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Students and unionists were vindicated as Nick Clegg, Angus Robertson and Alex Salmond lost their seats in the General Election.
There were shocking election results across the board as many formerly important MPs failed to cling on to their constituencies.
Here is a round-up of the worst casualties.
Nick Clegg
This time in 2010, Nick Clegg was preparing for life as deputy prime minister as part of the Coalition Government.
Now, just seven years later he has been ousted from his Sheffield Hallam seat and is no longer an MP.
Students were organised in the constituency to campaign against him as despite his apology he has still not been forgiven for his part in tripling tuition fees after promising to scrap them.
Fellow candidates were still surprised that Nick Clegg lost his seat, and he was rather sad and subdued as he lost.
Angus Robertson
The Scottish Conservatives ousted Angus Robertson in Moray as a series of SNP seats tumbled to the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats in a terrible night for Ms Sturgeon.
SNP depute leader Angus Robertson had been an MP since 2001 and was defending a majority in Moray of nearly 10,000. But MSP Douglas Ross took the seat, thanking the former incumbent for his service to constituents during his career. In defeat, party grandee Mr Robertson said: "It seems to me there's a lot of change going on. People are seeking answers to the complex questions that we all face."
Alex Salmond
Many Unionists will be pleased that Mr Salmond lost his seat to the Tories.
The former First Minister quoted a Jacobite song in his concession speech, saying: “You've not seen the last of my bonnet and me.”
Although he won a majority of 8,687 at the 2015 election in the Gordon seat, the Tory vote increased by 29 points to give Colin Clark victory by 2,607 votes.
A defiant Mr Salmond insisted the SNP had still won the election in Scotland, having held a majority of seats, and refused to blame Nicola Sturgeon’s demand for a second independence referendum.
The Tory ministers who lost their seats
The co-author of Theresa May's election manifesto and one of the Chancellor's key lieutenants were among a series of ministers ousted from Parliament. Ben Gummer, the Cabinet Office minister, and Jane Ellison, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, both lost their seats to Labour opponents, In North Yorkshire James Wharton, an international development minister, also failed to hang on to his seat of Stockton South.
Five ministers had lost their seats by 5pm, in a major blow to Mrs May. The losses guaranteed a significant reshuffle if she continues as Prime Minister, with the prospect of other senior Tories losing their seats as further results are declared on Friday. As the losses began to become clear, George Osborne, the former Chancellor, said: "These are not people we should be losing from parliament, and there will be a very big post-mortem coming." The first ministerial casualty, declared at 2am, was that of Mr Wharton, a junior minister at the Department for International Development, whose majority of just over 5,000 in Stockton South, North Yorks, was overturned by Labour's Paul Williams. Just a few minutes later the returning officer for Battersea in south west London, announced that Labour had gained the seat from Ms Ellison - a key lieutenant to Philip Hammond, the Chancellor. Then at 3am Mr Gummer, who attended Mrs May's Cabinet, became the third ministerial casuality, having failed to hold onto his Ipswich constituency. He lost out to Sandy Martin, the Labour candidate, by just 831 votes. At 4am Gavin Barwell, the housing minister, lost his Croydon Central seat to Labour. Ten minutes later Rob Wilson, a culture minister, became the fifth ministerial casualty of the night. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, clung onto her seat by just 346 votes.