CHUKA Umunna has sensationally lost his seat as voters turn their back on the rising star MP once dubbed “Britain’s Barack Obama”.
The candidate came second in the Cities of London and Westminster to the Tories after flip-flopping from Labour to Change UK to Lib Dem ahead of the election.
Chuka suffered a dramatic fall from grace this morning after once being heavily tipped to become Labour leader.
Chuka used to be a rising star in Labour and ran briefly for leader in 2015.
He was regularly tipped to become the UK’s first black Prime Minister and drew comparisons to former US president Obama after he was elected in 2010.
But he withdrew his candidacy and was cast to the backbenches when Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader.
Chuka quit the party in February in a furious row over Brexit and the hard-left direction Corbyn was taking it in.
He then sensationally defected to Jo Swinson’s party months later when his attempt to set up new political party Change UK flopped.
His move to the Lib Dems was part of a humiliating climbdown for the arch-Remainer, who once said the country “can’t trust” the party.
The MP was accused of hypocrisy after the criticisms were unearthed – including scathing comments about Lib Dems “betraying the British people.”
