One year ago | By Metro
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson reacts as she loses her East Dumbartonshire constituency
Jo Swinson has officially resigned as leader of the Lib Dems after suffering a disastrous election defeat.
Ms Swinson lost her East Dunbartonshire seat to the SNP's Amy Callaghan, who won by just 149 votes.
She will now be replaced by the party's deputy leader Sir Ed Davey and president Baroness Sal Brinton who will become joint Lib Dem leaders after the party suffered damaging losses in an election won by the Brexit vote.
Ms Swinson said the result was ‘hugely disappointing' in her seat and across the...
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One year ago | By BBC
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson and the Conservatives' Zac Goldsmith are among those to lose their seats.
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One year ago | By Evening Standard
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One year ago | By The Independent
Lib Dem leader who claimed she could become PM unseated by 27-year-old
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One year ago | By Conservative Home
BREAKING: Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has lost her seat in East Dunbartonshire. The SNP gain her seat.
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One year ago | By Daily Record
Voters in East Dunbartonshire rejected the former MP in favour of Nat Amy Callaghan.
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One year ago | By Huffington Post
Subscribe to the Waugh Zone and we'll send you the key takeaways from election night bright and early on Friday morning. Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has lost her seat of East Dunbartonshire by fewer than 150 votes, with her decision to back Boris Johnson's bid for a general election backfiring spectacularly. She won 19,523 votes, coming an extremely close second to the SNP's Amy Callaghan on 19,672. Swinson had boasted in the campaign that she would become the UK's next prime minister. Turnout was 80%. Swinson had been leader since July, the party's first female premier. Perhaps ironically...
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One year ago | By Evening Standard
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, who touted herself as a potential prime minister at the start of the election campaign, has dramatically lost her seat in a devastating blow for the party.
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One year ago | By Daily Express
JO SWINSON has been unseated from her seat in Dunbartonshire East by just 149 votes.
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One year ago | By The Mirror
It came after the Scottish National Party poured resources into the seat in a bid to oust the leader they said was on a 'shoogly peg'
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One year ago | By Evening Express
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has lost her Dumbartonshire East seat to the SNP.
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One year ago | By Metro
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has lost her seat in Dunbartonshire East to the Scottish National Party.
The Liberal Democrats are predicted to suffer a disappointing result nationally, while the SNP are predicted to win 55 of the 59 seats they are running in.
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