Portillo moment
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The Portillo moment was the declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 general election, at 3:01 a.m. on 2 May 1997. The Labour Party candidate, Stephen Twigg, defeat
Michael Portillo, the namesake of the scenario, who lost his safe seat of Enfield Southgate in 1997
Grant Shapps sitting with Michael Portillo. Shapps' own defeat in 2024 was described as a Portillo moment.
Penny Mordaunt
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Dame Penelope Mary Mordaunt is a British former politician who served as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from 2022 until 2024. She was the Member of Parliament for Por
Portillo moment
…Burnham, a panellist for Sky News' coverage, called this a Portillo moment that came shortly after Labour reached the 326 seats needed for a majority. Penny Mordaunt, leader of the Commons, lost her Portsmouth North seat on an 18% swing. Mordaunt's ousting had echoes of that of Portillo in 1997 in that she had been…
Official portrait, 2022
Mordaunt on a visit to Kutupalong in Bangladesh in November 2017
Mordaunt in 2019
Mordaunt, as Lord President of the Council, arriving at the Accession Council of King Charles III