Retiring MPs
Labour:
Tommy McAvoy – Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Hillary Armstrong – Durham North West
John Austin – Erith and Thamesmead
John Battle – Leeds West
Liz Blackman – Erewash
Des Browne – Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Colin Burgon – Elmet and Rothwell
Stephen Byers – North Tyneside
Richard Caborn – Sheffield Central
Colin Challon – Morley & Outwood
Ben Chapman – Wirral South
David Chaytor – Bury North
Michael Clapham – Barnsley West & Penistone (abolished)
David Clelland – Tyne Bridge (abolished)
Harry Cohen – Leyton and Wanstead
Frank Cook – Stockton North
Jim Cousins – Newcastle Central
Ann Cryer – Keighley
John Cummings – Easington
Claire Curtis-Thomas – Sefton Central
Janet Dean – Burton
Jim Devine – Livingston
Jeff Ennis – Barnsley East
Bill Etherington – Sunderland North
Barbara Follett – Stevenage
Bruce George – Walsall South
Neil Gerrard – Walthamstow
Nigel Griffiths – Edinburgh South
John Grogan – Selby and Ainsty
Mike Hall – Weaver Vale
Doug Henderson – Newcastle North
Keith Hill – Streatham
Stephen Hesford – Wirral West
Patricia Hewitt – Leicester West
Geoff Hoon – Ashfield
Kim Howells – Pontypridd
Beverley Hughes – Stretford and Urmston
Joan Humble – Blackpool North and Cleveleys
John Hutton – Barrow and Furness
Brian Iddon – Bolton South-East
Adam Ingram – East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lynne Jones – Birmingham Selly Oak
Martyn Jones – Clwyd South
Ruth Kelly – Bolton West
Fraser Kemp – Houghton and Washington East
Jane Kennedy – Liverpool Wavertree
Peter Kilfoyle – Liverpool Walton
Bob Laxton – Derby North
David Lepper – Brighton Pavilion
Tom Levitt – High Peak
Ian McCartney – Makerfield
John McFall – West Dunbartonshire
Rosemary McKenna – Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Andrew Mackinlay – Thurrock
Bob Marshall Andrews – Medway
Eric Martlew – Carlisle
Christine McCafferty – Calder Valley
Alan Milburn – Darlington
Margaret Moran – Luton South
Elliot Morley – Scunthorpe
Kali Mountford – Colne Valley
Chris Mullin – Sunderland South
Denis Murphy – Wansbeck
Doug Naysmith – Bristol North West
Bill Olner – Nuneaton
Ian Pearson – Dudley South
Greg Pope – Hyndburn
Bridget Prentice – Lewisham East
John Prescott – Hull East
Ken Purchase – Wolverhampton North East
James Purnell – Stalybridge and Hyde
John Reid – Airdrie and Shotts
Martin Salter – Reading West
Mohammed Sarwar – Glasgow Central
Clare Short* – Birmingham, Ladywood
Sion Simon – Birmingham Erdington
Alan Simpson – Nottingham South
John Smith – Vale of Glamorgan
Helen Southworth – Warrington South
Howard Stoate – Dartford
Gavin Strang – Edinburgh East
Paddy Tipping – Sherwood
Mark Todd – Derbyshire South
Don Touhig – Islwyn
Paul Truswell – Pudsey
Des Turner – Brighton Kemptown
Neil Turner – Wigan
Kitty Ussher – Burnley
Rudi Vis – Finchley and Golders Green
Betty Williams – Aberconwy
Alan Williams – Swansea West
Michael Wills – Swindon North
Tony Wright – Cannock Chase
Derek Wyatt – Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Conservative:
Peter Ainsworth – East Surrey
Michael Ancram – Devizes
Peter Atkinson – Hexham
Tim Boswell – Daventry
Angela Browning – Tiverton and Honiton
John Butterfill – Bournemouth West
Derek Conway*** – Old Bexley and Sidcup
Sir Patrick Cormack – South Staffordshire
David Curry – Skipton and Ripon
Christopher Fraser – Norfolk South West
Paul Goodman – Wycombe
John Greenway – Thirsk and Malton
John Gummer – Suffolk Coastal
Douglas Hogg – Sleaford and North Hykeham
John Horam – Orpington
Michael Howard – Folkestone and Hythe
Michael Jack – Fylde
Robert Key – Salisbury
Julie Kirkbride – Bromsgrove
Jacqui Lait – Beckenham
Michael Lord – Suffolk Central and Ipswich North
Andrew Mackay – Bracknell
David Maclean – Penrith and the border
Humphrey Malins – Woking
John Maples – Stratford on Avon
Michael Mates – Hampshire East
Malcolm Moss – Cambridgeshire North East
Andrew Pelling – Croydon Central
Michael Spicer – Worcestershire West
Richard Spring – West Suffolk
Anthony Steen – Totnes
Ian Taylor – Esher and Walton
Peter Viggers – Gosport
Ann Widdecombe – Maidstone and the Weald
David Wilshire – Spelthorne
Ann Winterton – Congleton
Sir Nicholas Winterton – Macclesfield
Liberal Democrat:
John Barrett – Edinburgh West
Colin Breed – South East Cornwall
David Howarth – Cambridge
Paul Keetch – Hereford and South Herefordshire
Mark Oaten – Winchester
Matthew Taylor – Truro and Falmouth
Phil Willis – Harrogate and Knaresborough
Other:
Alex Salmond – Banff and Buchan
Adam Price – Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
*Clare Short was elected as a Labour MP but resigned the Labour whip on the 20th October 2006. She had previously ruled out standing again as a Labour candidate, but has not ruled out standing under another label.
***Derek Conway was elected as a Conservative MP but had the whip withdrawn on the 30th January 2008 following revelations that he has been paying a researcher’s salary to his sons from his allowances while they were at university.
****The following sitting MPs do not currently have a seat at the next election, either through boundary changes or through losing selection battles, though they may yet be selected for alternate seats: Ian Stewart, Eddie O`Hara, John Greenway, Frank Cook, Quentin Davies. Bob Wareing was deselected as Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, but has indicated he will stand as an Independent Labour candidate.
yes, it’s Tapsell (continuous service since 1966).
The the 1970 intake in order in which that they took the oath (Kaufman, Clarke, Meacher and Skinner is order of those standing again)
“I’m not sure it was resolved in relation to Paisley, Pete”
I’m not totally sure either. I know there have been lengthy discussions about this elsewhere but I couldn’t find them to check. Perhaps Andrea remembers?
Sir Norfolk Passmore
I have a feeling Ian Paisley is pretty familiar with the word ‘no’
Ben – Indeed, and there would have been some merit in him passing on his extensive knowledge of the word to his successor’s missus!
” Perhaps Andrea remembers?”
Nope. I’ve read this dicussions in many places, but I can’t remember the conclusion!
I think this is the Schleswig Holstein question for out time
Halesowen and Rowley Regis:
Conservative Home reporting that Sylvia Heal is standing down. Source Birmingham Post.
The 1986 byelections do count as a break. I have the House of Commons library official list of seniority.
The number of Tories retiring – at 37 – must be very close to the final figure, not least because of the consternation generated by the late retirements of Peter Ainsworth and John Maples which left their associations with a centrally imposed shortlist.
If the 37 figure is final, I think it means that 162 sitting Tory MPs will be seeking re-election, (taking into account the fact that Quentin Davies is no longer a Conservative and the elections of Chloe Smith and Edward Timpson).
So if the Tories win a majority of one seat, with 326 seats, they’d have 164 new MPs, a majority by the smallest margin possible – (in both sense, in fact).
Let me know if I’ve got it wrong.
I think you might have forgotten Bob Spink Castle point who is perhaps standing as an independant
Thanks Richard. So it looks like 161 are seeking reelection.
Mark Fisher (Stoke Central) has confirmed he won’t stand.
Health reasons. He suffers from hydrocephalus.
He apparently recently had a surgery and is still recovering (I read that last week he came to vote for parliamentary reforms directly from the hospital)
Laura Moffatt standing down in Crawley.
Death of Ashok Kumar announced in media. He was Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. More info and tributes on Middlesbrough S thread.