Just 22 days before nominations close for the 1997 General Election, three
MPs today announced they would not be standing. Meanwhile Labour completed
a hotly disputed selection in the inner east end seat of Bethnal Green and
Bow.
RETIRING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Name Constituency Replacement
Conservative
Michael Alison North Yorkshire, Selby Ken Hind (1)
Sir Tom Arnold Greater Manchester, Hazel Brendan Murphy
Grove
Jack Aspinwall Avon, Wansdyke Mark Prisk
Kenneth Baker Surrey, Mole Valley Sir A. Beresford (2)
Sir Nicholas Baker Dorset, North Dorset Robert Walter
Robert Banks North Yorkshire, Harrogate Norman Lamont (2)
John Biffen Shropshire, North Shropshire Owen Paterson
John Butcher Coventry, South West Paul Ivey
John Carlisle Bedfordshire, North Luton David Senior
Sir Kenneth Carlisle Lincoln Tony Brown
Paul Channon Southend, West David Amess (2)
Sir Julian Critchley Hampshire, Aldershot Gerald Howarth (1)
Sir Anthony Durant Berkshire, Reading West Nick Bennett (1)
Barry Field Isle of Wight Andrew Turner
Dudley Fishburn Kensington and Chelsea, Sir Nicholas Scott
Kensington (2)
Dame Janet Fookes Plymouth, Sutton Andrew Crisp
Tristan Garel-Jones Watford Robert Gordon
Sir Anthony Grant Cambridgeshire, South West Andrew Lansley
Cambridgeshire
Sir John Hannam Exeter Dr. Adrian Rogers
David Harris Cornwall, St. Ives William Rogers
(but see below)
Robert Hicks Cornwall, South East Cornwall Warwick Lightfoot
Sir Terence Higgins Worthing Peter Bottomley (2)
Sir Peter Hordern West Sussex, Horsham Francis Maude (1)
David Howell Surrey, Guildford Nick St. Aubyn
Sir Ralph Howell Norfolk, North Norfolk David Prior
Sir John Hunt Bromley, Ravensbourne John Horam (2)
Douglas Hurd Oxfordshire, Witney Shaun Woodward
Michael Jopling Cumbria, Westmorland and Tim Collins
Lonsdale
Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman Lancashire, Lancaster Keith Mans (2)
Dame Jill Knight Birmingham Edgbaston Andrew Marshall
Sir David Knox Staffordshire, Staffordshire Andrew Ashworth
Moorlands
Sir Michael Marshall West Sussex, Arundel Nick Gibb
Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson Hampshire, New Forest Dr. Julian Lewis
Sir Patrick Mayhew Kent, Tunbridge Wells Archie Norman
Sir David Mitchell Hampshire, North West Sir George Young (2)
Hampshire
Sir Hector Monro Dumfries and Galloway, Struan Stevenson
Dumfries
Sir Fergus Montgomery Altrincham and Sale Graham Brady
Richard Needham Wiltshire, North Wiltshire James Gray
Anthony Nelson West Sussex, Chichester Andrew Tyrie
Steven Norris Essex, Epping Forest Eleanor Laing
Sir Cranley Onslow Surrey, Woking Humfrey Malins (1)
John Patten Oxfordshire, Oxford West and Laurence Harris
Abingdon
Sir Geoffrey Pattie Chertsey and Walton Phil Hammond
Sir Tim Renton West Sussex, Mid Sussex Nicholas Soames (2)
Sir Wyn Roberts Gwynedd, Conwy David Jones
Richard Ryder Norfolk, Mid-Norfolk Keith Simpson
Sir Tim Sainsbury Hove Robert Guy
Sir Giles Shaw Pudsey Peter Bone
Roger Sims Bromley, Chislehurst Eric Forth (2)
Sir Trevor Skeet Bedfordshire, North Sir Nicholas
Bedfordshire Lyell (2)
Sir Keith Speed Kent, Ashford Damian Green
Sir James Spicer Dorset, West Dorset Oliver Letwin
Allan Stewart Eastwood
Roy Thomason Hereford and Worcester, Julie Kirkbride
Bromsgrove
Patrick Thompson Norwich, North Robert Kinghorn
Neville Trotter Tynemouth Martin Callanan
Sir Gerard Vaughan Berkshire, Reading East John Watts (2)
George Walden Buckinghamshire, Buckingham John Bercow
John Ward Poole Robert Syms
Sir Jerry Wiggin Avon, Weston-super-Mare Margaret Daly (3)
Mark Wolfson Kent, Sevenoaks Michael Fallon (1)
Labour
Roland Boyes Houghton and Washington Fraser Kemp
Dr. Jeremy Bray Motherwell, South Frank Roy
Jim Callaghan Greater Manchester, Heywood Jim Dobbin
and Middleton
Don Dixon Jarrow Stephen Hepburn
Ken Eastham Manchester, Blackley Graham Stringer
Andrew Faulds Warley, East John Spellar (2)
Peter Hardy South Yorkshire, Wentworth John Healey
Roy Hattersley Birmingham, Sparkbrook Roger Godsiff (2)
Norman Hogg Strathclyde, Cumbernauld and (Mike Watson (2)?)
Kilsyth
Doug Hoyle Warrington, North (Bryan Davies (2)?)
Robert Hughes Aberdeen, North Malcolm Savidge
Roy Hughes Gwent, Newport East Alan Howarth (2)(4)
Greville Janner Leicester, West Patricia Hewitt
Bob Litherland Manchester, Central Tony Lloyd (2)
Eddie Loyden Liverpool, Garston Maria Eagle
Max Madden (5) Bradford, West Marsha Singh
Alf Morris Manchester, Wythenshawe Paul Goggins
Gordon Oakes Cheshire, Halton Derek Twigg
Stan Orme Salford, East Hazel Blears
Bob Parry Liverpool, Riverside Louise Ellman
Peter Shore Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green Oona King
and Stepney
Jack Thompson Northumberland, Wansbeck Dennis Murphy
Sir Harold Walker Doncaster, Central Rosie Winterton
Gareth Wardell West Glamorgan, Gower Martin Caton
Liberal Democrat
David Alton Liverpool, Mossley Hill Richard Kemp
Alex Carlile Powys, Montgomery Lembit Opik
Sir Russell Johnston Highland, Inverness, Nairn Stephen Gallagher
and Lochaber
Emma Nicholson (6) Devon, Torridge and West Devon David McBride
Sir David Steel Borders, Tweeddale, Ettrick Michael Moore
and Lauderdale
Peter Thurnham (7) Bolton, North East Dr. Edmund Critchley
Ulster Unionist
James Molyneaux Lagan Valley Jeffrey Donaldson
DESELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Conservative
David Ashby Leicestershire, North West Robert Goodwill
Leicestershire
Sir George Gardiner (8) Reigate Crispin Blunt
Sir Nicholas Scott Kensington and Chelsea, Alan Clark (1)
Chelsea
Michael Stephen West Sussex, Shoreham Peter Bottomley (2)
(in addition, Robert Banks and Roy Thomason announced they would retire
after their constituency associations voted to open up the selection to
other candidates; see the Retiring MPs section)
Labour
Bryan Davies Oldham, Central and Royton Michael Meacher (2)
John Fraser Lambeth, Norwood Tessa Jowell (2)
Mildred Gordon Tower Hamlets, Bow and Poplar Jim Fitzpatrick (9)
Max Madden (5) Bradford, West Marsha Singh
Nigel Spearing Newham, Newham South Jim Fitzpatrick (9)
Mike Watson Glasgow, Central Mohammed Sarwar
David Young Bolton, South East Brian Iddon
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHO HAVE NOT YET FOUND SEATS
Conservative
Hartley Booth Barnet, Finchley
Winston Churchill Davyhulme
Terry Dicks (10) Hillingdon, Hayes and
Harlington
David Harris (11) Cornwall, St. Ives
Michael Stephen West Sussex, Shoreham
Labour
Bryan Davies Oldham, Central and Royton ?Warrington North?
Mike Watson Glasgow, Central ?Cumbernauld/Kilsyth?
SEATS WITH NO CANDIDATE FOR THE PARTIES THAT HOLD THEM
Conservative
Eastwood
Labour
Strathclyde, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Warrington, North
NOTES
(1) - Former MP
(2) - Current MP
(3) - Former MEP
(4) - Alan Howarth defected from the Conservative Party on 12th October 1995.
(5) - Max Madden announced his decision to retire in 1994 but has since
decided to rescind it and contested the selection. The Labour Party
NEC has decided that he must do so without the advantages of
incumbency (ie automatic reselection if nominated by two thirds of
branches). In the event, he lost heavily; this counts as both a
retirement and a deselection.
(6) - Emma Nicholson defected from the Conservative Party on 29th December
1995.
(7) - Peter Thurnham defected from the Conservative Party and joined the
Liberal Democrats on 12th October 1996.
(8) - Sir George Gardiner defected from the Conservative Party and joined
the Referendum Party on 8th March 1997.
(9) - Selected for the new seat of Poplar and Canning Town over two sitting
MPs.
(10) - Terry Dicks declined to seek reselection in his own unchanged
constituency.
(11) - David Harris stood down in 1995 in order to care for his wife; she has
since died and he has attempted to find another seat.
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\/ David Boothroyd, psephologist, Libertarian socialist.De minimis non curat DB
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