Electoral history of Liz Truss

This is a summary of the electoral history of Liz Truss, the former Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk who served from 2010 to 2024. She also served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022, making her the shortest serving Prime Minister in history; Truss previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2022.

Council elections

1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alex Grant	979
	Labour	David Picton	899
	Conservative	Douglas Ellison	537
	Conservative	Elizabeth Truss	495
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Broad	311
	Liberal Democrats	David Richardson	230
Turnout			3,451
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Blackheath Westcombe

Blackheath Westcombe (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander H.W. Grant	1,776	42.0
	Labour	Annie P. Keys	1,539
	Conservative	Hugh R. Harris	1,507	35.7
	Labour	Matthew A.V. Stiles	1,503
	Conservative	Geoffrey E. Brighty	1,491
	Conservative	Elizabeth M. Truss	1,360
	Liberal Democrats	Michael W. Smart	798	18.9
	UKIP	Jeremy C. Elms	145	3.4
Turnout			3,662	39.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2006 Greenwich London Borough Council election, Eltham South

Eltham South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eileen Glover	1,668	44.2
	Conservative	Peter King	1,611
	Conservative	Liz Truss	1,443
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pattenden	1,386	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lewis	1,284
	Liberal Democrats	Elliot Shubert	1,168
	Labour	John Littlefield	720	19.1
	Labour	Terence Malone	693
	Labour	John Twidale	667
Turnout				40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Parliamentary elections

2001 general election, Hemsworth

2005 general election, Calder Valley

General election 2005: Calder Valley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine McCafferty	18,426	38.6	−4.1
	Conservative	Liz Truss	17,059	35.7	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Ingleton	9,027	18.9	+2.9
	BNP	John Gregory	1,887	4.0	N/A
	Green	Paul Palmer	1,371	2.9	+0.7
Majority			1,367	2.9	−3.6
Turnout			47,770	67.0	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

2010 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2010: South West Norfolk^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Truss	23,753	48.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gordon	10,613	21.6
	Labour	Peter Smith	9,119	18.6
	UKIP	Kay Hipsey	3,061	6.2
	BNP	Dennis Pearce	1,774	3.6
	Green	Lori Allen	830	1.7
Majority			13,140	26.7
Turnout			49,150	66.2
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

2015 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2015: South West Norfolk^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Truss	25,515	50.9	+2.6
	UKIP	Paul Smyth	11,654	23.3	+17.1
	Labour	Peter Smith	8,649	17.3	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Moss-Eccard	2,217	4.4	−17.2
	Green	Sandra Walmsley	2,075	4.1	+2.4
Majority			13,861	27.6	+0.9
Turnout			50,110	65.1	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.2

2017 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2017: South West Norfolk^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Truss^[6]	32,894	62.8	+11.9
	Labour	Peter Smith^[6]	14,582	27.8	+10.5
	UKIP	David Williams	2,575	4.9	−18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gordon	2,365	4.5	+0.1
Majority			18,312	35.0	+7.4
Turnout			52,416	67.3	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

2019 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2019: South West Norfolk^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Truss	35,507	69.0	+6.2
	Labour	Emily Blake	9,312	18.1	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Ratcliffe	4,166	8.1	+3.6
	Green	Pallavi Devulapalli	1,645	3.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Earl Elvis of Outwell	836	1.6	N/A
Majority			26,195	50.9	+15.9
Turnout			51,466	65.6	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.0

2024 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2024: South West Norfolk^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Jermy	11,847	26.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Liz Truss	11,217	25.3	−43.4
	Reform UK	Toby McKenzie	9,958	22.4	N/A
	Independent	James Bagge	6,282	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Ratcliffe	2,618	5.9	−2.4
	Green	Pallavi Devulapalli	1,838	4.1	+1.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Earl Elvis of East Anglia	338	0.8	−0.9
	Heritage	Gary Conway	160	0.4	N/A
	Communist	Lorraine Douglas	77	0.2	N/A
Majority			630	1.4
Turnout			44,335	59.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+25.8

2022 Conservative Party leadership election

Candidate	MPs' 1st ballot: 13 July 2022^[9]^[10]		MPs' 2nd ballot: 14 July 2022^[11]^[10]			MPs' 3rd ballot: 18 July 2022^[12]^[10]			MPs' 4th ballot: 19 July 2022^[13]^[10]			MPs' 5th ballot: 20 July 2022^[14]^[10]			Members' vote 22 July to 2 September 2022^[15]^[16]^[17]
Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	%	% Votes cast
Liz Truss	50	14.0	64	+14	17.9	71	+7	19.8	86	+15	24.1	113	+27	31.6	81,326	47.2	57.4
Rishi Sunak	88	24.6	101	+13	28.2	115	+14	32.1	118	+3	33.1	137	+19	38.3	60,399	35.0	42.6
Penny Mordaunt	67	18.7	83	+16	23.2	82	−1	22.9	92	+10	25.8	105	+13	29.3	Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch	40	11.2	49	+9	13.7	58	+9	16.2	59	+1	16.5	Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat	37	10.3	32	−5	8.9	31	−1	8.7	Eliminated
Suella Braverman	32	8.9	27	−5	7.5	Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi	25	7.0	Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt	18	5.0	Eliminated
Votes cast^[a]	357	99.7	356	−1	99.4	357	+1	99.7	355	−2	99.4	355	0	99.2	141,725	82.2	100
Spoilt ballots	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	+1	0.3	2	+1	0.6	654	0.4
Abstentions	1	0.3	2	+1	0.6	1	−1	0.3	1	0	0.3	1	0	0.3	30,058	17.4
Registered voters	358	100.0	358	0	100.0	358	0	100.0	357	−1	100.0	358	+1	100.0	172,437	100.0

Notes

^ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

References

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^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002 (PDF). Greater London Authority Data Management and Analysis Group.
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^ ^a ^b "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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^ Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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[votes-cast-18] Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

[1] "Council Elections 1998". Greenwich Conservatives. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[2] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002 (PDF). Greater London Authority Data Management and Analysis Group.

[electoralcalculus2005-3] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-4] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus-5] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electionresults.blogspot.co.uk-6] "Norfolk South West 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.

[7] "Norfolk South West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[8] "South West Norfolk results". BBC News. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[9] Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[:25-10] Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.

[11] Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[12] "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[13] Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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