Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
Prospective parliamentary candidates have been selected for the 2024 general election.[1]
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Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, most constituency boundaries will change at this election. The tables below show both the new and old constituency names. Candidates may have been selected on either the old or the new boundaries.[2]
As of 7 June 2024, a total of sitting 127 MPs have announced they are standing down at the election.[3] This included a record number of Conservative MPs. 29 former Members of Parliament intend to stand in the election.[4] For the first time since 2015, there were no vacant seats at dissolution.
The deadline for nominations of candidates was 16:00 BST on 7 June 2024.[5]
Candidate selection process
Each party has its own selection process. The processes used by Labour and the Conservatives have been described by PoliticsHome as "secretive" and "controversial".[6]
In June 2022, former Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick launched a Twitter account called Tomorrow's MPs, documenting the selection process of parties candidates in the runup to the next general election.[7]
Conservative
On 5 April 2023, Home Secretary and Fareham MP Suella Braverman defeated Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond by a majority of local party members of 77 to 54, to be preselected for the new seat of Fareham and Waterlooville.[8] Drummond later won the contest to be selected for Winchester, a seat far more likely to be gained by the Liberal Democrats.
On 17 April 2023, Chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands announced the first 19 seats that would open selections.[9] The seats were listed by ConservativeHome as Bicester and Woodstock, Calder Valley, Camborne and Redruth, Canterbury, Coventry South, Earley and Woodley, Eltham and Chislehurst, Hazel Grove, Hove and Portslade, Isle of Wight East, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, Milton Keynes South, Norwich North, Selby, South Cambridgeshire, South West Devon, Tamworth, West Bromwich and West Lancashire.[10]
On 29 May, the Conservative Campaign Headquarters announced the next 24 seats that would open selections: Altrincham and Sale West, Bishop Auckland, Bromsgrove, Broxbourne, Chippenham, Coventry North West, Eastleigh, Esher and Walton, Exeter East and Exmouth, Halifax, Hendon, Henley, Mid Bedfordshire, Newport West and Islwyn, Norwich South, Reigate, Rugby, Scarborough and Whitby, South Shropshire, Stevenage, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Walsall and Bloxwich, West Suffolk and Wolverhampton West.[11]
On 2 June 2023, Bromsgrove Conservatives began their selection process for a candidate.[12]
On 12 June, Boris Johnson resigned as an MP, triggering a by-election.[13][14] The same day, Nigel Adams also resigned as an MP.[15] On 19 June, David Warburton gave up his seat in Parliament.[16]
On 11 August, the Conservatives opened selections for 26 seats: Alyn and Deeside, Bridlington and The Wolds, Bristol North West, Bury South, Clwyd North, Colchester, Crawley, Croydon East, Doncaster North, Dorking and Horley, Frome and East Somerset, Glastonbury and Somerton, Heywood and Middleton North, Huntingdon, Leeds East, Leeds West and Pudsey, Mid Cheshire, North West Leicestershire, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Richmond Park, Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Southampton Itchen, St Albans, Wakefield and Rothwell, Waveney Valley and Wirral West.[17]
Nadine Dorries announced her intentions to resign and officially resigned on 29 August.[18] Chris Pincher left Parliament on 7 September.[19]
On 22 September, nominations opened in 10 seats: Bath, Bolton South and Walkden, Bridgend, Coventry South, Lancaster and Wyre, Norwich North, Telford, West Bromwich, Westmorland and Lonsdale and Wimbledon.[20]
On 30 September 2023, The Telegraph reported that the Conservatives had only selected 65 candidates out of their target of 100 before the Conservative Party Conference.[21]
On 13 October 2023, nominations opened in 18 seats: Bristol North East, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Chester North and Neston, City of Durham, Croydon West, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Gower, Hampstead and Highgate, Harrow West, Leicester East, Mid Cheshire, Nottingham East, Oxford West and Abingdon, Queens Park and Maida Vale, Wirral West, Wolverhampton South East and Wolverhampton West.[22]
On 23 November 2023, Nick Rose the candidate for Norwich North resigned.[23]
In late 2023, two candidates were removed after MI5 warned in 2021 that they were potential Chinese spies.[24] In April 2024, the selection process was internally criticised by party members for "purging Brexit-backing candidates".[25] The preferred selection of One Nation Conservatives by the party leadership over right-wing candidates has been reported on.[26] This included the former Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party and Conservative MEP David Campbell Bannerman who was blocked in South Norfolk.[27]
On 28 May 2024, it was reported that the Conservatives had 183 candidates to select.[28]
On 28 May 2024, presenter Iain Dale announced that he would be stepping back from his LBC radio show to run as a Conservative candidate in the election,[29] hoping to stand in the seat of Tunbridge Wells, where he lives.[30] However on 31 May he announced that he had decided not to put his name on the shortlist after comments he had made about Tunbridge Wells, two years earlier, emerged online. In the clip he had said that he didn't like living in the town he was running in.[31][32] Dale defended himself by stating that "there is a context to it, but nobody’s interested in context or nuance in these situations".[33]
Labour
In March 2021, the local parties in East Ham and West Ham were suspended following allegations of electoral fraud, disbanding the internal selections committee.[34] This was a precursor to contentious selections across East London, between centrist supporters of Keir Starmer and Momentum-backed supporters of former leader Jeremy Corbyn.[35]
The Labour Party selected many prospective parliamentary candidates throughout 2022.[36][37][38]
In July 2022, a trigger ballot was held in Ilford South to determine whether MP Sam Tarry should face reselection; Tarry lost the vote by 57.5% to 42.5%.[39] On 10 October 2022 a reselection vote was held, which Tarry lost to local council leader Jas Athwal by 361 votes to 499.[40] In late 2022, councillor Dominic Beck stood down as Labour PPC for Rother Valley.[41]
By 1 January 2023, a total of 77 Constituency Labour Parties had selected prospective parliamentary candidates.[42]
In February 2023, BBC News reported that local Labour parties were being overruled over parliamentary selections by "a clique in London".[43] Nine members of the selection committee in Bolton North East Parliamentary Labour Party resigned after the national party imposed a shortlist on them.[44] The main contention was over the fact that Leigh Drennan, the chair of North West Labour, was not shortlisted despite being endorsed by Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner.[45]
In March 2023, Labour's national executive committee resolved not to endorse Jeremy Corbyn for Islington North in the next general election, preventing him from seeking re-election as a Labour candidate.[46] Labour later chose Praful Nargund as their candidate, which was shortly followed by Corbyn announcing his intention to run as an independent in the constituency.
On 23 May 2023, eleven members of the Copeland local Labour Party executive resigned following the decision of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party not to longlist local councillor Joseph Ghayouba for selection.[47] Local officials said it showed a "shameless disregard for democracy" by Labour's national ruling body.[48] On 6 June 2023, former Copeland PPC Gillian Troughton withdrew from the selection in Whitehaven and Workington, describing the selection process as "frustrating and ultimately disenfranchising".[49]
On 26 May 2023, the Wirral West Constituency Labour Party was suspended by the national party, following complaints.[50] This was the same week that the local MP Margaret Greenwood announced that she will be standing down at the next general election.[51] As Wirral South is set to be abolished, incumbent MP Alison McGovern challenged neighbouring MP Mick Whitley for the nomination in Birkenhead.[52] Whitley was deselected on 16 June 2023.[53]
On 7 June 2023, MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Gerald Jones defeated MP for Cynon Valley Beth Winter for his party's selection to become the Labour candidate for the new parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, which will be contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[54] The seat was renamed from Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon in the final recommendations.[55]
From 15 to 16 July, 100 Labour PPCs were given a weekend for a crash course in "message discipline, media training and the art of campaigning" in Stratford-upon-Avon.[56]
On 27 July 2023, Labour opened selections for 94 "non-priority" parliamentary seats.[57] On 31 August 2023, Labour suspended the CLP in Leicester East amid the process of selecting a new candidate to replace Claudia Webbe.[58]
On 5 September 2023, Labour suspended its leadership team in the Bolton North East constituency following a disagreement over the selection of a prospective parliamentary candidate.[59]
On 8 December 2023, Labour opened selections for 211 ‘non-battleground’ parliamentary seats.[60]
In March 2024, Joel Bodmer withdrew from the selection process in Croydon East alleging abuse.[61] This was following an unauthorised breach of data.[62]
By 22 May 2024, LabourList reported that approximately 100 seats did not have Labour candidates announced yet.[63]
On 31 May 2024, Faiza Shaheen was removed as the candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green.[64] There was media speculation over the future of Diane Abbott, but she confirmed she would be standing.[65]
Liberal Democrats
President of the Liberal Democrats Mark Pack lists prospective parliamentary candidates on his website.[66]
In March 2024, Liberal Democrat PPC for South Shropshire Chris Naylor stood down due to ill health.[67]
Scottish National Party
SNP MPs are not automatically reselected to stand, the party has a full open reselection process. To be nominated to take part in a selection contest a party member requires either a nomination by their local campaigns committee, or 50 local branch members.[68]
On 25 August 2023, Patrick Grady was not approved as a candidate for the 2024 general election. Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss ultimately won the selection contest in his seat of Glasgow North.[69] East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP Lisa Cameron criticised the "party hierarchy" when she faced a reselection challenge, like many sitting members, per the party rules, claiming she had spoken out about Grady.[70] She claimed she had been ostracised by the party leadership[71] and threatened to resign and call by-election in protest.[72] Cameron was challenged by Grant Costello, a digital manager for the SNP's Westminster group who lives in the constituency. Costello was endorsed by MSPs Christina McKelvie and Collette Stevenson. Ultimately, on 12 October 2023, Cameron — a social conservative — left the SNP altogether and defected to the Conservatives, two hours before the two weeks of voting was due to conclude. Grant Costello, who was leading in the voting,[73] won the selection for SNP candidate for the new seat of East Kilbride and Strathaven. Cameron is reportedly not standing for parliament again.[74][75] The same day 8 other candidates were also announced.[76]
Argyll and Bute MP Brendan O'Hara is being challenged for reselection by Helensburgh councillor Math Campbell-Sturgess.[77] In Glasgow East, David Linden won a selection contest against neighbouring MP Alison Thewliss, whose constituency was spilt into seven.[78]
In Falkirk, two SNP councillors Gary Bouse and Paul Garner launched their campaign to succeed John McNally.[79] Toni Giugliano was cleared of breaking selection rules.[80]
On the eve of the 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election Mhairi Black reportedly threatened to quit the SNP.[81] This was over her wishes to be succeeded as SNP candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South by her senior adviser Robert Innes.[82] Jacqueline Cameron, the depute leader of Renfrewshire Council stood against him.[83] On 26 October 2023, Cameron was declared selected by 60%.[84]
By April 2024, candidates had been selected for all 57 new constituencies.[85]
Green parties
The Green Party of England and Wales confirmed in January 2024 that it aims to field candidates in all 575 constituencies in England and Wales.[86]
The Green Party of England and Wales nominated a candidate in 574 of the 575 constituencies in England, and Wales, including Chorley where the Speaker is standing to defend his seat, and without opposition from Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, or Reform. This is more constituencies (in England, and Wales) than the Conservatives or Reform are contesting, and equal to Labour, and Lib Dems. The 1 constituency (in England or Wales) where the Greens aren’t standing a candidate of their own is Heywood and North Middleton because they’ve endorsed an independent candidate Chris Furlong and aren’t standing against him.[87][88][89][90]
The Scottish Greens are standing a record number of candidates, a candidate in 44 of 57 constituencies in Scotland; and the Green Party Northern Ireland are also standing in a record number of seats in Northern Ireland, a candidate in 11 of 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland.[91][92]
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth was named as the candidate for Ynys Môn.[93] In October 2023 he was replaced as candidate by Llinos Medi.[94]
Reform UK
For the 2019 general election, the Brexit Party (the former name of Reform UK) did not stand candidates in seats where the Conservative party won in 2017.[95] Leader Richard Tice ruled out a similar arrangement for this election,[96] and stated his party's intention to stand in 630 seats.[97]
The party pulled some of its prospective candidates for controversial social media comments.[98] However, it has also given its support to other parliamentary candidates that are standing for the party that have spread conspiracy theories.[99]
After media speculation on the question, honorary president and former leader Nigel Farage declared he would not be standing as a candidate.[100] Farage later announced on 3 June that, contrary to his statement earlier in the campaign, he would stand for Parliament in Clacton, and that he had resumed leadership of Reform UK. He also said that Labour would win the election.[101]
Workers Party of Britain
During his victory speech following the 2024 Rochdale by-election, George Galloway claimed his Workers Party had 59 candidates ready to contest a general election.[102] Later, in a tweet from 2 March Galloway confirmed that this total increased to 79.[103] As of June the party lists over 250 candidates, and also supporting a number of independent candidates, most notably Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North and Andrew Feinstein in Holborn and St Pancras.[104]
Social Democratic Party
The Social Democratic Party has so far fielded over 120 candidates to stand in 2024 general election.[105]
Other parties
Gina Miller’s True and Fair party plan to contest a small number of constituencies.[106]
The British Democrats have so far confirmed three parliamentary candidates in the 2024 general election.[107]
The Christian Peoples Alliance aim to stand in 100 seats.[108]
The English Democrats, Heritage Party, Climate Party, Transform, TUSC, Liberal Party and the Communist Party of Britain are running candidates.
Independents
Jeremy Corbyn is standing as an independent in Islington North.[109] Other sitting MPs now standing as independents (rather than within the party they represented at the 2019 General Election) include Andrew Bridgen, Angus MacNeil, and Claudia Webbe.
On 5 June, former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen, who had been deselected in Chingford and Woodford Green due to her social media history which the party alleged displayed a history of downplaying antisemitism, announced her independent candidacy.[110]
Candidates by constituency
Candidates in bold were MPs at dissolution and represented a constituency in that parliamentary term which is succeeded at least partially by the constituency they're standing for election in at this election, in some cases not for the party they were aligned with when they were originally elected, and also includes those elected at by-elections in the preceding parliament. Italics denotes incumbent MPs not contesting the election.
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Candidate changes
MPs not standing for re-election
As of 6th June 2024, a total of 127 current Members of Parliament have announced their intention not to stand for re-election. Four MPs — Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams, Chris Skidmore (all Conservative) and Chris Pincher (independent, elected as Conservative) — announced their intention not to stand again but later resigned from Parliament before the election and are not included in the figures below. This general election marks the first time that no sitting MPs from the Liberal Democrats are standing down since their formation in 1988.[111][112][113][114][115][116]
Party | MPs standing down | ||
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Elected[a] | At deadline | ||
Conservative | 81 | 76 | |
Labour | 31 | 30 | |
Independent | 0 | 9 | |
SNP | 10 | 9 | |
Sinn Féin | 3 | 3 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2 | 1 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | |
DUP | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 127 |
MPs deselected or seeking a new constituency
Some sitting MPs have not been selected by their party to recontest their seat (or a successor seat). Options available to these MPs include standing down, challenging their non-selection, seeking selection for another seat, and contesting the election under a different banner.
MP | Constituency | First elected | Party (as elected) | Reason | |
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Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | 2001 | Conservative | Deselected by the constituency's Conservative Association and subsequently announced he would stand down[117][118] | |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | 2010 | Conservative | Expelled from the Conservative Party and now sits as an independent MP after joining the Reclaim Party for a time; he plans to contest his current seat at the next election as an independent[119][120] | |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 1983 | Labour | Excluded from selection by the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party; Corbyn sits as an independent but remained a party member until May 2024, when he was expelled after announcing he would contest Islington North as an independent[121][122] | |
Geraint Davies | Swansea West | 2010 | Labour | Excluded from selection; Currently sits as an Independent.[123] | |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | 2001 | Conservative | Deselected by the Conservative Association and subsequently announced his retirement[citation needed] | |
David Duguid | Banff and Buchan | 2017 | Conservative | Deselected due to his health issues.[124] | |
Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | 2015 | SNP | Deselected by the local party in favour of MP for Glasgow Central Alison Thewliss[125] | |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | 2005 | SNP | Expelled from the SNP and sits as an independent with the Scotland United grouping with the Alba Party; he plans to contest the next election[126] | |
Christina Rees | Neath | 2015 | Labour Co-op | Excluded from selection by the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party;[127] in January 2024, she announced that she would stand down at the next general election[128] | |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton Kemptown | 2017 | Labour Co-op | Blocked from standing for re-election following a "serious complaint".[129] | |
Sam Tarry | Ilford South | 2019 | Labour | Deselected by the Constituency Labour Party in favour of Jas Athwal[130] | |
Claudia Webbe | Leicester East | 2019 | Labour | Expelled from the Labour Party due to a criminal conviction and sits as an independent[131] | |
Mick Whitley | Birkenhead | 2019 | Labour | Sought selection for the redrawn seat of Birkenhead, losing to fellow MP Alison McGovern[132] | |
Beth Winter | Cynon Valley | 2019 | Labour | Sought selection for the new seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, losing to fellow MP Gerald Jones[133] |
MPs standing under a different political affiliation from 2019
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Disowned candidates
A number of prospective candidates had support withdrawn from their party before the election:
Date | Party | Candidate | Seat | Reason | ||
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November 2023 | Liberal Democrats | David Campanale | Sutton and Cheam | Prior involvement with the Christian Peoples Alliance.[138] | ||
23 November 2023 | Conservative | Nick Rose | Norwich North | Transphobic comments made during a hustings.[23] | ||
21 February 2024 | Reform UK | David Carpin | Henley and Thame | Homophobic and transphobic social media posts from 2023.[139][140] | ||
21 March 2024 | Reform UK | Ginny Ball | Rutland and Stamford | Racist and xenophobic social media posts from 2023.[141] | ||
22 March 2024 | Reform UK | Benjamin Dade | South Swindon | Xenophobic comments made on a far-right news website in 2022.[142][143] | ||
4 April 2024 | Reform UK | Mick Greenhough | Orpington | Islamophobic social media posts from 2023.[144] | ||
4 April 2024 | Reform UK | Jonathan Kay | South Ribble | Racist and Islamophobic social media posts from 2019.[144] | ||
4 April 2024 | Reform UK | Tommy Cawkwell[note 1] | York Central | Alleged inactivity.[146] | ||
4 April 2024 | Reform UK | Julie Wilson | York Outer | Alleged inactivity.[146] | ||
7 April 2024 | Reform UK | Iris Leask | Aberdeen South | Comments regarding animal rights and cannibalism from 2021.[147][148] | ||
9 April 2024 | Reform UK | Amodio Amato | Stevenage | Islamophobic social media posts regarding Sadiq Khan and Humza Yousaf.[149] | ||
9 April 2024 | Reform UK | Pete Addis | South Shropshire | Racist social media posts.[150] | ||
9 April 2024 | Reform UK | Stephen McNamara | Kilmarnock and Loudon | Transphobic social media posts.[148] | ||
9 April 2024 | Reform UK | David McNabb | Mid Dunbartonshire | Allegedly endorsed Islamophobic social media posts.[151] | ||
10 April 2024 | Labour | Wilma Brown | Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy | Allegedly endorsed racist and Islamophobic social media posts.[152] | ||
15 April 2024 | Reform UK | Jack Denny | Leeds Central and Headingley | Prior conviction[153] | ||
15 April 2024 | Reform UK | Ian Broadbent | Kingston upon Hull East | Online comments[153] | ||
15 April 2024 | Reform UK | Richard Hainsworth | Bradford South | Online comments[153] | ||
23 May 2024 | Labour | Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Alleged Antisemitic comments[154] | ||
24 May 2024 | Green | Naseem Talukdar | Bristol East | Antisemitic social media posts[155] | ||
25 May 2024 | Workers Party of Britain | Hassan Chahine | Putney | Antisemitic social media posts[156] | ||
29 May 2024 | Labour | Faiza Shaheen | Chingford and Woodford Green | Allegedly liking a series of posts on X that downplayed antisemitism accusations.[157] | ||
30 May 2024 | Reform UK | Peter Storms | Bournemouth West | Online comments[158] | ||
31 May 2024 | Reform UK | Andrew Medley | Broxtowe | Reason unknown.[159] | ||
4 June 2024 | Labour | Darren Rodwell | Barking | Racist comments in the past and allegations of sexual harassment. Later withdrew as candidate[160][161] | ||
7 June 2024 | Nominations of candidates close | |||||
7 June 2024 | Plaid Cymru | Sharifah Rahman | Cardiff South and Penarth | Plaid Cymru has withdrawn support for one of its general election candidates due to social media posts about the "situation in the Middle East"[162] |
Withdrawn candidates
A number of prospective parliamentary candidates withdrew before the election was called:
Date | Party | Candidate | Seat | Reason | |
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14 February 2023 | Labour | Gareth Derrick | Plymouth Moor View | Health issues.[163] | |
16 June 2023 | Plaid Cymru | Rhun ap Iorwerth | Ynys Mon | Stood down after election as Leader of Plaid Cymru.[93][94] | |
12 March 2024 | Liberal Democrats | Chris Naylor | South Shropshire | Health issues.[67] | |
8 April 2024 | Green | Zoe Leventhal | Kenilworth and Southam | Family reasons.[164] | |
13 April 2024 | Reform UK | Joe Dyas | Shrewsbury | Prior social media posts supporting the British National Party[165] | |
15 April 2024 | Reform UK | Trevor Nicholls | Warrington North | Controversial comments[166] | |
6 May 2024 | Reform UK | Richard Carr | Poole | Time issues[167] | |
8 May 2024 | Workers Party of Britain | Monty Panesar | Ealing Southall | Personal political issues[168] | |
17 May 2024 | Labour | Ben Hartley | Altrincham and Sale West | Personal reasons[169] | |
23 May 2024 | Workers Party of Britain | Wayne Adlem | Bournemouth East | Time issues[170] | |
25 May 2024 | Labour | Alexandra Aldridge-Gibbons | Henley and Thame | Personal reasons[171] | |
28 May 2024 | Labour | Alex Aitken | Birmingham Northfield | Personal reasons[172] | |
4 June 2024 | Labour | Georgia Meadows | Witney | Personal reasons[173] | |
6 June 2024 | Conservative | Sam Trask | Bridgend | Withdrawn after lurid comments about women were exposed[174] | |
7 June 2024 | Conservative | Adam Gregg | Spen Valley | Withdrawn after sharing inappropriate photos from kids' club nights[175] |
Former MPs seeking to return to Parliament
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MP | Target constituency | Years elected | Party | Explanation | |
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Douglas Alexander | East Lothian | 1997–2015 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Paisley South (1997–2005) and Paisley and Renfrewshire South (2005–2015), both constituencies unrelated to East Lothian. Defeated by the SNP in 2015. | |
Heidi Alexander | Swindon South | 2010–2018 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Lewisham East, an unrelated constituency, from 2010 to 2018 when she stood down from Parliament to become Deputy Mayor of London for Transport. | |
Gordon Birtwistle | Burnley | 2010–2015 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley from 2010 to 2015, when he was defeated by Labour. | |
Mary Creagh | Coventry East | 2005–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Wakefield, an unrelated constituency, from 2005 to 2019 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Nic Dakin | Scunthorpe | 2010–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Scunthorpe from 2010 to 2019, when he was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Emma Dent Coad | Kensington and Bayswater | 2017–2019 | Independent | Served as a Labour MP for Kensington, the predecessor constituency to Kensington and Bayswater, from 2017 to 2019 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. Left the Labour Party in 2023. | |
James Frith | Bury North | 2017–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Bury North from 2017 to 2019, when he was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Andrew George | St Ives | 1997–2015 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives from 1997 to 2015 when he was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Stephen Gethins | Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | 2015–2019 | SNP | Served as a SNP MP for North East Fife, a close-by but non-contiguous constituency, from 2015 to 2019 when he was defeated by the Liberal Democrats. | |
Parmjit Singh Gill | West Bromwich | 2004–2005 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for the unrelated Leicester South seat from his victory in the 2004 by-election before being defeated by Labour at the general election the following year. | |
Luke Graham | Perth and Kinross-shire | 2017–2019 | Conservative | Served as a Conservative MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, one of the predecessor seats to Perth and Kinross-shire, from 2017 to 2019 when he was defeated by the SNP. | |
Matthew Green | South Shropshire | 2001–2005 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Ludlow, the predecessor constituency to South Shropshire, from 2001 to 2005 when he was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
John Grogan | Keighley and Ilkley | 2017–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Keighley, the predecessor constituency to Keighley & Ilkley from 2017 to 2019, when he was defeated by the Conservatives. Additionally served as the MP for Selby from 1997 to 2010 | |
George Kerevan | East Lothian | 2015–2017 | Alba | Served as SNP MP for East Lothian.[176] | |
Stephen Kerr | Angus and Perthshire Glens | 2017–2019 | Conservative | Served as a Conservative MP for Stirling, an neighbouring constituency, from 2017 to 2019 when he was defeated by the SNP. | |
Naomi Long | Belfast East | 2010–2015 | Alliance | Served as an Alliance MP for Belfast East from 2010 to 2015 when she was defeated by the DUP.[177] | |
Tania Mathias | Maidenhead | 2015–2017 | Conservative | Served as a Conservative MP for Twickenham, an unrelated constituency, from 2015 to 2017 when she was defeated by the Liberal Democrats. | |
Tessa Munt | Wells and Mendip Hills | 2010–2015 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Wells, the predecessor constituency to Wells and Mendip Hills, from 2010 to 2015 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Pamela Nash | Motherwell and Wishaw | 2010–2015 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Airdrie and Shotts from 2010 to 2015 when she was defeated by the Scottish National Party. | |
Dave Nellist | Coventry East | 1983–1992 | Independent | Served as a Labour MP for Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992 when he was defeated by Labour after being expelled from the party. | |
Dan Norris | North East Somerset and Hanham | 1997–2010 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Wansdyke, one of the predecessor constituency to North East Somerset and Hanham, from 1997 to 2010 when he was defeated by the Conservatives in the predecessor constituency of North East Somerset. | |
Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes | 2015–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Great Grimsby, the predecessor constituency to Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, from 2015 to 2019 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon East | 2005–2010 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Conservative MP for Croydon Central, the predecessor constituency to Croydon East, from 2005 to 2010 when he unsuccessfully stood for reelection as an independent. Joined Labour in 2011 and the Liberal Democrats in 2023. | |
Jo Platt | Leigh and Atherton | 2017–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Leigh, the predecessor constituency to Leigh and Atherton, from 2017 to 2019 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Alan Reid | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | 2001–2015 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll and Bute, the predecessor constituency to Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, from 2001 to 2015 when he was defeated by the SNP. | |
Emma Reynolds | Wycombe | 2010–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, an unrelated constituency, from 2010 to 2019 when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | 2017–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 2017 to 2019, when he was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Anna Turley | Redcar | 2015–2019 | Labour | Served as a Labour MP for Redcar from 2015 to 2019, when she was defeated by the Conservatives. | |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | 1987–2019 | One Leicester | Served as a Labour MP for Leicester East from 1987 to 2019. | |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion Preseli | 2005–2017 | Liberal Democrats | Served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion, the predecessor constituency to Ceredigion Preseli, from 2005 to 2017 when he was defeated by Plaid Cymru. | |
Chris Williamson | Derby South | 2010–2015, 2017–2019 | Workers Party | Served as a Labour MP for Derby North, a neighbouring constituency, from 2010 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019, when he was defeated by the Conservatives. Left the Labour Party in 2019 and joined the Workers Party in 2023. | |
Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 2015–2017 | Alba | Served as an SNP MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock from 2015 to 2017, when she was defeated by the Conservatives. Left the SNP to join Alba in 2021.[178] |
MPs changing constituencies
Due to boundary changes, most MPs standing for re-election will seek to represent a seat at least slightly different from their present seat. However, in some cases sitting MPs have secured selection to stand in a substantially or completely different seat from their present seat. They may happen because their seat is marginal and likely to be lost by their party, losing preselection to another candidate, boundary changes abolish their present seat or their present seat is redrawn in an unfavourable way in boundary changes.
MP | Current constituency | First elected | Party (as elected) | New constituency | Note | |
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Stuart Anderson | Wolverhampton South West | 2019 | Conservative | South Shropshire | While there are no significant changes to Anderson's current seat, it is a marginal Conservative seat, whereas South Shropshire is likely a safe Conservative seat. He had initially announced he would not stand for re-election but subsequently reversed his decision.[citation needed] | |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | 2010 | Conservative | Daventry | Andrew's former seat of Pudsey is split across two new seats, which are Leeds North West and Leeds West and Pudsey. However, Andrew is instead contesting Daventry in Northamptonshire, which is unrelated to his former seat. He had initially announced he would not stand for re-election but subsequently reversed his decision.[citation needed] | |
Simon Baynes | Clwyd South | 2019 | Conservative | North Shropshire | Selected for North Shropshire after his current seat is being abolished in boundary changes. North Shropshire, which the Liberal Democrats gained in a 2021 by-election, contains none of Baynes' present seat.[179] | |
Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | 2019 | Conservative | Stratford-on-Avon | Initially announced he would not stand for re-election. Selected for Stratford-on-Avon in June 2024.[180] | |
Mims Davies | Mid Sussex[b] | 2019 | Conservative | East Grinstead and Uckfield | Selected for East Grinstead and Uckfield due to boundary changes in her current seat.[181] | |
Flick Drummond | Meon Valley | 2019 | Conservative | Winchester | Selected for Winchester in July 2023 as her present seat is being abolished. The reconfigured Winchester seat contains about 25% of the Meon Valley seat. Drummond sought selection for the proposed Fareham and Waterlooville seat, which contains a larger proportion of her current seat and is forecast to be much safer for the Conservatives than Winchester (a key Liberal Democrat target), but was defeated by Suella Braverman, the MP for Fareham and then–Home Secretary.[citation needed] | |
Damien Egan | Kingswood | 2024 | Labour | Bristol North East | Selected for Bristol North East in July 2023. Elected in the 2024 Kingswood by-election triggered by the resignation of Chris Skidmore in January 2024; Kingswood is to abolished in the general election, with Bristol North East absorbing the western third of the old seat. | |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | 2010 | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Selected for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend due to boundary changes in her current seat.[182] | |
Richard Holden | North West Durham | 2019 | Conservative | Basildon and Billericay | Conservative Party Chairman Holden's seat is abolished in the boundary changes. He was selected for Basildon and Billericay shortly before the close of nominations on 7 June. [183] | |
Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | 2019 | Conservative | Hamble Valley | Selected to the new Hamble Valley seat. The new seat contains 48% of his current seat.[184] | |
Neil Hudson | Penrith and The Border | 2019 | Conservative | Epping Forest | Sought selection for the new seat of Penrith and Solway, losing to fellow MP Mark Jenkinson; he subsequently applied for the West Suffolk seat, losing to former political adviser Nick Timothy[185][186] Selected for Epping Forest. | |
Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | 2017 | Conservative | Tamworth | Selected for Tamworth as his current constituency is being abolished, and the main successor seat of Walsall and Bloxwich was considered significantly more vulnerable to the Labour Party than Tamworth, where the incumbent MP Chris Pincher announced he would be standing down following a scandal.[187] Pincher resigned in September 2023 and Labour's Sarah Edwards won the subsequent by-election; Hughes has nevertheless since maintained his candidacy for this constituency. | |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | 2005 | Conservative | Godalming and Ash | Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt was selected for the newly created Godalming and Ash constituency in January 2023,[188] as his current constituency is set to be abolished. The western part of the existing seat, comprising the majority of the electorate and including the towns of Farnham and Haslemere will be combined with parts of the District of East Hampshire to create the new Farnham and Bordon constituency. The Godalming and Ash seat will comprise Godalming and the area of the North Downs to the south of the existing constituency.[189] | |
Sarah Jones | Croydon Central | 2017 | Labour | Croydon West | Standing for election in the new safe seat of Croydon West (containing 11% of the to-be-abolished Croydon Central) rather than the more marginal Croydon East (contains 83% of Croydon Central).[190] | |
Kenny MacAskill | East Lothian | 2019 | Alba | Alloa and Grangemouth | The Alba Party candidate will be former MP George Kerevan. MacAskill will stand in a different seat to the west of Edinburgh.[191] | |
Alison McGovern | Wirral South | 2010 | Labour | Birkenhead | Selected for Birkenhead due the abolition of her present constituency, defeating incumbent MP for Birkenhead Mick Whitley in the selection process.[192] The reconfigured Birkenhead contains a small part of her present seat.[193] | |
Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | 2019 | Conservative | Bexhill and Battle. | Selected for the seat defeating special adviser Henry Newman.[194] | |
Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | 2010 | Conservative | Wetherby and Easingwold | Selected for Wetherby and Easingwold due to his current seat being abolished and broken up between four other seats. Wetherby and Easingwold will take in the Harewood and Wetherby wards of Leeds, but is otherwise based in North Yorkshire rather than West Yorkshire.[195] | |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | 2010 | Conservative | Buckingham and Bletchley | Selected for the new Buckingham and Bletchley seat, as his present seat is being abolished.[196] | |
Alistair Strathern | Mid Bedfordshire | 2023 | Labour | Hitchin | Elected for Mid Bedfordshire at a by-election in October 2023. Announced in January 2024 that he would contest the new constituency of Hitchin which will include a small part of his current seat around his home town of Shefford.[197] | |
Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | 2015 | SNP | Glasgow North | Selected for Glasgow North due to her current seat being abolished.[198] This was after unsuccessfully challenging David Linden for the nomination in Glasgow East.[199] |
Incumbent MPs standing against each other
In some cases, incumbent MPs will be standing against each other.
Of these MPs, MacAskill, Baynes and Hughes currently represent seats with no relation to the seat they will contest. All others listed currently represent at least part of the seat they will contest. All of the Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs listed were elected at by-elections held during the 2019–24 Parliament.
Notes
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