List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2015 United Kingdom general election
This is a list of MPs who lost their seat at the 2015 general election.[1]
Party | Name | Constituency | Office held whilst in power | Year elected | Defeated by | Party | ||
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Labour | The Right Honourable Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Shadow Foreign Secretary | 1997 | Mhairi Black | SNP | ||
Willie Bain | Glasgow North East | Shadow Minister for Scotland (2010–13) | 2009 | Anne McLaughlin | SNP | |||
The Right Honourable Ed Balls | Morley and Outwood | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | 2005 | Andrea Jenkyns | Conservative | |||
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Shadow Minister for Scotland | 2005 | Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh | SNP | |||
Dame Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Chairwoman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee | 1997 | Callum McCaig | SNP | |||
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Shadow Minister for International Security Strategy | 1997 | Richard Arkless | SNP | |||
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | 2005 | Patricia Gibson | SNP | ||||
The Right Honourable Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | 1982 | Phil Boswell | SNP | ||||
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 1992 | Martyn Day | SNP | ||||
Margaret Curran | Glasgow East | Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | 2010 | Natalie McGarry | SNP | |||
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee | 2005 | Chris Stephens | SNP | |||
Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | 2010 | Douglas Chapman | SNP | |||
Brian Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | 1992 | Philippa Whitford | SNP | ||||
Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans | 2010 | Martin Docherty | SNP | |||
Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | 2010 | Tommy Sheppard | SNP | ||||
Tom Greatrex | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Shadow Minister for Energy | 2010 | Margaret Ferrier | SNP | |||
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Shadow Minister for the Environment | 2001 | Stewart McDonald | SNP | |||
Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Shadow Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 2010 | Chris Green | Conservative | |||
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | 1987 | Angela Crawley | SNP | ||||
Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Shadow Economic Secretary | 2010 | Alan Brown | SNP | |||
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Shadow Minister for International Development (2010–11) | 2001 | Deidre Brock | SNP | |||
Michael McCann | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party | 2010 | Lisa Cameron | SNP | |||
Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Shadow Minister for Pensions | 2010 | Stuart McDonald | SNP | |||
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Shadow Undersecretary of State for Scotland (2010–11) | 2001 | Patrick Grady | SNP | |||
Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | 2011 | Ronnie Cowan | SNP | ||||
Graeme Morrice | Livingston | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister | 2010 | Hannah Bardell | SNP | |||
The Right Honourable Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | 1997 | Kirsten Oswald | SNP | |||
Pamela Nash | Airdrie and Shotts | Baby of the House | 2010 | Neil Gray | SNP | |||
Fiona O'Donnell | East Lothian | Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2010–12) | 2010 | George Kerevan | SNP | |||
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 1997 | Corri Wilson | SNP | ||||
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | 2000 | Carol Monaghan | SNP | ||||
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | 1997 | Marion Fellows | SNP | ||||
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | 1997 | James Davies | Conservative | |||
Anas Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2011–14) | 2010 | Alison Thewliss | SNP | |||
Andy Sawford | Corby | Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government | 2012 | Tom Pursglove | Conservative | |||
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth Moor View | Shadow Minister of State for Defence | 2005 | Johnny Mercer | Conservative | |||
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 2001 | Gavin Newlands | SNP | ||||
Chris Williamson | Derby North | Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government (2010–13) | 2010 | Amanda Solloway | Conservative | |||
David Wright | Telford | Shadow Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2010–12) | 2001 | Lucy Allan | Conservative | |||
Liberal Democrats | The Right Honourable Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | 2005 | Drew Hendry | SNP | ||
The Right Honourable Norman Baker | Lewes | Minister of State for the Home Office (2013–14) | 1997 | Maria Caulfield | Conservative | |||
Gordon Birtwistle | Burnley | 2010 | Julie Cooper | Labour | ||||
The Right Honourable Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | Minister of State for Care Services (2010–12) | 1997 | Paul Scully | Conservative | |||
Lorely Burt | Solihull | Assistant Government Whip | 2005 | Julian Knight | Conservative | |||
The Right Honourable Vince Cable | Twickenham | Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | 1997 | Tania Mathias | Conservative | |||
Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | 2010 | Michelle Thomson | SNP | ||||
The Right Honourable Ed Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | 1997 | James Berry | Conservative | |||
The Right Honourable Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | Minister of State for the Home Office | 2005 | Catherine West | Labour | |||
Andrew George | St Ives | 1997 | Derek Thomas | Conservative | ||||
Steve Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | 2010 | Steve Double | Conservative | |||
Duncan Hames | Chippenham | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | 2010 | Michelle Donelan | Conservative | |||
Sir Nick Harvey | North Devon | Minister of State for the Armed Forces (2010–12) | 1992 | Peter Heaton-Jones | Conservative | |||
John Hemming | Birmingham Yardley | 2005 | Jess Phillips | Labour | ||||
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | 2005 | Alex Chalk | Conservative | ||||
The Right Honourable Simon Hughes | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties | 1983 | Neil Coyle | Labour | |||
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | 2005 | Mary Robinson | Conservative | ||||
Julian Huppert | Cambridge | 2010 | Daniel Zeichner | Labour | ||||
The Right Honourable Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006) | 1983 | Ian Blackford | SNP | |||
The Right Honourable David Laws | Yeovil | Minister of State for Schools | 2001 | Marcus Fysh | Conservative | |||
John Leech | Manchester Withington | 2005 | Jeff Smith | Labour | ||||
Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | 2010 | Caroline Ansell | Conservative | ||||
The Right Honourable Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Secretary of State for Scotland (2010–13) | 1997 | Calum Kerr | SNP | |||
Tessa Munt | Wells | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | 2010 | James Heappey | Conservative | |||
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | 2001 | Brendan O'Hara | SNP | ||||
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | Parliament Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Resource Management and Rural Affairs | 2005 | Scott Mann | Conservative | |||
Sir Bob Russell | Colchester | 1997 | Will Quince | Conservative | ||||
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | 1997 | Kevin Foster | Conservative | ||||
Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 1997 | Stuart Donaldson | SNP | ||||
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs | 2005 | John Nicolson | SNP | |||
Mike Thornton | Eastleigh | 2013 | Mims Davies | Conservative | ||||
The Right Honourable John Thurso, 3rd Viscount Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Chairman of the Finance and Services Committee | 2001 | Paul Monaghan | SNP | |||
David Ward | Bradford East | 2010 | Imran Hussain | Labour | ||||
The Right Honourable Steve Webb | Thornbury and Yate | Minister of State for Pensions | 1997 | Luke Hall | Conservative | |||
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | 2001 | Christopher Davies | Conservative | ||||
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | 2005 | Thangam Debbonaire | Labour | |||
The Right Honourable Jenny Willott | Cardiff Central | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs | 2005 | Jo Stevens | Labour | |||
Simon Wright | Norwich South | 2010 | Clive Lewis | Labour | ||||
Conservative | Nick de Bois | Enfield North | 2010 | Joan Ryan | Labour | |||
Angie Bray | Ealing Central and Acton | 2010 | Rupa Huq | Labour | ||||
Mary Macleod | Brentford and Isleworth | 2010 | Ruth Cadbury | Labour | ||||
The Right Honourable Esther McVey | Wirral West | Minister of State for Employment | 2010 | Margaret Greenwood | Labour | |||
Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | 2010 | Chris Matheson | Labour | ||||
Eric Ollerenshaw | Lancaster and Fleetwood | 2010 | Catherine Smith | Labour | ||||
Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | 2010 | Paula Sherriff | Labour | ||||
Lee Scott | Ilford North | 2005 | Wes Streeting | Labour | ||||
Paul Uppal | Wolverhampton South West | 2010 | Rob Marris | Labour | ||||
Alliance | Naomi Long | Belfast East | 2010 | Gavin Robinson | DUP | |||
DUP | William McCrea | South Antrim | 2005 | Danny Kinahan | UUP | |||
Respect Party | George Galloway | Bradford West | 2012 | Naz Shah | Labour | |||
Sinn Féin | Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2001 | Tom Elliott | UUP | |||
UKIP | Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | 2010[a] | Kelly Tolhurst | Conservative | |||
Independent (elected as Liberal Democrat) | Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | 1997 | Flick Drummond | Conservative |
Open seats changing hands
Party | Candidate | Incumbent | Constituency | Defeated by | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Baker | Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Kirsty Blackman | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Bradley | Don Foster | Bath | Ben Howlett | Conservative | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Pörksen | Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Conservative | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Keith | Sarah Teather | Brent Central | Dawn Butler | Labour | ||
Labour | Michael Marra | Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Chris Law | SNP | ||
Labour | Ricky Henderson | Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Joanna Cherry | SNP | ||
Independent | Karen Whitefield (Lab) | Eric Joyce (elected as Labour)[b] | Falkirk | John McNally | SNP | ||
Labour | Melanie Ward | Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Peter Grant | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine | Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | Alex Salmond | SNP | ||
Labour | Liz Evans | Martin Caton | Gower | Byron Davies | Conservative | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Smart | Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | William Wragg | Conservative | ||
Conservative | Graham Cox | Mike Weatherley | Hove | Peter Kyle | Labour | ||
Labour | Kenny Selbie | Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Roger Mullin | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade | Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Michael Tomlinson | Conservative | ||
Labour | Kenny Young | David Hamilton | Midlothian | Owen Thompson | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Brett | Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | Stephen Gethins | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Josh Mason | Ian Swales | Redcar | Anna Turley | Labour Co-operative | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Rendel | David Heath | Somerton and Frome | David Warburton | Conservative | ||
Labour | Rowenna Davis | John Denham | Southampton Itchen | Royston Smith | Conservative | ||
Labour | Johanna Boyd | Anne McGuire | Stirling | Steven Paterson | SNP | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Gilmour | Jeremy Browne | Taunton Deane | Rebecca Pow | Conservative |
Notes
- ^ Reckless was elected as a Conservative in 2010, but defected to UKIP and won re-election as a UKIP candidate in the 2014 Rochester and Strood by-election.
- ^ Joyce was a member of the Labour Party until his resignation from the party in 2012 in the aftermath of an assault.
References
- ^ "How many Lib Dems have lost their seats in the 2015 general election?". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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