UK general election 2010: Retiring MPs

UK General Election 2010

Retiring MPs

The following 151 MPs will not be standing at the next election. Links are to the 2005 result

Information on resettlement grants for MPs

Conservative [35]

Peter Ainsworth (Surrey E)
Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Peter Atkinson (Hexham)
Timothy Boswell (Daventry)
Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton)
John Butterfill (Bournemouth W)
Patrick Cormack (Staffordshire S)
David Curry (Skipton & Ripon)
Christopher Fraser (Norfolk SW)
Paul Goodman (Wycombe)
John Greenway (Ryedale)
John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal)

Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & Hykeham N)
John Horam (Orpington)
Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe)
Michael Jack (Fylde)
Robert Key (Salisbury)
Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)
Michael Lord (Suffolk C & Ipswich N)
Andrew Mackay (Bracknell)
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border)
Humphrey Malins (Woking)
John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon)

Michael Mates (Hampshire E)
Malcolm Moss (Cambridgeshire NE)
Michael Spicer (Worcestershire W)
Richard Spring (Suffolk W)
Anthony Steen (Totnes)
Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton)
Peter Viggers (Gosport)
Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald)
David Wilshire (Spelthorne)
Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Labour [100]

Hilary Armstrong (Durham NW)
John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead)
John Battle (Leeds W)
Liz Blackman (Erewash)
Des Browne (Kilmarnock & Loudoun)
Colin Burgon (Elmet)
Stephen Byers (Tyneside N)
Richard Caborn (Sheffield C)
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell)
Ben Chapman (Wirral S)
David Chaytor (Bury N)
Michael Clapham (Barnsley W & Penistone)
David Clelland (Tyne Bridge)
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead)
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne C)
Ann Cryer (Keighley)
John Cummings (Easington)
Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby)
Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford)
Janet Dean (Burton)
Jim Devine (Livingston)
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley E & Mexborough)
Bill Etherington (Sunderland N)
Barbara Follett (Stevenage)
Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Bruce George (Walsall S)
Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh S)
John Grogan (Selby)
Mike Hall (Weaver Vale)
Sylvia Heal (Halesowen & Rowley Regis)
Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne N)
John Heppell (Nottingham E)
Stephen Hesford (Wirral W)

Patricia Hewitt (Leicester W)
Keith Hill (Streatham)
Geoff Hoon (Ashfield)
Kim Howells (Pontypridd)
Beverley Hughes (Stretford & Urmston)
Joan Humble (Blackpool N & Fleetwood)
John Hutton (Barrow & Furness)
Brian Iddon (Bolton SE)
Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow)
Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)
Martyn Jones (Clwyd S)
Ruth Kelly (Bolton W)
Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington E)
Jane Kennedy (Liverpool Wavertree)
Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton)
Bob Laxton (Derby N)
David Lepper (Brighton Pavilion)
Tom Levitt (High Peak)
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
Eric Martlew (Carlisle)
Tommy McAvoy (Rutherglen & Hamilton W)
Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley)
Ian McCartney (Makerfield)
John McFall (Dunbartonshire W)
Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch E)
Alan Milburn (Darlington)
Anne Moffat (East Lothian)
Laura Moffatt (Crawley)
Margaret Moran (Luton S)
Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe)
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)

Chris Mullin (Sunderland S)
Denis Murphy (Wansbeck)
Doug Naysmith (Bristol NW)
Edward O'Hara (Knowsley S)
Bill Olner (Nuneaton)
Ian Pearson (Dudley S)
Greg Pope (Hyndburn)
Bridget Prentice (Lewisham E)
John Prescott (Hull E)
Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton NE)
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde)
John Reid (Airdrie & Shotts)
Martin Salter (Reading W)
Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow C)
Siôn Simon (Birmingham Erdington)
Alan Simpson (Nottingham S)
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)
Helen Southworth (Warrington S)
Ian Stewart (Eccles)
Howard Stoate (Dartford)
Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E)
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood)
Mark Todd (Derbyshire S)
Don Touhig (Islwyn)
Paul Truswell (Pudsey)
Des Turner (Brighton Kemptown)
Neil Turner (Wigan)
Kitty Ussher (Burnley)
Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green)
Betty Williams (Conwy)
Alan Williams (Swansea W)
Michael Wills (Swindon N)
Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)

Liberal Democrat [7]

John Barrett (Edinburgh West)
Colin Breed (Cornwall SE)

David Howarth (Cambridge)
Paul Keetch (Hereford)
Mark Oaten (Winchester)

Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell)
Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough)

Other [9]

Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup) Ind
Eddie McGrady (Down S) SDLP
Ian Paisley (Antrim North) DUP

Andrew Pelling (Croydon C) Ind
Adam Price (Carmarthen E & Dinefwr) Plaid Cymru
Iris Robinson, (Strangford), DUP

Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan) SNP
Clare Short (Birmingham Ladywood) Ind
Robert Wareing (Liverpool West Derby) Ind

British General Election 2010: Retiring MPs

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Last Modified: 03 May 10

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