All the Labour MPs who’re stepping down on the subsequent UK common election

There’s change within the air as the following common election looms.

Dozens of MPs from all events have mentioned they are going to stop the Westminster life moderately than slug it out on the polls after a Parliament dogged by chaos and calamity. More than 50 Tories are stepping down, together with a number of of their 20s and 30s, as their occasion braces for electoral wipeout.

Some Conservative huge beasts like ex-Cabinet Ministers Ben Wallace, Sajid Javid and Dominic Raab have additionally determined to throw within the towel. A lot of Labour MPs have additionally determined to name time on their lengthy Commons careers, together with veterans from the New Labour years and a few of Parliament’s longest serving politicians. It will imply that irrespective of the end result, the following Parliament will look very totally different.

Here are the Labour MPs who’ve determined to not struggle the following election.

Alex Cunningham, 68. Majority in Stockton North: 1,027. The Shadow Justice Minister was one of many first to announce he would not contest the following election again in 2021. He mentioned it was proper for him to retire after 30 years in public life.

Dame Margaret Hodge, 79. Majority in Barking: 15,427. The veteran MP is standing down after 30 years in Parliament. She was the primary ever Children’s Minister and held numerous high jobs in the course of the New Labour years however was a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn, who she accused of anti-Semitism.

Barry Sheerman, 83. Majority in Huddersfield: 4,937. Labour’s longest repeatedly serving MP has determined to bow out after greater than 4 a long time in Parliament. He held a number of shadow ministerial jobs below Neil Kinnock and John Smith however has been on the again benches since 1994.

Harriet Harman, 73. Majority in Camberwell and Peckham: 33,780. The trail-blazing feminist MP served as ‘Acting’ Labour chief in 2010 earlier than the appointment of Ed Miliband and once more in 2015 earlier than Jeremy Corbyn took over. Elected in 1982, she has had a number of Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet jobs. She led the Privileges Committee probe into Boris Johnson’s Partygate lies.

Karen Buck, 65. Majority in Westminster North: 10,759. Ms Buck has been an MP since 1997, first for Regent’s Park and Kensington North after which newly created marginal seat Westminster North. She held a number of shadow ministerial roles below Ed Miliband however didn’t serve when Jeremy Corbyn was chief.

Alan Whitehead, 73. Majority in Southampton Test: 6,213. The long-serving Shadow Energy Minister has been an MP since 1997 however mentioned he “could not give a further five-year commitment to the role of MP at that point, much though I might want to continue in principle”.

Sir Ben Bradshaw, 63. Majority in Exeter: 10,403. The former Culture Secretary became an MP in Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide victory. He said he was stepping down now as he would be “pushing 70” at the next election – and the party was in “good palms” under Keir Starmer.

Wayne David, 66. Majority in Caerphilly: 6,833. The Shadow Middle East and North Africa Minister said he was stepping down due to his age. In a statement on his website, he said he was quitting “with some disappointment” but said it was “time to make approach for a youthful particular person”.

Paul Blomfield, 70. Majority in Sheffield Central: 27,273. An MP since 2010, Mr Blomfield has had a number of frontbench roles including Shadow Brexit Minister until 2021. He has campaigned to change the law on assisted dying after his father killed himself following a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer.

Dame Rosie Winterton, 65. Majority in Doncaster Central: 2,278. One of the three Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons since 2017, Dame Rosie is a well known face in Parliament. She had ministerial posts in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s Governments and served as Labour’s Chief Whip after 2010.

Dame Margaret Beckett, 81. Majority in Derby South: 6,019. Dame Margaret was named Britain’s first Foreign Secretary in 2006 and served in Cabinet all through Tony Blair’s Government. She was additionally Labour’s Deputy Leader from 1992 to 1994 and have become the primary lady to guide the occasion, stepping in for a short while after the sudden loss of life of John Smith. She first grew to become an MP in 1974.

Jon Cruddas, 61. Majority in Dagenham and Rainham: 293. Ed Miliband’s former coverage chief is stepping down after 21 years. A insurgent below Tony Blair, he unsuccessfully stood to be Deputy Leader in 2007 however dominated himself out of the 2010 contest – and as an alternative grew to become a coverage chief. He has one of many slimmest majorities in Parliament.

Colleen Fletcher, 69. Majority in Coventry North East: 7,692. Elected in 2015, Ms Fletcher has served as a Labour whip since 2017. She mentioned in 2022 that she would step all the way down to “pursue some new challenges.”

Margaret Greenwood, 64. Majority in Wirral West: 3,003. Ms Greenwood was elected in 2015 after unseating Cabinet Minister Esther McVey by 417 votes in a serious upset. She was named Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary by Jeremy Corbyn in 2018 and held the submit till 2020. She was Shadow Schools Minister below Keir Starmer however stop to insurgent on a vote on undercover policing in 2020.

Sir George Howarth, 74. Majority: 39,942. He was first elected in a by-election in 1986 and went on to carry ministerial roles on the Home Office and Northern Ireland in the course of the New Labour years. He mentioned it was “the right time for a new candidate” after almost 40 years as an MP.

Christina Rees, 69. Majority in Neath: 5,637. The MP, who was Shadow Welsh Secretary throughout Jeremy Corbyn’s management, had the occasion whip suspended from October 2022 till February 2024 over bullying allegations. The whip was restored however she mentioned she would step down anyway. She had already barred from choice for the newly created Neath and Swansea East seat.

Former Labour MPs

Nick Brown, 73. Majority in Newcastle upon Tyne East: 15,463. The veteran Chief Whip, who has been an MP since 1983, held the place on and off below each Labour chief since Tony Blair. In 2022, he had the whip suspended over an undisclosed grievance, that means he has been sitting as an unbiased MP. He mentioned in December he mentioned he would step down and criticised the occasion complaints course of.

Conor McGinn, 39. Majority in St Helens North: 12,209. An MP since 2015, Mr McGinn served as a celebration whip for a number of years. He was suspended by Labour in December 2022 following unspecified allegations, which meant he sat as an unbiased MP. He cited well being points, together with a coronary heart situation, amongst his causes for stepping down.

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