# List of MPs who stood down at the 2015 United Kingdom general election

89 members of Parliament (MPs) chose to not seek reelection at the 2015 general election, meaning they were MPs in the 55th Parliament, but chose not to contest the 2015 general election (in some cases after being deselected by their parties). While at the previous election there had been a record 149 MPs not standing for reelection, the 89 standing down in 2015 represented a more usual number. These 89 consist of 37 Labour, 37 Conservative, 10 Liberal Democrat, 3 Independent, 1 Sinn Féin and 1 Plaid Cymru MP. There were no vacant seats at dissolution.
The highest profile members of Parliament leaving were Gordon Brown, the former prime minister and leader of the Labour Party (both 2007 to 2010) and chancellor of the Exchequer (1997 to 2007); and William Hague, the outgoing First Secretary of State and leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary (2010 to 2014), leader of the Conservative Party and leader of the Opposition (both 1997 to 2001).
Alongside Brown and Hague, seventeen former cabinet ministers stood down at the election, including Stephen Dorrell, Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, David Blunkett, Sir Peter Tapsell (the Father of the House having served continuously since the 1966 general election, in addition to his previous service), Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Dame Tessa Jowell, all of whom had served at least 23 years in the House of Commons. The highest profile Liberal Democrat to stand down was former leader Sir Menzies Campbell.

## List of MPs

In total, 89 members of parliament decided not to stand for re-election.
| MP | Seat | First elected | Party | Date announced |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | 1992 | Labour | 7 December 2012 |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | 1987 (Wanstead and Woodford) | Conservative | 6 June 2011 |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | 1983 | Conservative | 1 September 2014 |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | 2001 | Conservative | 14 July 2014 |
| Hugh Bayley | York Central | 1992 | Labour | 5 December 2014 |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 1973 by-election | Liberal Democrats | 7 August 2013 |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | 1990 by-election | Labour | 12 June 2014 |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | 2005 | Conservative | 22 July 2013 |
| Hazel Blears | Salford and Eccles | 1997 (Salford) | Labour | 20 February 2014 |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | 1987 (Sheffield Brightside) | Labour | 21 June 2014 |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | 2001 | Liberal Democrats | 5 March 2013 |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 1983 (Dunfermline East) | Labour | 1 December 2014 |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton Deane | 2005 (Taunton) | Liberal Democrats | 15 October 2014 |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | 1983 | Liberal Democrats | 9 October 2013 |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | 2010 | Conservative | 5 February 2014 |
| Dan Byles | North Warwickshire | 2010 | Conservative | 20 July 2014 |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | 1987 | Liberal Democrats | 9 October 2013 |
| Martin Caton | Gower | 1997 | Labour | 11 March 2012 |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | 1992 | Conservative | 3 July 2014 |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | 2001 | Labour | 28 June 2014 |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | 1987 (Edinburgh Central) | Labour | 2 November 2014 |
| John Denham | Southampton Itchen | 1992 | Labour | 7 October 2011 |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | 1979 (Holborn and St Pancras South) | Labour | 18 July 2014 |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | 1987 (Aberdeen South) | Labour | 19 October 2013 |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | 1979 (Loughborough) | Conservative | 25 November 2014 |
| Jonathan Evans | Cardiff North | 1992 (Brecon and Radnorshire) | Conservative | 17 January 2013 |
| Don Foster | Bath | 1992 | Liberal Democrats | 8 January 2014 |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | 2001 | Labour | 22 November 2013 |
| Lorraine Fullbrook | South Ribble | 2010 | Conservative | 14 September 2013 |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | 1989 by-election | Conservative | 14 July 2014 |
| Peter Hain | Neath | 1991 by-election | Labour | 6 June 2014 |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | 2001 | Labour | 24 January 2015 |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | 2001 | Labour | 24 September 2014 |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | 1997 | Liberal Democrats | 11 October 2013 |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | 1992 (High Peak) | Conservative | 1 March 2013 |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | 2001 | Labour | 1 March 2014 |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | 2001 | Conservative | 23 January 2015 |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | 1992 (Hampstead and Highgate) | Labour | 23 June 2011 |
| Siân James | Swansea East | 2005 | Labour | 25 February 2014 |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | 2000 by-election (as Labour) | Independent | 2 March 2012 |
| Chris Kelly | Dudley South | 2010 | Conservative | 31 August 2014 |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | 1997 | Conservative | 15 July 2014 |
| Jessica Lee | Erewash | 2010 | Conservative | 20 January 2014 |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 1992 (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) | Plaid Cymru | 19 October 2013 |
| Andy Love | Edmonton | 1997 | Labour | 12 January 2015 |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | 1992 (Worcester) | Conservative | 5 September 2012 |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | 1983 (North Warwickshire) | Conservative | 1 February 2015 |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | 2005 | Labour | 3 April 2015 |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | 1997 | Labour | 14 January 2014 |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | 1997 (Vale of York) | Conservative | 31 January 2014 |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | 1992 | Labour | 10 December 2013 |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | 1977 by-election | Labour | 16 April 2014 |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | 1992 | Labour | 4 October 2013 |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield Heeley | 2001 | Labour | 25 January 2014 |
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | 2005 | Sinn Féin | 21 October 2014 |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | 1987 | Labour | 30 January 2015 |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | 2005 | Conservative | 11 October 2014 |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | 1999 by-election | Conservative | 9 March 2015 |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | 1983 (Nottingham North) | Conservative | 27 October 2012 |
| Jim Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | 1987 | Conservative | 8 March 2013 |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | 1987 | Labour | 11 November 2011 |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | 1997 (Uxbridge) | Conservative | 10 July 2014 |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | 1986 by-election (Fulham) | Labour | 22 March 2013 |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington | 1974 (Edinburgh Pentlands, elected as Conservative) | Independent | 24 February 2015 |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | 2005 | Labour | 12 February 2015 |
| Andrew Robathan | South Leicestershire | 1992 (Blaby) | Conservative | 22 September 2014 |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | 2001 | Conservative | 14 January 2015 |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | 2008 by-election | Labour | 6 November 2013 |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham Deptford | 1987 | Labour | 12 January 2013 |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | 1997 | Conservative | 28 July 2014 |
| Laura Sandys | South Thanet | 2010 | Conservative | 25 November 2013 |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | 1979 | Conservative | 24 October 2014 |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | 2001 | Conservative | 11 August 2014 |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | 1974 | Conservative | 23 March 2012 |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | 1979 (as Labour) | Independent | 25 October 2013 |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | 1997 | Liberal Democrats | 29 September 2013 |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | 1994 by-election | Labour | 28 May 2014 |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | 2010 | Liberal Democrats | 11 July 2014 |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | 1959 (Nottingham West) | Conservative | 21 March 2014 |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | 1987 | Labour | 15 November 2013 |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | 1997 | Conservative | 5 December 2014 |
| David Watts | St Helens North | 1997 | Labour | 3 January 2015 |
| Mike Weatherley | Hove | 2010 | Conservative | 3 July 2014 |
| David Willetts | Havant | 1992 | Conservative | 14 July 2014 |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | 1997 | Labour | 28 February 2014 |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South and Whiston | 1997 (Witney) | Labour | 7 November 2013 |
| Sarah Teather | Brent Central | 2003 by-election (Brent East) | Liberal Democrats | 7 September 2013 |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | 1983 | Conservative | 3 February 2014 |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | 1974 (Acton) | Conservative | 29 November 2013 |