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High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:12 pm
by spen666
Which high profile casualties were there in yesterday's election ie lost their seats
Zac Goldsmith
Jo Swinson
Dominic Grieve
Chukka Umunah
Leader of DUP ( can't recall his name)
Who else have I overlooked?
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:17 pm
by Dunners
Laura Pidcock
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:18 pm
by spen666
Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:17 pmLaura Pidcock
Thanks - was looking at list thinking it was odd there was not a labour candidate/ MP Should have remembered her as a former MP in Co. Durham
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:23 pm
by BoniO
The Beast
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:30 pm
by spen666
BoniO wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:23 pmThe Beast
His was almost expected as he had been unable to campaign owing to health issues and Momentum activists did nothing to help.
I will be sad to think he is no longer there. He had a certain charm
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:16 pm
by point nine one eight
spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:12 pm
Which high profile casualties were there in yesterday's election ie lost their seats
Zac Goldsmith
Jo Swinson
Dominic Grieve
Chukka Umunah
Leader of DUP ( can't recall his name)
Who else have I overlooked?
Good to see Dominic Grieve go, throughly deserved in his case
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:33 pm
by A Pedant
spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:12 pm
Leader of DUP ( can't recall his name)
Not quite, that's Arlene Foster who isn't a Westminster MP. You're thinking of deputy leader Nigel Dodds, who's lost his seat in this election.
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:37 pm
by Dunners
A Pedant v spen66 would be an awesome boarding battle for the purists.
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:41 pm
by slacker
Anna Soubry? Luciana Berger?
Did any party-swappers/deserters survive the cull?
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:59 pm
by spen666
LBC give the following
Jo Swinson
The Liberal Democrat leader was the biggest loser, failing to retain her seat in East Dunbartonshire as the SNP dominated north of the border.
Chuka Umunna
The Liberal Democrat MP was hoping to return to the House of Commons in a new constituency in the Cities of Westminster, but he fell some way short.
Sam Gyimah
A former Conservative minister, Mr Gyimah came third in Kensington - and his vote split the Remain voters, allowing the Conservatives to pip Labour.
Caroline Flint
The former Minister was in a difficult position for a Remain-backing MP in a strongly-Leave area and she saw her vote go down over 17%.
Dominic Grieve
Having been kicked out of the Conservatives, the anti-Brexit campaigner stood as an independent and, while he got a respectable 29% of the vote, he fell some way short.
David Gauke
Another former Cabinet Minister thrown out of the Tory Party, Mr Gauke failed to get enough votes to unseat the Conservatives in South West Hertfordshire.
Anna Soubry
The leader of Change UK had a very poor night in Broxtowe, getting fewer than 5,000 votes and coming a distant third.
Dennis Skinner
Who is going to shout during the Queen's Speech now? The 87-year-old was soundly beaten by the Conservatives in Bolsover.
Tom Brake
The Liberal Democrat MP has held his seat since 1997, even during the post-coalition crash. But he saw the Conservatives beat him last night.
Nigel Dodds
The DUP's Westminster leader had been everywhere as Brexit was debated, but no more after being beaten in the North Belfast seat he had held since 2001..
They miss out Luciana Berger, Zac Goldsmith, Laura Piddock that others on here mentioned
Re: High Profile Casualties
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 5:01 pm
by Real Al
Very sad to see Count Binface lose out to the usurper Lord Buckethead