Electoral history of Liz Truss

Official portrait of Liz Truss as Foreign Secretary

This is a summary of the electoral history of Liz Truss, the Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk since 2010 who has been Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September - 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)
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)
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 Elizabeth 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

General election 2001: Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Trickett 23,036 65.4 −5.2
Conservative Liz Truss 7,400 21.0 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Waller 3,990 11.3 +2.4
Socialist Labour Paul Turek 801 2.3 New
Majority 15,636 44.4 -8.4
Turnout 35,227 51.8 −16.1
Labour hold Swing -4.2

2005 general election, Calder Valley

General election 2005: Calder Valley
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 New
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Truss 23,753 48.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gordon 10,613 21.6 +2.4
Labour Peter Smith 9,119 18.6 −11.4
UKIP Kay Hipsey 3,061 6.2 +1.5
BNP Dennis Pearce 1,774 3.6 New
Green Lori Allen 830 1.7 New
Majority 13,140 26.7 +8.5
Turnout 49,150 66.2 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing

2015 general election, South West Norfolk

General election 2015: South West Norfolk
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-Eccardt 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Truss 32,894 62.8 +11.9
Labour Peter Smith 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
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 New
Monster Raving Loony Earl Elvis of Outwell 836 1.6 New
Majority 26,195 50.9 +15.9
Turnout 51,466 65.6 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing +8.0

2022 Conservative Party leadership election

Candidate MPs' 1st ballot:
13 July 2022
MPs' 2nd ballot:
14 July 2022
MPs' 3rd ballot:
18 July 2022
MPs' 4th ballot:
19 July 2022
MPs' 5th ballot:
20 July 2022
Members' vote
22 July to 2 September 2022
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 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

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