Party favourites Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman both retained their seats. (Image: Getty)
Keir Starmer is the new Prime Minister of the UK after Labour won Thursday's General Election by a landslide, but a number of prominent Tories retained their seats - including favourites to replace Sunak as leader.
Various Cabinet ministers were swept away in the Labour wave, including major leadership contender Penny Mourdant, who lost out to Keir Starmer's party in Portsmouth North, where her 15,000+ majority was overturned.
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But Kemi Badenoch, another figure widely tipped to be Sunak's successor, held firm in North West Essex - despite seeing her 2019 majority of 27,594 cut to just 2,610.
Another darling of the Tory right, Suella Braverman, also retained her seat in Fareham and Waterlooville. The former home secretary had been fighting for re-election in the new constituency in Hampshire after changes to parliamentary boundaries.
Jeremy Hunt also clung onto his seat in Godalming and Ash despite a tough challenge from Lib Dem rival Paul Follows.
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Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch was among various prominent names who retained their seats. (Image: Getty)
However, Hunt won with a razor-thin 800-seat majority after a knife-edge vote.
The Chancellor's result came at the same time as outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak retained his Richmond (Yorkshire) seat, during which the PM conceded defeat to Labour.
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Sunak said the British people had "delivered a sobering verdict" and that he took “responsibility” for his party’s loss.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps also became one of the biggest Tory casualties of the national vote after a strong challenge from Labour.
Mr Shapps blamed the "endless political soap opera" and Conservative in-fighting for Labour's victory, warning it has put voters off.
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Starmer said the 'people had spoken' as he hailed Labour's victory (Image: Getty)
Full list of Tory MPs who won their seats
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine (Con hold) - Andrew Bowie Gordon & Buchan (Con hold) - Harriet Cross Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk (Con hold) - John Lamont Stockton West (Con hold) - Matt Vickers Fylde (Con hold) - Andrew Snowden Keighley & Ilkley (Con hold) - Robbie Moore Skipton & Ripon (Con hold) - Julian Smith Richmond & Northallerton (Con hold) - Rishi Sunak Thirsk & Malton (Con hold) - Kevin Hollinrake Wetherby & Easingwold (Con hold) - Alec Shelbrooke Bridlington & the Wolds (Con hold) - Charlie Dewhirst Beverley & Holderness (Con hold) - Graham Stuart Staffordshire Moorlands (Con hold) - Karen Bradley Tatton (Con hold) - Esther McVey Goole & Pocklington (Con hold) - David Davis Gainsborough (Con hold) - Edward Leigh Brigg & Immingham (Con hold) - Martin Vickers Daventry (Con hold) - Stuart Andrew Melton & Syston (Con hold) - Edward Argar Mid Leicestershire (Con hold) - Peter Bedford Newark (Con hold) - Robert Jenrick Aldridge-Brownhills (Con hold) - Wendy Morton Sutton Coldfield (Con hold) - Andrew Mitchell Leicester East (Con gain) - Shivani Raja Sleaford & North Hykeham (Con hold) - Caroline Johnson Louth & Horncastle (Con hold) - Victoria Atkins Chester South & Eddisbury (Con hold) - Aphra Brandreth Stone, Great Wyrley & Penkridge (Con hold) - Gavin Williamson Hinckley & Bosworth (Con hold) - Luke Evans South Leicestershire (Con hold) - Alberto Costa Harborough, Oadby & Wigston (Con hold) - Neil O'Brien Grantham & Bourne (Con hold) - Gareth Davies Meriden & Solihull East (Con hold) - Saqib Bhatti South Northamptonshire (Con hold) - Sarah Bool Mid Bedfordshire (Con hold) - Blake Stephenson North Bedfordshire (Con hold) - Richard Fuller Rutland & Stamford (Con hold) - Alicia Kearns South Holland & The Deepings (Con hold) - John Hayes The Wrekin (Con hold) - Mark Pritchard Solihull West & Shirley (Con hold) - Neil Shastri-Hurst Hertsmere (Con hold) - Oliver Dowden North West Norfolk (Con hold) - James Wild Kenilworth & Southam (Con hold) - Jeremy Wright Broxbourne (Con hold) - Lewis Cocking Huntingdon (Con hold) - Ben Obese-Jecty North East Cambridgeshire (Con hold) - Steve Barclay Mid Norfolk (Con hold) - George Freeman Broadland & Fakenham (Con hold) - Jerome Mayhew South Shropshire (Con hold) - Stuart Anderson Kingswinford & South Staffordshire (Con hold) - Mike Wood Bromsgrove (Con hold) - Bradley Thomas Harrow East (Con hold) - Bob Blackman Wyre Forest (Con hold) - Mark Garnier Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner (Con hold) - David Simmonds Chingford & Woodford Green (Con hold) - Iain Duncan Smith West Suffolk (Con hold) - Nick Timothy Central Suffolk & North Ipswich (Con hold) - Patrick Spencer Harwich & North Essex (Con hold) - Bernard Jenkin Hereford & South Herefordshire (Con hold) - Jesse Norman West Worcestershire (Con hold) - Harriett Baldwin Droitwich & Evesham (Con hold) - Nigel Huddleston South West Hertfordshire (Con hold) - Gagan Mohindra Epping Forest (Con hold) - Neil Hudson South Suffolk (Con hold) - James Cartlidge Mid Buckinghamshire (Con hold) - Greg Smith Romford (Con hold) - Andrew Rosindell Brentwood & Ongar (Con hold) - Alex Burghart North West Essex (Con hold) - Kemi Badenoch Braintree (Con hold) - James Cleverly Maldon (Con hold) - John Whittingdale Hornchurch & Upminster (Con hold) - Julia Lopez Basildon & Billericay (Con hold) - Richard Holden Rayleigh & Wickford (Con hold) - Mark Francois Witham (Con hold) - Priti Patel North Cotswolds (Con hold) - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Beaconsfield (Con hold) - Joy Morrissey Castle Point (Con hold) - Rebecca Harris Spelthorne (Con hold) - Lincoln Jopp Old Bexley & Sidcup (Con hold) - Louie French Bridgwater (Con hold) - Ashley Fox Windsor (Con hold) - Alex Rankin East Hampshire (Con hold) - Damien Hinds Croydon South (Con hold) - Chris Philp Bromley & Biggin Hill (Con hold) - Peter Fortune Orpington (Con hold) - Gareth Bacon East Surrey (Con hold) - Claire Coutinho Sevenoaks (Con hold) - Laura Trott Tonbridge (Con hold) - Tom Tugendhat Faversham & Mid Kent (Con hold) - Helen Whately Herne Bay & Sandwich (Con hold) - Roger Gale East Wiltshire (Con hold) - Danny Kruger North West Hampshire (Con hold) - Kit Malthouse Hamble Valley (Con hold) - Paul Holmes Farnham & Bordon (Con hold) - Greg Stafford Runnymede & Weybridge (Con hold) - Ben Spencer Godalming & Ash (Con hold) - Jeremy Hunt Reigate (Con hold) - Rebecca Paul East Grinstead & Uckfield (Con hold) - Mims Davies Maidstone & Malling (Con hold) - Helen Grant Weald of Kent (Con hold) - Katie Lam South West Wiltshire (Con hold) - Andrew Murrison Salisbury (Con hold) - John Glen Romsey & Southampton North (Con hold) - Caroline Nokes Fareham & Waterlooville (Con hold) - Suella Braverman Gosport (Con hold) - Caroline Dinenage Havant (Con hold) - Alan Mak Bognor Regis & Littlehampton (Con hold) - Alison Griffiths Sussex Weald (Con hold) - Nus Ghani Bexhill & Battle (Con hold) - Kieran Mullan Torridge & Tavistock (Con hold) - Geoffrey Cox Central Devon (Con hold) - Mel Stride North Dorset (Con hold) - Simon Hoare Christchurch (Con hold) - Christopher Chope New Forest West (Con hold) - Desmond Swayne New Forest East (Con hold) - Julian Lewis Arundel & South Downs (Con hold) - Andrew Griffith South West Devon (Con hold) - Rebecca Smith Exmouth & Exeter East (Con hold) - David Reed Isle of Wight East (Con hold) - Joe Robertson Dumfries & Galloway (Con hold) - John Cooper Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale (Con hold) - David Mundell
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