All The MPs Who Are Standing Down At The General Election

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is among the latest of more than 60 MPs quitting.
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More than 60 MPs have announced they are standing down ahead of the December 12 general election, with some hinting at the toxic nature of modern politics during a wave of announcements.

Former cabinet minister Amber Rudd, who resigned from the cabinet and surrendered the Tory whip over Brexit in September, was among the series of high-profile parliamentarians to say last week they were getting out of Westminster.

She was followed by former cabinet colleague Nicky Morgan, the culture secretary, who alluded to the “clear impact on my family and the other sacrifices involved in, and the abuse for, doing the job of a modern MP”.

Tory former de-facto deputy prime minister Sir David Lidington and Conservative grandee Sir Patrick McLoughlin also said they would not seek re-election.

On Tuesday, former chancellor Philip Hammond announced he will quit parliament at the election and is “saddened” and “aggrieved” at having had the Conservative Party whip withdrawn.

In a dig at Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Hammond said: “The Conservartive Party that I have served has always had room for a wide range of opinions and has been tolerant of measured dissent.”

And Labour deputy leader Tom Watson on Wednesday became the biggest name in Jeremy Corbyn’s ranks to quit, saying he wanted to “start a different kind of life”. “The decision is personal, not political,” he said. 

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Some of the MPs who have announced their intention to stand down at the next election.
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They followed Ken Clarke, the longest serving MP in the House of Commons, and the Speaker of the House John Bercow giving notice before the vote was called this week.

Underlining the fraught state of politics, Liberal Democrat MP Heidi Allen said she will not stand as she declared that Brexit has “broken our politics”.

The former Tory said she is “exhausted by the invasion into my privacy and the nastiness and intimidation that has become commonplace”, adding that lines are too often crossed and the effect is “utterly dehumanising”.

As of November 6, 68 MPs had announced they were standing down at the election with around two weeks before the deadline for candidates.

The total included 29 Conservatives, 21 from the Labour Party, 12 Independents, three Lib Dems, two from Change UK and Bercow.

Here’s a full list of those stepping aside:

NOTE: Story updated as more MPs have announced their decision to stand down. 

1
Heidi Allen
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Lib Dem MP for South Cambridgeshire
2
Ian Austin
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Independent MP for Dudley North, who left the Labour Party in February
3
Adrian Bailey
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Labour MP for West Bromwich West
4
Sir Kevin Barron
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Labour MP for Rother Valley
5
Guto Bebb
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Independent MP for Aberconwy
6
Ann Coffey
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The Independent Group for Change MP for Stockport
7
John Bercow
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MP for Buckingham and Commons speaker
8
Richard Benyon
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Conservative MP for Newbury
9
Roberta Blackman-Woods
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Labour MP for City of Durham
10
Nick Boles
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Independent MP for Grantham
11
Sir Henry Bellingham
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Conservative MP for North West Norfolk
12
Alistair Burt
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Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire
13
Sir Vince Cable
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Lib Dem MP for Twickenham
14
Ronnie Campbell
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Labour MP for Blyth Valley
15
Kenneth Clarke
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Independent MP for Rushcliffe
16
Ann Clwyd
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Labour MP for Cynon Valley
17
Jim Cunningham
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Labour MP for Coventry South
18
Glyn Davies
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Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire
19
Charlie Elphicke
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Conservative MP for Dover and Deal
20
Gloria De Piero
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Labour MP for Ashfield
21
Dame Louise Ellman
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Independent MP for Liverpool Riverside
22
Sir Alan Duncan
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Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton
23
Sir Michael Fallon
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Conservative MP for Sevenoaks
24
Paul Farrelly
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Labour MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme
25
Mark Field
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Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster
26
Jim Fitzpatrick
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Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse
27
Bill Grant
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Conservative MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
28
Justine Greening
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Independent MP for Putney
29
Andrew Griffiths
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Conservative MP for Burton
30
Philip Hammond
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Independent MP for Runnymede and Weybridge
31
Lady Sylvia Hermon
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Independent MP for North Down
32
Richard Harrington
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Conservative MP for Watford
33
Peter Heaton-Jones
Conservative MP for North Devon
34
Nick Hurd
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Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
35
Nick Herbert
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Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs
36
Kate Hoey
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Labour MP for Vauxhall
37
Sir George Hollingbery
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Conservative MP for Meon Valley
38
Kelvin Hopkins
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Independent MP for Luton North
39
Margot James
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Conservative MP for Stourbridge
40
Jo Johnson
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Conservative MP for Orpington
41
Helen Jones
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Labour MP for Warrington North
42
Seema Kennedy
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Conservative MP for South Ribble
43
Norman Lamb
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Lib Dem MP for North Norfolk
44
Mark Lancaster
Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North
45
Jeremy Lefroy
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Conservative MP for Stafford
46
Sir Oliver Letwin
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Independent MP for West Dorset
47
Sir David Lidington
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Conservative MP for Aylesbury
48
Ian Lucas
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Labour MP for Wrexham
49
John Mann
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Labour MP for Bassetlaw
50
Patrick McLoughlin
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Conservative MP for West Derbyshire
51
Nicky Morgan
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Conservative MP for Loughborough
52
Sarah Newton
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Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth
53
Jared O'Mara
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Independent MP for Sheffield Hallam
54
Albert Owen
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Labour MP for Ynys Mon
55
Teresa Pearce
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Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead
56
Stephen Pound
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Labour MP for Ealing North
57
Claire Perry
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Conservative MP for Devizes
58
Mark Prisk
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Conservative MP for Hertford & Stortford
59
Geoffrey Robinson
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Labour MP for Coventry North West
60
Amber Rudd
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Independent MP for Hastings and Rye
61
Joan Ryan
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The Independent Group for Change MP for Enfield North
62
David Simpson
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DUP MP for Upper Bann
63
Keith Simpson
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Conservative MP for Broadland
64
Sir Nicholas Soames
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Conservative MP for Mid Sussex
65
Owen Smith
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Labour MP for Pontypridd
66
Caroline Spelman
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Conservative MP for Meriden
67
Rory Stewart
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Independent MP for Penrith and The Border
68
Sir Hugo Swire
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Conservative MP for East Devon
69
Ross Thomson
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Conservative MP for Aberdeen South
70
David Tredinnick
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Conservative MP for Bosworth
71
Stephen Twigg
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Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby
72
Keith Vaz
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Labour MP for Leicester East
73
Ed Vaizey
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Conservative MP for Didcot and Wantage
74
Tom Watson
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Labour MP for West Bromwich East
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John Woodcock
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Independent MP for Barrow and Furness