More than 70 MPs have announced they are standing down ahead of the December 12 general election as the deadline for candidates closes.
Some of the biggest names in British politics are quitting Westminster, with many pointed to the toxic nature of modern politics and the abuse they recieve as MPs. during a wave of announcements.
Ex-chancellor Philip Hammond, Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan, her former Tory cabinet colleague Amber Rudd and Labour deputy leader Tom Watson are not running in the December 12 vote.
Many of those giving way were former Conservative and Labour MPs who have become independents, either of their own volition or having the party whip removed.
According to our count just after the 4pm deadline, 75 MPs are quitting. The total includes 32 Conservatives, 21 from the Labour Party, 15 Independents, 3 Lib Dems, 2 from Change UK, 1 DUP and John Bercow. The record is thought to be in the 2010 election, following the expenses scandal, when 149 MPs stood down.
Here’s a list of those stepping aside:
1. Heidi Allen
Lib Dem MP for South Cambridgeshire
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2. Ian Austin
Independent MP for Dudley North, who left the Labour Party in February
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3. Adrian Bailey
Labour MP for West Bromwich West
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4. Sir Kevin Barron
Labour MP for Rother Valley
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5. Guto Bebb
Independent MP for Aberconwy
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6. Ann Coffey
The Independent Group for Change MP for Stockport
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7. John Bercow
MP for Buckingham and Commons speaker
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8. Richard Benyon
Conservative MP for Newbury
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9. Roberta Blackman-Woods
Labour MP for City of Durham
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10. Nick Boles
Independent MP for Grantham
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11. Sir Henry Bellingham
Conservative MP for North West Norfolk
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12. Alistair Burt
Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire
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13. Sir Vince Cable
Lib Dem MP for Twickenham
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14. Ronnie Campbell
Labour MP for Blyth Valley
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15. Kenneth Clarke
Independent MP for Rushcliffe
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16. Ann Clwyd
Labour MP for Cynon Valley
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17. Jim Cunningham
Labour MP for Coventry South
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18. Glyn Davies
Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire
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19. Charlie Elphicke
Conservative MP for Dover and Deal
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20. Gloria De Piero
Labour MP for Ashfield
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21. Dame Louise Ellman
Independent MP for Liverpool Riverside
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22. Sir Alan Duncan
Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton
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23. Sir Michael Fallon
Conservative MP for Sevenoaks
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24. Paul Farrelly
Labour MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme
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25. Mark Field
Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster
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26. Jim Fitzpatrick
Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse
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27. Bill Grant
Conservative MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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28. Justine Greening
Independent MP for Putney
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29. Andrew Griffiths
Conservative MP for Burton
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30. Philip Hammond
Independent MP for Runnymede and Weybridge
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31. Lady Sylvia Hermon
Independent MP for North Down
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32. Richard Harrington
Conservative MP for Watford
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News: I have today written to the chairman of #NDevon Conservative Association to say that I am standing down from Parliament for personal reasons. My letter attached. It has been an honour and a privilege to serve North Devon. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/cViEyCP4Jb
— Peter Heaton-JonesMP (@PeterNorthDevon) October 30, 2019
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34. Nick Hurd
Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
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35. Nick Herbert
Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs
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36. Kate Hoey
Labour MP for Vauxhall
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37. Sir George Hollingbery
Conservative MP for Meon Valley
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38. Kelvin Hopkins
Independent MP for Luton North
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39. Margot James
Conservative MP for Stourbridge
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40. Jo Johnson
Conservative MP for Orpington
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41. Helen Jones
Labour MP for Warrington North
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42. Seema Kennedy
Conservative MP for South Ribble
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43. Norman Lamb
Lib Dem MP for North Norfolk
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After almost 15 years as an MP in Milton Keynes, I will be standing down at the upcoming General Election.
Statement on my website:https://t.co/G4FdTPMYF4
— Rt Hon Mark Lancaster (@MarkLancasterMK) November 2, 2019
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45. Jeremy Lefroy
Conservative MP for Stafford
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46. Sir Oliver Letwin
Independent MP for West Dorset
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47. Sir David Lidington
Conservative MP for Aylesbury
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48. Ian Lucas
Labour MP for Wrexham
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49. John Mann
Labour MP for Bassetlaw
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50. Patrick McLoughlin
Conservative MP for West Derbyshire
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51. Nicky Morgan
Conservative MP for Loughborough
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52. Sarah Newton
Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth
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53. Jared O'Mara
Independent MP for Sheffield Hallam
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54. Albert Owen
Labour MP for Ynys Mon
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55. Teresa Pearce
Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead
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56. Stephen Pound
Labour MP for Ealing North
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57. Claire Perry
Conservative MP for Devizes
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58. Mark Prisk
Conservative MP for Hertford & Stortford
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59. Geoffrey Robinson
Labour MP for Coventry North West
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60. Amber Rudd
Independent MP for Hastings and Rye
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61. Joan Ryan
The Independent Group for Change MP for Enfield North
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62. David Simpson
DUP MP for Upper Bann
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63. Keith Simpson
Conservative MP for Broadland
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64. Sir Nicholas Soames
Conservative MP for Mid Sussex
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65. Owen Smith
Labour MP for Pontypridd
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66. Caroline Spelman
Conservative MP for Meriden
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67. Rory Stewart
Independent MP for Penrith and The Border
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68. Sir Hugo Swire
Conservative MP for East Devon
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69. Ross Thomson
Conservative MP for Aberdeen South
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70. David Tredinnick
Conservative MP for Bosworth
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71. Stephen Twigg
Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby
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72. Keith Vaz
Labour MP for Leicester East
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73. Ed Vaizey
Conservative MP for Didcot and Wantage
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74. Tom Watson
Labour MP for West Bromwich East
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75. John Woodcock
Independent MP for Barrow and Furness
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