UK General Election: Big Name Hunting
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resolved Jul 6
Resolved
YES
Liz Truss
Resolved
YES
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Resolved
YES
Grant Shapps
Resolved
YES
Liam Fox
Resolved
YES
Penny Mordaunt
Resolved
YES
Therese Coffey
Resolved
NO
Iain Duncan Smith
Resolved
NO
Jeremy Hunt
Resolved
NO
Esther McVey
Resolved
NO
Rishi Sunak
Resolved
NO
David Davis
Resolved
NO
James Cleverly
Resolved
NO
Kemi Badenoch

Resolves YES to all those MPs who lose their seat at the next general election.

If any of them announce that they are not standing for election, they will also resolve YES under the assumption that this is a primary motivating factor.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/30/conservatives-set-for-worst-election-result-yet-research-shows

This question is the result of a recent Survation Poll finding that if the election happened in early April according to people's current preference many conservative cabinet members and influential backbenchers would lose their seat.

In other words, the infamous Portillo Moment.

The names I have chosen are a slightly arbitrary selection from those who were forecast to lose their seat (plus Hunt and Sunak who are close). I'm reticent to add them all until this question demonstrates that it can attract competitive betting rather than just crashing to close to zero and then going quiet. If people buy in then I'll add the whole cabinet and anyone else interesting.

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Shapps is the first casualty

Gove has Gone