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Chief of the Home Penny Mordaunt has misplaced to Labour in Portsmouth North, making her the most recent Cupboard minister to lose their seat within the 2024 Common Election.
Labour candidate Amanda Martin will now substitute her because the MP for Portsmouth North after securing 14,495 votes versus Mordaunt’s 13,715, a majority of 780 with a turnout of 58 per cent.
The consequence within the south of England is one other scalp for Labour who final gained the seat in 2005. Previous to the consequence Labour have been assured of profitable the seat, which has been a bellwether and elected the celebration which has gone on to kind the Authorities since 1974.
Mordaunt’s majority within the seat in 2019 was 15,780 after she elevated it by greater than 13 per cent. The lack of her seat demonstrates the collapse in Conservative assist at this years election.
Different cupboard ministers susceptible to shedding their seat within the early hours of Friday morning embrace Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, and Schooling Secretary Gillian Keegan have already misplaced their seats.
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