The Tories, and the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in particular, endured a sometimes bruising campaign in the 2024 General Election.
Mr Sunak weathered a number of controversies during the campaign – as well as some of its lighter moments.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at some of the highlights, and otherwise, as the Tories attempted to stay in power.
![RIshi Sunak in the rain](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02153557/d893042e-a4e7-4bd9-abd6-7b47334957a7.jpg)
![Rishi Suank looks at a cow's backside](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02153819/0afaf69a-2ea7-460f-aa4c-481331008197.jpg)
![Mr Sunak appreciates a glass of whisky](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02153958/fc12444e-8cb3-47f4-8e16-b5e9bf3d8bef.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak bowling at cricket](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154122/96ddf591-75e6-4c8b-b2b9-ed4ae8daea9b.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak amusingly foregrounded in front of two circular structures at his ears](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154232/ca810db8-b064-4cb3-bb5f-69c1c4448f06.jpg)
![Sunak wipes his eye at a TV debate](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154426/9e204ec3-d20c-430b-b173-46fbeb9b7f16.jpg)
![James Cleverly gestures at a classic sports car](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154604/18065058-797b-48ea-a8fa-27469f748f44.jpg)
![Grant Shapps scowls](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154738/fef63976-afe5-4626-a89f-928fc9255ed1.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President of France Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02154855/f79697f3-4475-4d47-a4c6-6b637c77a103.jpg)
![Mr Sunak is photobombed by the Lib Dems on board a boat](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02155016/907cf14b-ee52-4a44-9b09-f3ed587d8a36.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak smiles at some lobsters](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02155215/e963f7ec-5166-4f05-a309-79062a9b9a35.jpg)
![Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross during a visit to the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02155402/bd4bcf94-eb9a-4508-98d0-ed5a85437c44.jpg)
![The Tory battle bus parked](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/07/02155614/1059e165-6434-4d7b-af77-de98e61cc983.jpg)
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