Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg lose seats to Labour in Tory bloodbath

Defeated Tories turn ire on party as Alex Chalk and Gillian Keegan also among list of ousted ministers

Senior Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves after losing his North East Somerset and Hanham seat in the 2024 General Election, at Sports Training Village, University of Bath, in Somerset Picture date: Friday July 5, 2024. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Ten Conservative cabinet ministers and a former prime minister are among the major names to have lost their seats in the British General Election, beating the previous record of seven defeats in 1997.

Rishi Sunak conceded defeat nationally in a speech in his constituency, saying the British public had delivered “a sobering verdict”.