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  1. Jun 7, 2024 · How many MPs stood down at the election? In total, 132 MPs chose not to stand again at the general election on 4 July. A number of prominent MPs stood down, including 22 current and former secretaries of state.

  2. This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) who held seats at the end of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom and did not stand for re-election in the 2024 general election. A total of 132 Members of Parliament did not stand for re-election, including a record number of Conservative MPs.

  3. Jun 7, 2024 · Of the 132 not seeking re-election this year, 75 are former Conservative MPs. This beats the previous post-war record of 72 Tories who stood down ahead of the 1997 election.

  4. 74 MPs did not stand for re-election at the 2019 General Election. The number standing down was high compared with 2017 (an election which like 2019 followed a “short” Parliament) but lower than at any other election since 1979.

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Nine SNP MPs (more than a fifth of the parliamentary party) plan to stand down at the next election — including former Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, and Mhairi Black, the party’s current deputy leader in Westminster. Black was once parliament’s youngest MP and is still in her 20s.

  6. Sep 24, 2024 · 300 MPs were re-elected, while 335 successful candidates are becoming MPs for the first time. 15 are becoming MPs again after a gap in service (that is, they have been MPs at some point in the past, but were not MPs at the time of the May 2024 dissolution).

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  8. Since Mr Sunak announced the election date on Wednesday evening, a total of 15 MPs have publicly declared they would not be seeking re-election, eleven of them Conservative MPs. Take a look...

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