Former Prime Minister Liz Truss Ousted From Parliament by Small Margin

Liz Truss became the highest-profile casualty on Friday in a crushing election defeat for the Conservative Party. The former prime minister, who held a 26,195 majority in 2019, lost her South West Norfolk constituency to Labour’s Terry Jermy by just 630 votes, while Reform UK came in third, taking over 20 percent of the votes. It’s the first time Labour won the constituency after losing it to the Tories 60 years ago. With 648 out of 650 seats declared on Friday morning, the Conservative Party has lost 251 seats while Labour won an overall majority with 214 gains. Ms. Truss blamed the result on the Conservatives’ failure to deliver on tax and immigration, while acknowledging she was “part of that.”...