Portillo Moment

In the 1997 general election Michael Portillo unexpectedly lost his seat of Enfield South to the Labour Party by 1,500 votes after a swing of 17%. The following day politics nerds were asking each other "Were you up for Portillo?" in reference to his defeat and the fact that everything interesting happens at stupid o'clock in the morning during elections. This lead to a high profile candidate losing their seat being called a "Portillo Moment".