Ex-PM Liz Truss loses UK election seat

Former UK prime minister Liz Truss, in power for 49 chaotic days in 2022, sensationally lost her seat at the British general election Friday as the Conservatives suffered a landslide defeat.

Truss -- an member of parliament since 2010 who sparked financial turmoil during her short tenure as British leader -- lost her Norfolk South West constituency in eastern England to Labour by 630 votes.

 A record number of senior ministers, including the defence secretary and one touted as a possible future leader, lost their parliamentary seats as the governing Conservative Party suffered a series of catastrophic defeats in Britain's election.

Defence minister Grant Shapps and Penny Mordaunt, leader of the lower house of parliament, were among ten cabinet ministers who lost their seats, surpassing the previous record of seven in 1997 when Tony Blair brought Labour to power in a landslide election victory.

After the Conservatives lost more than 200 seats, Labour was set to govern for the first time since 2010.