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List of stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds

Procedural device to allow British MPs to resign

Summary

Procedural device to allow British MPs to resign

FieldValue
postCrown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham
imageFile:Official portrait of Mike Amesbury MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
incumbentMike Amesbury
incumbentsince17 March 2025
appointerChancellor of the Exchequer

Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds (or the Three Hundreds of Chiltern) is a procedural device to allow members of Parliament (MPs) to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Since MPs are technically unable to resign their seats in the House of Commons, they must resort to a legal fiction. An appointment to an "office of profit under The Crown" disqualifies an individual from sitting as an MP. Although several offices were used in the past to allow MPs to resign, only the stewardships of the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead are in present use.

Resignation

Main article: Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

On 2 March 1624, a resolution was passed by the House of Commons making it illegal for an MP to quit or wilfully give up their seat. Believing that officers of the Crown could not remain impartial, the House passed a resolution on 30 December 1680 stating that an MP who "shall accept any Office, or Place of Profit, from the Crown, without the Leave of this House ... shall be expelled [from] this House." However, MPs were able to hold Crown Stewardships until 1740, when Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn was deemed to have vacated his Commons seat after becoming Steward of the Lordship and Manor of Bromfield and Yale. The practice of leaving the house when appointed as a minister of crown would result in a ministerial by-election until the early 20th century when this requirement was removed for most substantive offices.

The Chiltern Hundreds last needed a Crown Steward in the 18th century. When John Pitt wished to vacate his seat for Wareham in order to stand for Dorchester, the Crown Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds was available for this purpose. Pitt was appointed Crown Steward on 25 January 1751.

A number of other offices were subsequently used for resignation, but only the Chiltern Hundreds and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are still in use. Appointees to the Chiltern Hundreds are alternated with the Manor of Northstead, allowing two MPs to resign at once. When more than two MPs resign, such as the 1985 walkout of Ulster Unionist MPs, appointees are dismissed after a few hours to allow other resigning MPs to take their place. The Parliamentary Information Office has produced a list of those appointed to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds since 1850.

Key

PartyAbbreviation
All-for-Ireland LeagueAFIL
Coalition ConservativeCo Con
Coalition LiberalCo Lib
Conservative PartyCon
Democratic Unionist PartyDUP
English National PartyEng Nat
Home Rule LeagueHRL
IndependentInd
Irish National FederationINF
Irish Parliamentary PartyIPP
Unspecified Irish Nationalist (pre-1922) partyNat
Labour PartyLab
Liberal Party (pre-1988)Lib
Liberal DemocratsLib Dem
Liberal Unionist PartyLU
National LabourN Lab
National Liberal PartyN Lib
Unionist PartyUP
Ulster Popular Unionist PartyUPUP
Ulster Unionist PartyUU
WhigWhig

Up to 1849

1850 to 1899

Datetitle=Parliamentary papersvolume=62, Part 2url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJlast1=House of Commonsfirst1=Great Britain. Parliamentyear=1878access-date=24 September 2016archive-date=24 July 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724125753/https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJurl-status=live }}ConstituencyPartyReason for resignation
ColchesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
CanterburyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
County SligoConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LymingtonWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
City of ChesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DungannonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LambethLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
GlamorganshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
DungannonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HarwichLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DungarvanLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
EnniskillenConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Cork CityRATo become Commissioner of Insolvency
Isle of WightLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ArundelLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Limerick CityRATo allow the Earl of Surrey to take his place
DownpatrickConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East RetfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
KinsaleLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
East KentConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
ColeraineConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WorcesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North DerbyshireWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
South StaffordshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DungarvanLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
West SussexConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HastingsConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
AberdeenshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
MaryleboneLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
County CorkLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
RenfrewshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
EveshamLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
RochesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
RutlandWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
New RossLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
CheltenhamLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DorchesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
NewportWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
East SussexConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
City of LondonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ThetfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Elgin BurghsLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BanburyWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
HytheWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
HarwichLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
TauntonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Berwick-upon-TweedConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WorcesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BelfastConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LudlowConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BradfordLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BanffshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SelkirkshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LincolnLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
PrestonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
KidderminsterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
CambridgeshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Plymouth DevonportLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ArmaghConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
County DublinConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
New RossConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WinchesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
TipperaryLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Plymouth DevonportLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
TewkesburyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
SandwichWhig Party (UK)}}"Whig
AberdeenshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North ShropshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
AndoverConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East SuffolkConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
SutherlandLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DownpatrickConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
ThetfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
ArgyllshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
GranthamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Stirling BurghsLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
RadnorLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SalisburyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SouthwarkLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BridgnorthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
MaidstoneLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
NottinghamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East DevonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
RiponLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
County GalwayLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
HerefordLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
MonmouthshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
West CheshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East GloucestershireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Wexford BoroughLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
28 June 1872Southern West Riding of YorkshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
LisburnConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mid CheshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
GloucesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
County WaterfordLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DundeeLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Stoke-upon-TrentLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
TipperaryNat
BedfordshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
HartlepoolLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
LeominsterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
West AberdeenshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BirminghamLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
West WorcestershireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East KentConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
CarmarthenConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WiltonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
HalifaxLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
South ShropshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
GreenockLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
OxfordshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HerefordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
TamworthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
CarmarthenLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ArgyllshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Newcastle-under-LymeConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BristolLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
CanterburyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BarnstapleLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
KidderminsterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DerbyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ScarboroughLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
EdinburghLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SunderlandLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
MeathHRL
West SomersetConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HalifaxLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
EdinburghLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
PrestonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WestmeathHRL
TipperaryIPP
DerbyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Wexford BoroughIPP
MeathNat
RutlandConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
PaisleyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
NorthamptonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
West NorfolkConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BrightonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Mid KentConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mid SurreyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
South DevonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
County WaterfordHRL
ScarboroughLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Mid SomersetConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
FlintshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Galway BoroughNat
North East CorkIPP
St AustellLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
HornseyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North HampshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Forest of DeanLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
South KerryIPP
DundeeLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DoncasterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ChichesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Limerick CityLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SouthamptonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
DewsburyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BurnleyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
KenningtonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
RochesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Marylebone EastConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Stoke-upon-TrentLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
East DownConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WindsorConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North DonegalIPP
WisbechConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BurnleyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
North East CorkINF
South East CorkINF
HerefordLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BrightonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mid LanarkshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Sheffield AttercliffeLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
LeicesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
South KilkennyINF
Mid NorfolkLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
CroydonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Cork CityINF
West WaterfordINF
North KerryINF
Aberdeen NorthLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ForfarLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
RomfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Glasgow BridgetonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ChertseyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
CrickladeLU
South NorfolkLU
GravesendConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Great GrimsbyLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Birmingham NorthLU
EllandLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
OsgoldcrossLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
St Pancras EastConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
ExeterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con

1900 to 1949

Datetitle=Parliamentary papersvolume=62, Part 2url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1ETAAAAYAAJlast1=House of Commonsfirst1=Great Britain. Parliamentyear=1878 }}ConstituencyPartyReason for resignation
City of YorkConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North SligoINF
BrixtonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BlackpoolConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HampsteadConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
South DownIPPIll health
South MonaghanIPPRefusal of party leaders to publish the names of those members who were receiving payment from the Parliamentary fund and those who were not
WoolwichConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Orkney and ShetlandLUTo stand again as an Independent Liberal.
Liverpool East ToxtethConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Dublin UniversityLUIll health
North FermanaghConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Cork CityAFIL
Isle of WightConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Plymouth DevonportConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
ChertseyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Liverpool EvertonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
West DownConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LeicesterLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DulwichConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Westminster St George'sConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mid CorkIPPTo stand again as Independent Nationalist
BriggLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
StepneyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East WicklowIPP
South KilkennyIPP
South LongfordLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
St AustellLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
HastingsConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Wolverhampton EastLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
DundeeLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
PembrokeshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ForfarLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Cork CityIPP
Sheffield AttercliffeLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
ClevelandLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
RotherhamLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
North East LanarkshireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BrentfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Birmingham SouthLU
LutonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
WellingtonCU
East WicklowIPP
OldhamLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
South East EssexConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
LeominsterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Hackney SouthLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Manchester North WestLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Bow and BromleyLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
ChorleyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WandsworthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Cork CityAFIL
North GalwayIPP
East WorcestershireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
MaidstoneConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WidnesConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Westminster St George'sConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mile EndLU
City of ChesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HertfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HarboroughLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
WimbledonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BodminLU
St Pancras WestConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
HornseyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Sheffield HallamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Inverness-shireLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
West PerthshireConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
OxfordConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Edinburgh SouthLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
EppingConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Mid ArmaghConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
East TyroneIPP
ClaphamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North East CorkAFIL
East AntrimConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Chester-le-StreetLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Plymouth SuttonCo Con
SevenoaksCo Con
Woolwich EastLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
PenistoneLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
StockportCo Lab
Edinburgh NorthCo Con
WoodbridgeCo Con
AbertilleryLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
DoverCo Con
TauntonCo Con
ChichesterCo Con
Westminster St George'sCo Con
Camberwell NorthCo Con
InvernessCo Lib
NewburyCo Con
Portsmouth SouthCo Con
MitchamCo Con
Liverpool Edge HillCo Con
KilmarnockLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Liverpool West ToxtethCo Con
CarmarthenLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Ayr BurghsConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Combined English UniversitiesLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Hammersmith NorthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
North CumberlandConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Kingston upon Hull CentralLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
SmethwickLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Southwark NorthLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
BrixtonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
CarmarthenConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
EpsomConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
PrestonLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
Fulham WestLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
North NorfolkLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
FarehamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
SalisburyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Scarborough and WhitbyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Liverpool WavertreeConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Richmond upon ThamesConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Montrose BurghsN Lib
RotherhamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BasingstokeConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Weston-super-MareConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Combined Scottish UniversitiesUPFollowing appointment as Governor General of Canada
SevenoaksConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
PeckhamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
DerbyN Lab
PrestonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
St Pancras NorthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Stalybridge and HydeConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Glasgow HillheadUP
BewdleyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
St IvesN Lib
HastingsConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Kinross and Western PerthshireUPTo protest the appeasement of Adolf Hitler.
Birmingham AstonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
MonmouthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
MacclesfieldConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
SouthamptonN Lib
City of LondonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Leeds North EastConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Wandsworth CentralLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
WansbeckConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Queen's University of BelfastUU
AldershotConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
West BromwichLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal Party (UK)}}"Lib
BrightonConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
GranthamConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
WallaseyConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
InceLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Midlothian and Peebles NorthernConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
PeterboroughConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
Kirkcaldy BurghsLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Sheffield AttercliffeLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
OgmoreLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Battersea NorthLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
KilmarnockLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Combined Scottish UniversitiesIndependent}}"Ind
Aberdeen SouthConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
EpsomConservative Party (UK)}}"Con
BriggLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Glasgow GorbalsLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab
Chester-le-StreetLabour Party (UK)}}"Lab

1950 to 1999

DateMemberConstituencyPartyReason for resignationSpeaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)}}"
Bristol South EastLabour Party (UK)}}"LabMedical advice
LondonderryConservative Party (UK)}}"ConAppointed Agent of the Government of Northern Ireland in London
WesthoughtonLabour Party (UK)}}"LabIll health
North AntrimConservative Party (UK)}}"ConRetirement
BarnsleyLabour Party (UK)}}"LabPersonal and domestic reasons
Isle of ThanetConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
Birmingham EdgbastonConservative Party (UK)}}"ConRaised to the peerage as Baron Bennett of Edgbaston
Paddington NorthLabour Party (UK)}}"LabConvicted of importuning for immoral purposes
HaltempriceConservative Party (UK)}}"ConRaised to the peerage as Baron Coleraine
Arundel and ShorehamConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
Sutton and CheamConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
InvernessConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health; to help economic development of the Highlands through private enterprise
TonbridgeConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
WednesburyLabour Party (UK)}}"LabRequested to resign by his Constituency Labour Party after supporting the Government over the Suez Crisis
Edinburgh SouthConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
Liverpool GarstonConservative Party (UK)}}"ConTo take up a business appointment in Southern Rhodesia
Ealing SouthConservative Party (UK)}}"ConTo become editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
OswestryConservative Party (UK)}}"ConAppointed British Ambassador to the United States
Middlesbrough EastLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed Director of the Institute of Labour Studies at the International Labour Office
Stockton-on-TeesLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed Director of the North East Development Council
Stratford-on-AvonConservative Party (UK)}}"ConConfessed to misleading the House (the Profumo affair)
WinchesterConservative Party (UK)}}"ConAppointed Secretary General of the Council of Europe
HoveConservative Party (UK)}}"ConMedical advice
Kensington SouthConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
Oldham WestLabour Party (UK)}}"LabIll health
Brighton PavilionConservative Party (UK)}}"ConIll health
SwindonLabour Party (UK)}}"LabIll health
Southampton ItchenSpeakerRetiring Speaker of the House of Commons
SouthwarkIndependent politician}}"IndHad left the Labour Party; decided it would be improper to remain as an independent having been elected as Labour
Dundee EastLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed a European Commissioner
Berwick-upon-TweedConservative Party (UK)}}"ConProstitution scandal
Walsall NorthEnglish National Party}}"Eng NatConvicted on 18 counts of theft and fraud, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment
CambridgeConservative Party (UK)}}"ConAppointed Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality
Birmingham StechfordLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed President of the European Commission
Birmingham LadywoodLabour Party (UK)}}"LabIn order to become a broadcast journalist on Weekend World
Epsom and EwellConservative Party (UK)}}"ConRetiring from the Commons; was made a life peer
South West HertfordshireConservative Party (UK)}}"ConMedical advice
BermondseyIndependent politician}}"IndLeft the Labour Party in opposition to the selection of his successor; to become vice-chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation
Lagan ValleyUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82115.stmtitle=Resignationsdate=24 October 2008work=BBC Newsaccess-date=24 January 2009archive-date=7 June 2009archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607012024/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82115.stmurl-status=live}}
East AntrimUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
ArmaghUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
LondonderryUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
StrangfordUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
North DownUlster Popular Unionist Party}}"UPUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Newry and ArmaghUlster Unionist Party}}"UUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Mid UlsterDemocratic Unionist Party}}"DUPSeeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Newcastle-under-LymeLabour Party (UK)}}"LabElected General Secretary of the National Communications Union
Glasgow GovanLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed a European Commissioner
VauxhallLabour Party (UK)}}"LabIn order to take up a lectureship at the European University Institute
IslwynLabour Party (UK)}}"LabAppointed a European Commissioner
EddisburyConservative Party (UK)}}"ConAppointed British High Commissioner to Australia

Since 2000

DateMemberConstituencyPartyReason for resignationSpeaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Democratic Unionist Party}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Independent politician}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Sinn Féin}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"
West Bromwich WestSpeakerRetiring as Speaker of the House of Commons.
Birmingham Hodge HillLabAppointed Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.
SedgefieldLabAppointed Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East.
Haltemprice and HowdenConurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7450627.stmtitle=David Davis resigns from Commonsdate=13 June 2008publisher=British Broadcasting Corporationaccess-date=23 January 2009archive-date=4 October 2008archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004230844/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7450627.stmurl-status=live}}
Norwich NorthLabAlleged misuse of allowances led to his being ruled ineligible for selection as a Labour candidate by an NEC panel.
StrangfordDUPIll health; followed allegations about her personal life.
Barnsley CentralLabtitle=Expenses fraud Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley resignswork=BBC Newsdate=8 February 2011url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12400076access-date=8 February 2011archive-date=9 February 2011archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209050541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12400076url-status=live }}
Bradford WestLabIll health.
Cardiff South and PenarthLabTo contest the Police and Crime Commissioner election for South Wales Police Force Area.
{{cite weburl=http://rnn.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Press-Releases/Three-Hundreds-of-Chiltern-682c4.aspxtitle=Three Hundreds of Chilternauthor=RotherhamLabStandards and Privileges Committee of the House of Commons recommended that he be suspended from the service of the House for six months, for knowingly submitting false invoices.
EastleighLib DemPleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice.
NewarkIndElected as Conservative, but had quit the whip at the commencement of investigations on 31 May 2013. The Standards Committee of the House of Commons agreed a report recommending he be suspended from the service of the House for six months for breaking the rule against paid advocacy.
Rochester and StroodConTo seek re-election as a UKIP candidate.
TootingLabElected as Mayor of London.
Richmond ParkConSeeking re-election having pledged to do so should the Government endorse a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabTo direct the Victoria and Albert Museum.
West TyroneSFBecame embroiled in a controversy over the Kingsmill massacre on social media.
BassetlawLabNomination to House of Lords announced in 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. No by-election held due to the 2019 general election being called.
HartlepoolLabPending sexual harassment tribunal.
Batley and SpenLab Co-opElection as Mayor of West Yorkshire.
WakefieldConCriminal conviction for sexual assault. Elected as Conservative in 2019, suspended from the party in June 2021 pending a trial. Expelled after he was convicted in April 2022.
City of ChesterLabIndependent Expert Panel parliamentary watchdog recommended he be suspended for "serious sexual misconduct".
West LancashireLabTo take up the role of chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Uxbridge and South RuislipConResignation after being handed draft results of investigation into allegations he misled Parliament over Partygate.
Mid BedfordshireConResigned regarding a dispute relating to not receiving a peerage in Johnson's resignation honours. The appointment came 81 days after she announced her resignation "with immediate effect".
KingswoodConResigned over disagreements with the Government's policy on net zero.
Runcorn and HelsbyLabResigned after receiving a suspended prison sentence for assaulting a constituent.

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  1. (August 2010). "The Chiltern Hundreds". [[House of Commons Information Office]].
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