The Tories are gearing up for a bruising civil war after a crushing General Election defeat which saw Keir Starmer swept to power in a landslide.

The party will have to regroup without some of its biggest names, with 12 Cabinet ministers and one former Prime Minister kicked out by voters. Some of the party's most recognisable figures - including disaster PM Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Therese Coffey - are gone.

The Conservative Party said farewell to 12 Cabinet members, 11 ministers and 13 Parliamentary under secretaries of state. On top of that seven whips were kicked out by voters in an unprecedented turnarond by Labour.

Here we look at some of the best known who will be absent when Parliament returns next week.

Disaster PM Liz Truss was punished by voters (
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1. Liz Truss

The disaster former PM is undoubtedly the biggest scalp from a devastating night for the Tories. Ms Truss, who has shamelessly refused to take responsibility for the misery she inflicted, was kicked out by the people of Norfolk South West.

But she told the BBC: "I think the issue we faced as Conservatives is we haven't delivered sufficiently on the policies people want.

"And that means keeping taxes low, but also particularly on reducing immigration. And I think that's been a crucial issue here in South West Norfolk, that was the number one issue that people raised on the doorstep with me."

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Asked whether she accepted some responsibility for that, Ms Truss said: "I agree. I was part of that. That's absolutely true. But during our 14 years in power, unfortunately we did not do enough to take on the legacy we'd been left, in particular things like the Human Rights Act that made it very difficult for us to deport illegal immigrants. And that is one of the reasons I think we've ended up in the situation we are now."

She said "I've got a lot to think about" when asked whether she wanted to stay in Tory politics.

2. Grant Shapps

Grant Shapps has been a key figure in the Tory fold for nearly 20 years

The Defence Secretary was vulnerable in his Welwyn Hatfield seat, but will still be a huge loss for the Conservatives. He's been an MP since 2005 and has held a huge number of top jobs - including Home Secretary, Transport Secretary, Business Secretary and chairman of the Tory Party.

He admitted that the party had descended into a "soap opera" which had tried the patience of the public.

3. Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt carried a sword at the King's coronation (
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The Leader of the House of Commons was widely tipped as a leadership contender if she was able to cling on. But that is now in tatters after voters in Plymouth North opted for a Labour MP instead.

She will be remembered for her prominent role at King Charles' coronation, when she carried a ceremonial sword during the ceremony in 2022.

4. Jacob Rees-Mogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his seat to Labour candidate Dan Norris (
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One of the most divisive Tory figures, Mr Rees-Mogg has been an MP for the last 14 years and was a key general for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. His victorious Labour rival, Dan Norris, quipped: "We've got Mogg-xit done."

Mr Norris won the trust of voters in the newly redrawn North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

5. Gillian Keegan

Gillian Keegan once moaned that the Tories didn't get enough credit (
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The Education Secretary famously lamented that her party doesn't get credit for doing a 'f***ing good job'. Unfortunately voters in Chichester didn't agree, and she was kicked out. The seat was taken by Liberal Democrat candidate Jess Brown-Fuller.

6. Victoria Prentis

The Attorney General was kicked out by voters in Banbury, where she lost out to Labour. She had been in Parliament since 2015, and also held ministerial roles under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

7. Michael Tomlinson

Desperate Mr Sunak appointed Mr Tomlinson as Illegal Migration Minister responsible for dealing with the small boats crisis. He was a regular in the Commons defending the costly Rwanda deal, but did not impress voters enough in Dorset Mid and North Poole, where he lost out to the Lib Dems.

8. Dame Therese Coffey

The former Deputy Prime Minister under Liz Truss, Dame Therese was defeated by Labour in Suffolk Coastal.

She's been an MP since 2010 and served as Health Secretary, Work and Pensions Secretary and Environment Secretary. She came under fire last year for suggesting people should eat turnips as the UK faced food shortages.

Therese Coffey wasn't able to hold on to her seat (
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9. Mark Harper

In normal times, losing the Transport Secretary would be a jaw-dropping moment. But Mark Harper's defeat in the Forest of Dean is just another bad moment for the Tories.

He's been an MP representing the former safe seat since 2005, having previously been the Conservative chief whip and chair of the Covid Recovery Group.

10. Alex Chalk

The Justice Secretary is another big name who lost his seat overnight. Mr Chalk's nine-year spell in Parliament came to an end after he was voted out in Cheltenham.

11. Lucy Frazer

Lucy Frazer will be missing from Tory benches next week (
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Ms Frazer did a short stint as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport having previously been Solicitor General for England and Wales. The loss of the Cabinet member, who has been an MP since 2015, is a big blow to the Tories.

12. Johnny Mercer

The Veterans Minister has long been a controversial figure, and came in for heavy criticism after a wrongful attack on his Labour rival's military record. The disgraceful remarks did not stop voters from backing Fred Thomas in his droves, making him the new MP for Plymouth Moor View.

13. David TC Davies

The Welsh Secretary was swept away as the Tories were driven out of the country. He lost his Monmouthsire seat to Labour, having been an MP for 25 years.

His previous jobs include Lord Commissioner of the Treasury for a few weeks under Liz Truss.

14. Michelle Donelan

Michelle Donelan was kicked out by voters (
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The Science Secretary was among the Cabinet members given the boot by voters in a night to forget for the Tories. It brings an end to a Parliamentary career that began in 2015 and saw her appointed Education Secretary in the final days of Boris Johnson's leadership - lasting just two days. Taxpayers were saddled with a £34,000 bill after she wrongly accused an academic of supporting Hamas.

15. Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The former Transport Secretary, who was a Foreign Office minister under Rishi Sunak, was another big name to lose her seat in a devastating night for the Tories. Her majority in Berwick-upon-Tweed collapsed as she lost to Labour in Northumberland North.

16. Sir Liam Fox

The former Defence Secretary was kicked out in North Somerset. He's one of the longest-serving Tory figures, having first been elected back in 1992, when John Major was Prime Minister.

17. Michael Fabricant

Sir Michael Fabricant was among the big names who lost (
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One of the more colourful characters in Parliament, Michael Fabricant will be a big loss from the Tory fold. Like Sir Liam, above, he's been an MP since 1992, and has previously served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

18. Theresa Villiers

Ms Villiers has been in Parliament since 2005, during which time she's been Environment Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary. Her majority crumbled this time around, though, and she was defeated by Labour's Dan Tomlinson in Chipping Barnet.

19. Simon Hart

Another veteran Tory MP whose defeat will send shockwaves through the party, Mr Hart was chief whip under Mr Sunak, responsible for maintaining discipline among the warring Parliamentary group. He's been an MP for 14 years and has also been Secretary of State for Wales.

20. Sir Robert Buckland

The former Justice Secretary is a popular figure among centrists. But he was unable to retain his Swindon South seat. He warned that a lurch to the right after the election would be "disastrous" for the Conservatives and took aim at "ill-discipline" within the Conservative Party after losing his seat.

"I think that we have seen in this election an astonishing ill-discipline within the party," the former justice secretary told the BBC.

21. Sir Peter Bottomley

Sir Peter Bottomley had been an MP since 1975 (
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Sir Peter, 79, has been an MP for nearly 50 years before his defeat overnight. He was 5,000 votes behind Labour's Beccy Cooper in Worthing West. During his Parliamentary career, which began in 1975, he held three ministerial roles under Margaret Thatcher. He was Father of the House of Commons - the longest-serving MP - in the last Parliament.

22. Damian Green

The former First Secretary of State, who was first elected back in 1997, lost out to Labour in Ashford. He also served as Work and Pensions Secretary under Theresa May.

23. Steve Baker

Northern Ireland Secretary Steve Baker was widely expected to lose his Wycombe seat. He said "thank God I'm a free man" after he was ousted. The self-styled "Brexit hardman", who had signalled his intention to launch a Tory leadership bid after the election, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I fought this to win it and I wanted to do my duty and continue. But I am today, thank God, a free man.

"Try being elected to Parliament and you'll understand. I am able now to resume my life and that is going to be a great blessing to me. So I'm afraid I will be honest with the public. Thank God I'm a free man."