Mapping: All MPs quit at next election

Robert Halfon has become the latest Conservative MP to announce he will not stand at the next general election.

The Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Tertiary Education has unexpectedly resigned, while James Heappey has followed through on his intention to resign as Armed Forces Minister.

Mr Halfon is a senior MP for Harlow and has held a range of senior roles since he was first elected as a councilor in 2010.

In a letter to Rishi Sunak, he said: “After more than twenty years as Harlow parliamentary candidate and MP, I feel the time has come for me to stand down at the upcoming general election and Resign as a member of parliament.” Minister of your government. “

Shippy, who represents Wells, has reportedly been on “resignation probation” after privately telling colleagues he was dissatisfied with the level of defense spending.

The former soldier called for “urgent achievement” of a defense spending target of 2.5% of GDP when he left office last week.

Mr Shippy was due to defend a majority of 9,991 votes but now joins a growing Tory camp Congressman Several high-profile former cabinet secretaries and other ministers have decided to retire from politics.

As of March 26, 63 Conservative MPs have publicly stated that they will either resign from parliament or not contest their current seats at the general election.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation in early March, becoming the most high-profile departure of an MP since Boris Johnson resigned over his misleading MPs over the Partygate scandal.

Former Cop26 chairman Alok Sharma has also announced he will resign at the next general election and said serving as an MP has been the “honor” of his life. Mr Sharma, who represents Reading West, has previously briefed the business secretary.

Former health secretary Sajid Javid, former justice secretary Dominic Raab and former defense secretary Ben Wallace – all of whom were at one point touted as potential future candidates Leader of the Conservative Party – is one of the other big-name Conservatives. On this day, their party is in trouble at the polls.

Mr Sharma and Mr Raab, who resigned from cabinet amid a series of bullying accusations that Mr Raab denies, will defend a majority of less than 5,000 votes at the next national election.

Most MPs quitting politics are Conservatives, which is not surprising as they are the largest party, winning 365 seats at the 2019 election.

According to the Institute for Government, more than 100 MPs fell out of office in the 2010 election, mainly from the Labor Party, which had been in power since 1997.

That same year, a number of MPs also announced their resignations following an expenses scandal.

The next national election must be held by January 2025, with 63 of the 99 MPs being Conservative MPs, according to the House of Commons Library.

Former Labor leader Harriet Harman, former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett and former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw were among the 17 Labor MPs to stand down. one.

Nine SNP MPs, six independents (including former health secretary Matt Hancock), one Greens MP, one Plaid MP and two Sinn Féin MPs have also decided to call it a day.

Of the six independents, three – Mr Hancock, Crispin Blunt and Julian Knight – were Conservatives before being withdrawn as party whips. Three others – Conor McGinn, Bob Stull and Nick Brown – are former Labor MPs.

The SNP will have the highest turnover after the next election, despite the Conservatives having the most exiting MPs. The eight outgoing MPs represent nearly one-fifth of the party’s MPs.

Most surveys suggest the Conservatives will suffer a crushing defeat at the next election, with Politico’s “Poll” showing Labor leading by 17%.

The SNP has dominated politics north of the border since coming to power in 2007, and the opposition has narrowed the gap in Scotland.