented South West Surrey since 2004 till boundary modifications this yr.

Various cupboard ministers have misplaced their seats – as Labour shut in on a landslide basic election victory.

Defence secretary Grant Shapps, training secretary Gillian Keegan and justice secretary Alex Chalk will not be returning to Westminster after being voted out.

However Labour’s shadow paymaster basic Jonathan Ashworth’s misplaced his seat – to an unbiased candidate.

They’ve additionally misplaced Islington North – the place Jeremy Corbyn’s now an unbiased.

Nigel Farage has turn out to be an MP at his eighth try.

The Reform chief’s been elected in Clacton – considered one of three constituencies which have now gone to his social gathering.

Elsewhere the Lib Dems have made a collection of positive aspects – together with in Cheltenham, Cheadle, Eastbourne and Stratford-on-Avon.

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