Retiring MPs

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Forename Surname Constituency Party
Peter Ainsworth East Surrey Conservative
Michael Ancram Devizes Conservative
Hilary Armstrong North West Durham Labour
Peter Atkinson Hexham Conservative
John Austin Erith and Thamesmead Labour
John Barrett Edinburgh West Liberal Democrat
John Battle Leeds West Labour
Liz Blackman Erewash Labour
Timothy Boswell Daventry Conservative
Colin Breed South East Cornwall Liberal Democrat
Des Browne Kilmarnock and Loudoun Labour
Angela Browning Tiverton and Honiton Conservative
Colin Burgon Elmet Labour
John Butterfill Bournemouth West Conservative
Stephen Byers North Tyneside Labour
(suspended from PLP)
Richard Caborn Sheffield Central Labour
Colin Challen Morley and Rothwell Labour
Ben Chapman Wirral South Labour
David Chaytor Bury North Independent
Michael Clapham Barnsley West and Penistone Labour
David Clelland Tyne Bridge Labour
Harry Cohen Leyton and Wanstead Labour
Derek Conway Old Bexley and Sidcup Independent
Patrick Cormack South Staffordshire Conservative
Jim Cousins Newcastle upon Tyne Central Labour
Ann Cryer Keighley Labour
John Cummings Easington Labour
David Curry Skipton and Ripon Conservative
Claire Curtis-Thomas Sefton Central Labour
Janet Dean Burton Labour
Jim Devine Livingston Independent
Jeff Ennis Barnsley East and Mexborough Labour
Bill Etherington Sunderland North Labour
Mark Fisher Stoke Central Labour
Barbara Follett Stevenage Labour
Christopher Fraser South West Norfolk Conservative
Bruce George Walsall South Labour
Neil Gerrard Walthamstow Labour
Paul Goodman Wycombe Conservative
John Greenway Ryedale Conservative
Nigel Griffiths Edinburgh South Labour
John Grogan Selby Labour
John Gummer Suffolk Coastal Conservative
Mike Hall Weaver Vale Labour
Sylvia Heal Halesowen and Rowley Regis Labour
Doug Henderson Newcastle upon Tyne North Labour
Stephen Hesford Wirral West Labour
Patricia Hewitt Leicester West Labour
(suspended from PLP)
Keith Hill Streatham Labour
Douglas Hogg Sleaford and North Hykeham Conservative
Geoff Hoon Ashfield Labour
(suspended from PLP)
John Horam Orpington Conservative
Michael Howard Folkestone and Hythe Conservative
David Howarth Cambridge Liberal Democrat
Kim Howells Pontypridd Labour
Beverley Hughes Stretford and Urmston Labour
Joan Humble Blackpool North and Fleetwood Labour
John Hutton Barrow and Furness Labour
Brian Iddon Bolton South East Labour
Adam Ingram East Kilbride, Strathaven
and Lesmahagow		 Labour
Michael Jack Fylde Conservative
Lynne Jones Birmingham Selly Oak Labour
Martyn Jones Clwyd South Labour
Paul Keetch Hereford Liberal Democrat
Ruth Kelly Bolton West Labour
Fraser Kemp Houghton and Washington East Labour
Jane Kennedy Liverpool Wavertree Labour
Robert Key Salisbury Conservative
Peter Kilfoyle Liverpool Walton Labour
Julie Kirkbride Bromsgrove Conservative
Jacqui Lait Beckenham Conservative
Bob Laxton Derby North Labour
David Lepper Brighton Pavilion Labour/Cooperative
Tom Levitt High Peak Labour
Michael Lord Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservative
Andrew Mackay Bracknell Conservative
Andrew Mackinlay Thurrock Labour
David Maclean Penrith and The Border Conservative
Humphrey Malins Woking Conservative
John Maples Stratford-on-Avon Conservative
Robert Marshall-Andrews Medway Labour
Eric Martlew Carlisle Labour
Michael Mates East Hampshire Conservative
Tommy McAvoy Rutherglen and Hamilton West Labour/Cooperative
Christine McCafferty Calder Valley Labour
Ian McCartney Makerfield Labour
John McFall West Dunbartonshire Labour
Eddie McGrady South Down SDLP
Rosemary McKenna Cumbernauld, Kilsyth
and Kirkintilloch East		 Labour
Alan Milburn Darlington Labour
Laura Moffatt Crawley Labour
Margaret Moran Luton South Labour
(suspended from PLP)
Elliot Morley Scunthorpe Independent
Malcolm Moss North East Cambridgeshire Conservative
Kali Mountford Colne Valley Labour
Chris Mullin Sunderland South Labour
Denis Murphy Wansbeck Labour
Doug Naysmith Bristol North West Labour/Cooperative
Mark Oaten Winchester Liberal Democrat
Edward O'Hara Knowsley South Labour
Bill Olner Nuneaton Labour
Ian Paisley North Antrim DUP
Andrew Pelling Croydon Central Independent
Ian Pearson Dudley South Labour
Greg Pope Hyndburn Labour
Bridget Prentice Lewisham East Labour
John Prescott Hull East Labour
Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru
Ken Purchase Wolverhampton North East Labour/Cooperative
James Purnell Stalybridge and Hyde Labour
John Reid Airdrie and Shotts Labour
Alex Salmond Banff and Buchan SNP
Martin Salter Reading West Labour
Mohammad Sarwar Glasgow Central Labour
Clare Short Birmingham Ladywood Independent
Sion Simon Birmingham Erdington Labour
Alan Simpson Nottingham South Labour
John Smith Vale of Glamorgan Labour
Helen Southworth Warrington South Labour
Michael Spicer West Worcestershire Conservative
Richard Spring West Suffolk Conservative
Anthony Steen Totnes Conservative
Howard Stoate Dartford Labour
Gavin Strang Edinburgh East Labour
Ian Taylor Esher and Walton Conservative
Matthew Taylor Truro and St Austell Liberal Democrat
Paddy Tipping Sherwood Labour
Mark Todd South Derbyshire Labour
Don Touhig Islwyn Labour
Paul Truswell Pudsey Labour
Des Turner Brighton Kemptown Labour
Neil Turner Wigan Labour
Kitty Ussher Burnley Labour
Peter Viggers Gosport Conservative
Rudi Vis Finchley and Golders Green Labour
Ann Widdecombe Maidstone and The Weald Conservative
Alan Williams Swansea West Labour
Betty Williams Conwy Labour
Phil Willis Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrat
Michael Wills North Swindon Labour
David Wilshire Spelthorne Conservative
Ann Winterton Congleton Conservative
Nicholas Winterton Macclesfield Conservative
Tony W Wright Cannock Chase Labour
Derek Wyatt Sittingbourne and Sheppey Labour
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2010 election data (to date)

  • 145 retiring
  • 93 Labour Party (4 suspended from PLP)
  • 35 Conservative Party
  • 7 Liberal Democrats
  • 6 Independent
  • 1 Scottish National Party
  • 1 Plaid Cymru
  • 1 SDLP
  • 1 Democratic Unionist Party

2005 election data

  • 86 retired, 24 later given life peerages
  • 57 Labour Party
  • 17 Conservative Party
  • 8 Liberal Democrats
  • 2 Social and Democratic Labour Party
  • 1 Democratic Unionist Party
  • 1 Ulster Unionist Party

  • 50 MPs were defeated
  • 36 Labour Party
  • 5 Liberal Democrats
  • 4 Conservative Party
  • 3 Ulster Unionist Party
  • 1 Plaid Cymru
  • 1 Scottish National Party

2001 election data

Many MPs with 'dual mandates' left to focus on their work in the devolved bodies, and Ken Livingstone also left to focus on his role as mayor

  • 78 retired (11 MSPs and 5 AMs), 24 later given life peerages
  • 37 Labour Party
  • 23 Conservative Party
  • 7 Liberal Democrats
  • 5 Scottish National Party
  • 2 Plaid Cymru
  • 2 Ulster Unionist Party
  • 2 Independents

  • 20 MPs were defeated
  • 7 Labour Party
  • 6 Conservative Party
  • 2 Liberal Democrats
  • 2 Ulster Unionist Party
  • 1 Independent (Martin Bell)
  • 1 Democratic Unionist Party
  • 1 UK Unionist Party

1997 election data

  • 115 retired, 37 later given life peerages
  • 72 Conservative Party
  • 36 Labour Party
  • 6 Liberal Democrats
  • 1 Ulster Unionist Party

  • 132 MPs were defeated
  • 126 Conservative Party
  • 3 Liberal Democrats
  • 1 Democratic Unionist Party
  • 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • 1 Referendum Party

1992 election data

  • 79 retired, 25 later given life peerages
  • 56 Conservative Party
  • 19 Labour Party
  • 1 Liberal Democrats
  • 1 Plaid Cymru
  • 1 Social Democratic Party
  • 1 the Speaker

  • 60 MPs were defeated
  • 38 Conservative Party
  • 6 Liberal Democrats
  • 5 Labour Party
  • 3 Independent Labour
  • 2 Scottish National Party
  • 2 Social Democratic Party
  • 1 Sinn Fein
  • 1 Independent Conservative
  • 1 Socialist Labour
  • 1 True Labour

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