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South West Norfolk in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

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showed that Labour could beat the Conservatives into second place by a small 1.7% margin, with 32.1% of the vote. Many voters were unenthusiastic or undecided. Though Bagge was unlikely to win the seat as an Independent, it was felt that the traditional Conservative vote might be split, allowing the
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South West Norfolk was the final result to be declared in Norfolk and Truss arrived at the count on Friday morning with only seconds to spare, to a slow hand clap from the people assembled in the sports hall where the count was announced. She lost the seat to Labour by 630 votes and did not give a
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The other candidates treated the election as if it were a referendum about Truss's record. They argued that Truss had spent little time on constituency issues and had been a poor constituency MP. A spokesperson for Truss pointed out she held
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nominee, Josie Ratcliffe was a councillor for Downham East on King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and had stood for her party in the same constituency for the 2019 general election.
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McKenzie could only campaign for Reform at the weekends because he had a full-time job. He said he was realistically hoping to raise the profile of Reform in the constituency.
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Before the election there was speculation that Truss might lose the seat. Though there were a number of major Conservative politicians, including Chancellor of the Exchequer
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James Bagge had been part of the local Conservative Party that had tried to stop Truss from being preselected in 2009 as the party's candidate for the seat. A former
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for only 49 days in 2022, Truss's tenure caused chaos in the financial markets. South West Norfolk elected a Labour MP for the first time in the landslide of
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Jermy received little support from the national Labour Party campaign and had to raise £15,000 for his local campaign through crowdfunding.
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Bagge launched his campaign, as a "moderate" Independent candidate, on the same date in April 2024 that Truss launched her latest book
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she achieved a majority of 26,195 over her nearest rival, making it the 11th safest Conservative seat in the country. Serving as
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Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News
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with a 43.7% fall in the Conservative vote share, despite having won 69% of the vote at the previous election;
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As of 30 June, there were mixed reports about the likely result. A polling prediction by the
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poll on 22 June predicted that every Conservative in the Norfolk area would lose their seat.
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of Norfolk in January 2024 in preparation to stand against her in the forthcoming election.
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When the election was announced, Truss listed her local achievements in a
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Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. At the
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concession speech, though she gave a short interview to the
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