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 Umunna is a strategic corporate advisor to companies on business-critical issues that impact on long term value, reputation and narrative – environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in particular. Rory O'Broin of the Conservative Party came third and the Green Party's Scott Ainslie came fourth. CHUKA Umunna has sensationally lost his seat as voters turn their back on the rising star MP once dubbed "Britain's Barack Obama".

This was less than three quarters Chuka Umunna’s 26,285 vote majority in the 2017 general election. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Opposition Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. Chuka Umunna @chukaumunna; Monday 9 December 2019 15:30 {{^moreThanTen}} ... 74/79 Lib Dems/Green pact in England, seats where Greens have stood down in … Chuka Umunna has failed in his bid for the City of London seat after losing to the Tories, marking a further blow on a bad night for the Liberal Democrats. Chuka Umunna will stand for the Lib Dems in a Tory-held seat at the next general election. Chuka Harrison Umunna (/ ˈ tʃ ʊ k ə ə ˈ m uː n ə /; born 17 October 1978) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. In 2010, when the Labour incumbent, Keith Hill, retired and Chuka Umunna stood for the party, there was a serious Liberal Democrat campaign resulting in their best showing to date in the seat, but there was also a marginal increase in the Conservative vote share and Umunna was elected. Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna will fight the Cities of London and Westminster parliamentary seat for the Lib Dems at the next general election. In a LinkedIn post, he said he had "relished returning to business to start a new chapter in 2020", after losing his target London seat during the last election.