The exit poll for the 2024 General Election has revealed senior members of the government are set to lose their seats, including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
If this proves to be the case he will be the first sitting Chancellor to lose his seat in political history after the Lib Dems are expected to win his Godalming & Ash constituency.
Other Tory ‘big beasts’ like Grant Shapps and Penny Mordaunt are also expected to fall victim to the Tory wipeout.
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There are also possible Lib Dem gains in Cheltenham, which would mean justice secretary Alex Chalk would lose his seat, and in Ely & East Cambridgeshire, where culture secretary Lucy Frazier would lose her seat.
Meanwhile other cabinet members are expected to lose their seats to Labour.
This includes defence secretary Grant Shapps in his Welwyn Hatfield seat, and Johnny Mercer veteran affairs minister in his Plymouth Moor View constituency.
The exit poll suggests Labour is on course for a landslide that would rival that of Tony Blair’s election win in 1997.
It has revealed that Labour are on course to win 410 seats, the Tories just 131 seats, and the Lib Dems 61 seats.
Meanwhile Reform UK are expected to do a lot better than predicted in opinion polls suggested and are expected to win 13 seats and the Green Party are expected to win two seats, making a potential gain from Labour in Bristol Central.
It is not all bad news since the exit poll was released.
For Education Secretary Gillian Keegan in Chichester, Sussex, she has an 85% chance of keeping her seat against the Lib Dems.
Other leading Tory cabinet members that are expected to keep their seats since the exit poll was published include Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, and Tom Tugendhat.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss also has an 84% chance of keeping her South West Norfolk seat.
Before the exit poll was published an average of all polls completed during the seven days to July 3 put Labour on 39%, the party’s lowest rating since the campaign began, 18 points ahead of the Conservatives on 21%, followed by Reform on 16%, the Lib Dems on 11% and the Greens on 6%.
The Tories are up slightly on the figures for the previous week while Labour are down, with the averages for the seven days to June 26 being Labour 41%, Conservatives 20%, Reform 16%, Lib Dems 11% and Greens 6%.
On May 22, the day Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the General Election, the seven-day averages stood at Labour 45%, Conservatives 23%, Reform 11%, Lib Dems 9% and Greens 6%.
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