MPs Standing Down at the Next Election
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As Britain heads for a general election, MPs are making decisions about their own future career plans. So as the day-to-day politics unfurls, Guido brings you the comprehensive and continually-updating list of MPs who have announced they will be stepping down at the next election.
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Speaker
Conservative
- Alan Duncan, Rutland and Melton
- Alastair Burt, North East Bedfordshire
- Bill Grant, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- Caroline Spelman, Meriden
- Claire Perry, Devizes
- David Lidington, Aylesbury
- David Tredinnick, Bosworth
- Glyn Davies, Montgomeryshire
- Henry Bellingham, North West Norfolk
- Hugo Swire, East Devon
- Jeremy Lefroy, Stafford
- Jo Johnson, Orpington
- Keith Simpson, Broadland
- Mark Field, Cities of London and Westminster
- Mark Lancaster, Milton Keynes North
- Mark Prisk, Hertford & Stortford
- Michael Fallon, Sevenoaks
- Mims Davies, Eastleigh
- Nicholas Soames, Mid Sussex
- Nick Hurd, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Nicky Morgan, Loughborough
- Patrick McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales
- Peter Heaton-Jones, North Devon
- Richard Benyon, Newbury
- Richard Harrington, Watford
- Ross Thompson, Aberdeen South
- Sarah Newton, Truro and Falmouth
- Seema Kennedy, South Ribble
Labour
- Adrian Bailey, West Bromwich West
- Albert Owen, Ynys Mon
- Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley
- Geoffrey Robinson, Coventry North West
- Gloria De Piero, Ashfield
- Helen Jones, Warrington North
- Ian Lucas, Wrexham
- Jim Cunningham, Coventry South
- Jim Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse
- John Mann, Bassetlaw
- John Woodcock, Barrow and Furness
- Kate Hoey, Vauxhall
- Kelvin Hopkins, Luton North
- Kevin Barron, Rother Valley
- Louise Ellman, Liverpool Riverside
- Owen Smith, Pontypridd
- Paul Farrelly, Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Roberta Blackman-Woods, City of Durham
- Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley
- Stephen Pound, Ealing North
- Stephen Twigg, Liverpool West Derby
- Teresa Pearce, Erith and Thamesmead
Lib Dem
- Norman Lamb, North Norfolk
- Vince Cable, Twickenham
Former-Tory, Former-Change UK, Former-Independent, Former ‘The Independents’, Now Lib Dem
- Heidi Allen, South Cambridgeshire
Conservative Independents
- Guto Bebb, Aberconwy
- Oliver Letwin, West Dorset
- Justine Greening, Putney
- Ken Clarke, Rushcliffe
- Nick Boles, Grantham
- Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge
Independent
- Amber Rudd, Hastings and Rye
- Margot James, Stourbridge
- Rory Stewart, Penrith and the Border
The Independent Group for Change
- Ann Coffey, Stockport
- Joan Ryan, Enfield North
The totemic 2010 election saw 149 MPs announce they wouldn’t contest the election, 2015 saw 90, and 2017 saw 30. The 2019 tally stands at 63…