List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election explained

2005–2010 Parliament of the United Kingdom
Body:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Election:2005 United Kingdom general election
Government:Third Blair ministry
Brown ministry  
Before:2001–2005 Parliament
After:2010–2015 Parliament
Chamber1:House of Commons
Membership1:646
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber1 Leader1:Michael Martin
John Bercow 
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Geoff Hoon
Jack Straw
Harriet Harman 
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader3:Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Deputy Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader4:John Prescott 
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Chamber1 Leader5:Michael Howard
David Cameron 
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:Third-party leader
Chamber1 Leader6:Charles Kennedy
Menzies Campbell
Vince Cable
Nick Clegg 
Chamber2:House of Lords
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Lord Chancellor / Lord Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Baron Falconer of Thoroton
The Baroness Hayman 

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election, held on 5 May. The list is arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at the bottom of the page.

During the 2005–2010 Parliament, Michael Martin and John Bercow served as Speaker of the Commons, Lady Hayman served as Lord Speaker, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister, and Michael Howard and David Cameron served as Leader of the Opposition. This Parliament was dissolved on 12 April 2010.

Composition of the 2005–2010 UK Parliament

These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in Parliament. The first show the composition immediately after the 2005 general election, and the second shows the composition before the 2010 general election.

Note: The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sit together as a party group, while Sinn Féin has not taken its seats. This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.

Affiliation[1] ElectionAt dissolution
Labour Party355349
Conservative Party198193
Liberal Democrats6263
Democratic Unionist Party98
Scottish National Party67
Sinn Féin55
Plaid Cymru33
Social Democratic and Labour Party33
Ulster Unionist Party10
Health Concern11
Respect – The Unity Coalition11
Independent (Peter Law; Dai Davies, Sylvia Hermon, Andrew Pelling, Bob Spink, Bob Wareing)15
Independent Labour (Clare Short) 01
Suspended Labour (Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine)03
Suspended Conservative (Derek Conway)01
11
Vacant (North West Leicestershire, Strangford and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)03
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 Total646646
 Notional government majority6638
 Working government majority7148

Note: The effective Government majority is higher than the notional majority, because MPs from Sinn Féin do not take their seats due to their long-standing policy of abstentionism and vacant seats have no vote. Technically, the speakers belong to parties in a notional majority, though they do not usually vote and therefore don't figure in an effective majority.

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected on 5 May 2005, ordered by constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat at dissolution on 11 April 2005.

Note that most Scottish constituency boundaries were considerably changed from the previous general election, due to a decrease in the number of Scottish seats from 72 to 59. In this case, the previous MPs cannot be shown, and the previous party column shows the notional winner of the new seat, based on analysis of the 2001 general election result.

Key to changes since general election:

a = change in party allegiance

b = by-election

Table of contents:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Changes

A

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Hywel Francis Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Conservative Gerald Howarth Conservative
Conservative Richard Shepherd Conservative
Conservative Graham Brady Conservative
Labour Mark Tami Labour
Labour Judy Mallaber Labour
Scottish National Party (boundary changes) Scottish National Party
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Conservative Conservative
Labour Geoff Hoon Labour
Conservative Damian Green Conservative
Labour David Heyes Labour
Conservative David Lidington Conservative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour

B

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Tony Baldry Conservative
Scottish National Party (boundary changes) Scottish National Party
Labour Margaret Hodge Labour
Labour Eric Illsley Labour
Labour Jeff Ennis Labour
Labour Michael Clapham Labour
Labour John Hutton Labour
Labour/Co-operative Angela Smith Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Democratic Unionist
(Elected as Conservative)
Labour John Mann Labour
Liberal Democrat Don Foster Liberal Democrat
Labour Mike Wood Labour
Labour Martin Linton Labour
Conservative Dominic Grieve Conservative
Conservative Jacqui Lait Conservative
Labour Patrick Hall Labour
Democratic Unionist Peter Robinson Democratic Unionist
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist
Social Democratic and Labour Ulster Unionist
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams Sinn Féin
Liberal Democrat Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
RESPECT Labour
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Gregory Barker Conservative
Conservative Labour
Conservative John Baron Conservative
Labour Frank Field Labour
Labour Gisela Stuart Labour
Labour Siôn Simon Labour
Labour Stephen McCabe Labour
Labour Liam Byrne Labour
Labour a Clare Short Labour
Labour Richard Burden Labour
Labour Khalid Mahmood Labour
Labour Dr Lynne Jones Labour
Labour Roger Godsiff Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Labour Labour
Conservative Andrew Robathan Conservative
Labour Jack Straw Labour
Labour Joan Humble Labour
Labour Gordon Marsden Labour
Blaenau Gwent b Independent Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Ronnie Campbell Labour
Conservative Nick Gibb Conservative
Labour Dennis Skinner Labour
Labour David Crausby Labour
Labour Dr Brian Iddon Labour
Labour Ruth Kelly Labour
Labour Joe Benton Labour
Conservative Mark Simmonds Conservative
Conservative David Tredinnick Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Conservative John Butterfill Conservative
Conservative Andrew MacKay Conservative
Labour Terry Rooney Labour
Labour Gerry Sutcliffe Labour
Labour Marsha Singh Labour
Conservative Labour
Liberal Democrat Roger Williams Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather Liberal Democrat
Labour Barry Gardiner Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Ann Keen Labour
Conservative Eric Pickles Conservative
Labour Labour
Conservative Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
Labour Ian Cawsey Labour
Labour Des Turner Labour
Labour/Co-operative David Lepper Labour/Co-operative
Labour Labour
Labour/Co-operative Douglas Naysmith Labour/Co-operative
Labour Dawn Primarolo Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Bromley and Chislehurst b Conservative Eric Forth Conservative
Conservative Julie Kirkbride Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Labour Nick Palmer Labour
Conservative John Bercow Conservative
Labour Labour
Labour Janet Dean Labour
Laboura David Chaytor Labour
Labour Ivan Lewis Labour
Conservative David Ruffley Conservative

C

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
Labour Wayne David Labour
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Labour Christine McCafferty Labour
Labour Harriet Harman Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Labour Tony Wright Labour
Conservative Julian Brazier Conservative
Liberal Democrat Labour/Co-operative
Labour Julie Morgan Labour
Labour/Co-operative Alun Michael Labour/Co-operative
Labour Kevin Brennan Labour
Labour Eric Martlew Labour
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Plaid Cymru
Labour Nick Ainger Labour
Liberal Democrat Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
Conservative a Bob Spink Conservative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Conservative Sir Michael Lord Deputy Speaker
(Elected as Conservative)
Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru
Conservative Stephen Dorrell Conservative
Labour Jonathan Shaw Labour
Cheadle b Liberal Democrat Patsy Calton Liberal Democrat
Conservative Simon Burns Conservative
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Conservative Cheryl Gillan Conservative
Labour Christine Russell Labour
Liberal Democrat Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat
Conservative Andrew Tyrie Conservative
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Labour Lindsay Hoyle Labour
Conservative Christopher Chope Conservative
Labour Shona McIsaac Labour
Labour Martyn Jones Labour
Conservative Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
Labour Kali Mountford Labour
Conservative Ann Winterton Conservative
Labour Betty Williams Labour
Labour Labour
Labour/Co-operative Phil Hope Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
Labour Bob Ainsworth Labour
Labour Geoffrey Robinson Labour
Labour Jim Cunningham Labour
Labour Laura Moffatt Labour
Crewe and Nantwich b Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour
Labour Claire Curtis-Thomas Labour
Conservative a Labour
Labour Malcolm Wicks Labour
Conservative Richard Ottaway Conservative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Ann Clwyd Labour

D

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Jon Cruddas Labour
Labour Alan Milburn Labour
Labour Howard Stoate Labour
Conservative Tim Boswell Conservative
Labour David Hanson Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Bob Laxton Labour
Labour Margaret Beckett Labour
Conservative Michael Ancram Conservative
Labour Labour
Labour Caroline Flint Labour
Labour Rosie Winterton Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Gwyn Prosser Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Ian Pearson Labour
Labour Tessa Jowell Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Conservative (boundary changes) Labour
Scottish National Party (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Dunfermline and West Fife b Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Labour

E

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Stephen Pound Labour
Labour Labour
Ealing Southall b Labour Piara Khabra Labour
Labour John Cummings Labour
Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist
Conservative Hugo Swire Conservative
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Stephen Timms Labour
Conservative Michael Mates Conservative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Democratic Unionist Gregory Campbell Democratic Unionist
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Jim Murphy
(Eastwood)
Labour
Conservative Peter Ainsworth Conservative
Conservative Tim Loughton Conservative
Conservative Greg Knight Conservative
Conservative Nigel Waterson Conservative
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Labour Ian Stewart Labour
Conservative Stephen O'Brien Conservative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour/Co-operative (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Labour/Co-operative Andrew Love Labour/Co-operative
Labour Andrew Miller Labour
Labour Colin Burgon Labour
Labour Clive Efford Labour
Labour Joan Ryan Labour
Conservative Labour
Conservative Eleanor Laing Conservative
Conservative Chris Grayling Conservative
Labour Liz Blackman Labour
Labour John Austin Labour
Conservative Ian Taylor Conservative
Labour Ben Bradshaw Labour

F

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Conservative Mark Hoban Conservative
Conservative Hugh Robertson Conservative
Labour/Co-operative Alan Keen Labour/Co-operative
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Labour Dr Rudi Vis Labour
Conservative Michael Howard Conservative
Conservative Labour
Social Democratic and Labour Social Democratic and Labour
Conservative Michael Jack Conservative

G

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Edward Leigh Conservative
Labour Labour
Labour Vernon Coaker Labour
Labour Paul Clark Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Glasgow East b Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
None - Speaker (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour/Co-operative (boundary changes) Labour
Glenrothes b Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Parmjit Dhanda Labour
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Conservative Peter Viggers Conservative
Labour Martin Caton Labour
Conservative a Quentin Davies Conservative
Conservative Labour
Labour Austin Mitchell Labour
Labour Tony Wright Labour
Labour Nick Raynsford Labour
Conservative Liberal Democrat

H

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Diane Abbott Labour
Labour/Co-operative Labour
Labour Sylvia Heal Deputy Speaker
(Elected as Labour)
Labour/Co-operative Labour
Haltemprice and Howden b Conservative David Davis Conservative
Labour Derek Twigg Labour
Conservative Labour
Labour Glenda Jackson Labour
Conservative Edward Garnier Conservative
Labour Bill Rammell Labour
Liberal Democrat Phil Willis Liberal Democrat
Labour Tony McNulty Labour
Labour/Co-operative[2] Gareth Thomas Labour
Labour Iain Wright Labour
Conservative Labour
Labour Michael Foster Labour
Conservative David Willetts Conservative
Labour John McDonnell Labour
Liberal Democrat Andrew Stunell Liberal Democrat
Conservative Labour/Co-operative
Labour Jon Trickett Labour
Labour Andrew Dismore Labour
Henley b Conservative Boris Johnson Conservative
Liberal Democrat Paul Keetch Liberal Democrat
Conservative Mark Prisk Conservative
Conservative James Clappison Conservative
Conservative Peter Atkinson Conservative
Labour/Co-operative Jim Dobbin Labour/Co-operative
Labour Tom Levitt Labour
Conservative Peter Lilley Conservative
Labour Frank Dobson Labour
Conservative Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Conservative Francis Maude Conservative
Labour Fraser Kemp Labour
Labour Labour
Labour/Co-operative Barry Sheerman Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
Labour Greg Pope Labour

I

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Labour
Labour/Co-operative Mike Gapes Labour/Co-operative
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Chris Mole Labour
Conservative Andrew Turner Conservative
Labour Jeremy Corbyn Labour
Labour Labour
Labour/Co-operative Don Touhig Labour/Co-operative

J

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Stephen Hepburn Labour

K

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Ann Cryer Labour
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
Labour John Prescott Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Alan Johnson Labour
Labour Roger Berry Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour George Howarth Labour
Labour Edward O'Hara Labour

L

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Democratic Unionist Jeffrey Donaldson Democratic Unionist
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Conservative Labour
Labour Hilary Benn Labour
Labour George Mudie Labour
Labour Fabian Hamilton Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Labour John Battle Labour
Labour Keith Vaz Labour
Labour Liberal Democrat
Labour Patricia Hewitt Labour
Labour Andy Burnham Labour
Conservative Bill Wiggin Conservative
Liberal Democrat Norman Baker Liberal Democrat
Labour Bridget Prentice Labour
Labour Jim Dowd Labour
Labour Joan Ruddock Labour
Labour Harry Cohen Labour
Conservative Michael Fabricant Conservative
Labour Gillian Merron Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Maria Eagle Labour
Labour/Co-operative Louise Ellman Labour/Co-operative
Labour Peter Kilfoyle Labour
Labour Jane Kennedy Labour
Bob Wareing a Labour Bob Wareing Labour
Livingston b Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Labour
Conservative Mark Field Conservative
Labour/Co-operative Andy Reed Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Sir Peter Tapsell Conservative
Conservative Liberal Democrat
Labour Kelvin Hopkins Labour
Labour Margaret Moran Labour

M

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Sir Nicholas Winterton Conservative
Conservative Theresa May Conservative
Conservative Ann Widdecombe Conservative
Labour Ian McCartney Labour
Conservative John Whittingdale Conservative
Labour Graham Stringer Labour
Labour Tony Lloyd Labour
Labour Gerald Kaufman Labour
Liberal Democrat Labour
Labour Alan Meale Labour
Labour Robert Marshall-Andrews Labour
Plaid Cymru Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
Conservative Caroline Spelman Conservative
Labour Dai Havard Labour
Conservative Conservative
Liberal Democrat Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat
Conservative Keith Simpson Conservative
Conservative Nicholas Soames Conservative
Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin
Conservative Peter Luff Conservative
Labour Sir Stuart Bell Labour
Labour Dr Ashok Kumar Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Dr Phyllis Starkey Labour
Labour Siobhain McDonagh Labour
Conservative Sir Paul Beresford Conservative
Conservative Labour
Liberal Democrat Lembit Öpik Liberal Democrat
Scottish National Party (boundary changes) Scottish National Party
Labour Geraldine Smith Labour
Labour Colin Challen Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour

N

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
(Western Isles)
Scottish National Party Labour
Labour Peter Hain Labour
Conservative Dr Julian Lewis Conservative
Conservative Desmond Swayne Conservative
Conservative Patrick Mercer Conservative
Conservative Liberal Democrat
Labour Jim Cousins Labour
Labour Nick Brown Labour
Labour Doug Henderson Labour
Labour Paul Farrelly Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Paul Flynn Labour
Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour
Labour/Co-operative Labour
Democratic Unionist The Rev. Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
Conservative Robert Walter Conservative
Ulster Unionist Lady Sylvia Hermon Ulster Unionist
Labour Kevan Jones Labour
Conservative Alistair Burt Conservative
Conservative Malcolm Moss Conservative
Labour Labour
Conservative James Arbuthnot Conservative
Conservative Oliver Heald Conservative
Conservative Labour
Conservative Bernard Jenkin Conservative
Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb Liberal Democrat
Conservative Owen Paterson Conservative
Conservative Roger Gale Conservative
Labour Stephen Byers Labour
Labour Mike O'Brien Labour
Conservative Conservative
Labour Hilary Armstrong Labour
Conservative Sir George Young Conservative
Labour/Co-operative David Taylor Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Henry Bellingham Conservative
Conservative James Gray Conservative
Labour Sally Keeble Labour
Conservative Labour
Liberal Democrat Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
Labour Dr Ian Gibson Labour
Labour Charles Clarke Labour
Labour John Heppell Labour
Labour Graham Allen Labour
Labour Alan Simpson Labour
Labour Bill Olner Labour

O

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies Labour
Conservative a Derek Conway Conservative
Labour Phil Woolas Labour
Labour Michael Meacher Labour
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
Conservative John Horam Conservative
Labour Andrew Smith Labour
Liberal Democrat Dr Evan Harris Liberal Democrat

P

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Gordon Prentice Labour
Conservative David Maclean Conservative
Scottish National Party (boundary changes) Scottish National Party
Conservative Labour
Labour Labour
Labour/Co-operative Linda Gilroy Labour/Co-operative
Labour Yvette Cooper Labour
Labour Dr Kim Howells Labour
Conservative Robert Syms Conservative
Labour Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
Labour/Co-operative Labour
Liberal Democrat Mike Hancock Liberal Democrat
Conservative Labour
Labour/Co-operative Mark Hendrick Labour/Co-operative
Labour Paul Truswell Labour
Conservative Labour

R

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Mark Francois Conservative
Conservative Labour
Labour Martin Salter Labour
Labour Vera Baird Labour
Labour Jacqui Smith Labour
Labour Karen Buck Labour
Conservative Crispin Blunt Conservative
Labour Chris Bryant Labour
Conservative Nigel Evans Conservative
Conservative William Hague Conservative
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat Labour
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Andrew Rosindell Conservative
Liberal Democrat Sandra Gidley Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Labour Janet Anderson Labour
Labour Sir Kevin Barron Labour
Labour Dr Denis MacShane Labour
Conservative Labour
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Philip Hammond Conservative
Conservative Kenneth Clarke Conservative
Labour/Co-operative (boundary changes) Labour
Conservative Alan Duncan Conservative
Conservative John Greenway Conservative

S

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Sir Alan Haselhurst Deputy Speaker
(Elected as Conservative)
Conservative Labour
Labour David Watts Labour
Labour Shaun Woodward Labour
Liberal Democrat Andrew George Liberal Democrat
Labour Hazel Blears Labour
Conservative Robert Key Conservative
Conservative Labour
Laboura Elliot Morley Labour
Sedgefield b Labour Tony Blair Labour
Labour John Grogan Labour
Conservative Michael Fallon Conservative
Labour Richard Caborn Labour
Labour Clive Betts Labour
Labour David Blunkett Labour
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Labour/Co-operative Meg Munn Labour/Co-operative
Labour Labour
Labour Paddy Tipping Labour
Conservative Labour
Conservative Independent Labour
Labour Derek Wyatt Labour
Conservative David Curry Conservative
Conservative Douglas Hogg Conservative
Labour Fiona Mactaggart Labour
Liberal Democrat Conservative
Liberal Democrat David Heath Liberal Democrat
Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist
Conservative Andrew Lansley Conservative
Labour Mark Todd Labour
Labour Jim Knight Labour
Social Democratic and Labour Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour
Conservative James Paice Conservative
Liberal Democrat Colin Breed Liberal Democrat
Conservative John Hayes Conservative
Conservative Richard Bacon Conservative
Labour David Borrow Labour
Labour David Miliband Labour
Conservative Sir Patrick Cormack Conservative
Conservative Tim Yeo Conservative
Labour Dr Stephen Ladyman Labour
Conservative Andrew Selous Conservative
Conservative Gary Streeter Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Conservative Conservative
Labour John Denham Labour
Labour Dr Alan Whitehead Labour
Conservative David Amess Conservative
Liberal Democrat Dr John Pugh Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
Conservative David Wilshire Conservative
Labour David Kidney Labour
Labour Charlotte Atkins Labour
Labour James Purnell Labour
Labour Barbara Follett Labour
Labour (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Ann Coffey Labour
Labour Frank Cook Labour
Labour Dari Taylor Labour
Labour Mark Fisher Labour
Labour Joan Walley Labour
Labour Labour
Conservative Bill Cash Conservative
Labour Labour
Democratic Unionist Iris Robinson Democratic Unionist
Conservative John Maples Conservative
Labour Keith Hill Labour
Labour Beverley Hughes Labour
Labour/Co-operative David Drew Labour/Co-operative
Conservative John Gummer Conservative
Labour Bill Etherington Labour
Labour Chris Mullin Labour
Conservative Conservative
Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
Conservative Andrew Mitchell Conservative
Labour Labour
Labour Alan Williams Labour
Labour Michael Wills Labour
Labour Labour

T

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Brian Jenkins Labour
Conservative George Osborne Conservative
Liberal Democrat Conservative
Liberal Democrat Richard Younger-Ross Liberal Democrat
Labour David Wright Labour
Conservative Laurence Robertson Conservative
Labour Andrew Mackinlay Labour
Conservative Angela Browning Conservative
Conservative Sir John Stanley Conservative
Labour Labour
Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
Labour Paul Murphy Labour
Conservative Liberal Democrat
Conservative Anthony Steen Conservative
Labour David Lammy Labour
Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylor Liberal Democrat
Conservative Conservative
Liberal Democrat Dr Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
Labour David Clelland Labour
Labour Alan Campbell Labour

U

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Conservative Angela Watkinson Conservative
Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist
Conservative John Randall Conservative

V

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Chris Ruane Labour
Labour John Smith Labour
Conservative Anne McIntosh Conservative
Labour Kate Hoey Labour

W

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Labour Labour
Labour Angela Eagle Labour
Labour David Winnick Labour
Labour Bruce George Labour
Labour Neil Gerrard Labour
Labour Denis Murphy Labour
Labour Dan Norris Labour
Conservative Labour
Labour John Spellar Labour
Labour Helen Jones Labour
Labour Helen Southworth Labour
Labour James Plaskitt Labour
Labour Claire Ward Labour
Labour Bob Blizzard Labour
Conservative Charles Hendry Conservative
Labour Mike Hall Labour
Conservative Labour
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
Conservative Labour
Labour John Healey Labour
Liberal Democrat (boundary changes) Liberal Democrat
Labour Tom Watson Labour
Labour/Co-operative Adrian Bailey Labour/Co-operative
Conservative Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
Conservative Oliver Letwin Conservative
Labour/Co-operative (boundary changes) Labour
Labour Labour
Labour Labour
Conservative Richard Spring Conservative
Sinn Féin Pat Doherty Sinn Féin
Conservative Sir Michael Spicer Conservative
Conservative Dr Andrew Murrison Conservative
Liberal Democrat Conservative
Conservative Liberal Democrat
Labour Neil Turner Labour
Conservative Labour
Liberal Democrat Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat
Conservative Conservative
Labour Ben Chapman Labour
Labour Stephen Hesford Labour
Conservative David Cameron Conservative
Conservative Humfrey Malins Conservative
Conservative John Redwood Conservative
Labour/Co-operative Ken Purchase Labour/Co-operative
Labour Labour/Co-operative
Labour Rob Marris Labour
Conservative Dr Liam Fox Conservative
Labour Michael Foster Labour
Labour Tony Cunningham Labour
Labour Labour
Conservative Peter Bottomley Conservative
Conservative Labour
Labour Ian Lucas Labour
Conservative Paul Goodman Conservative
Health Concern Dr Richard Taylor Health Concern
Labour Paul Goggins Labour

Y

Constituency Elected MP Elected party Previous MP Previous party
Liberal Democrat David Laws Liberal Democrat
Ynys Môn
(Isle of Anglesey)
Labour Albert Owen Labour
Labour Hugh Bayley Labour

Postponed poll

By-elections

!Constituency !Date!Incumbent!Party!Cause!Date of Vacancy!Winner !Party
Cheadle14th July 2005Patsy CaltonLiberal DemocratsDeath of incumbent29th May 2005Mark HunterLiberal Democrats
Livingston29th September 2005Robin CookLabour6th August 2005Jim DevineLabour
Dunfermline and West Fife9th February 2006Rachel SquireLabour5th January 2006Willie RennieLiberal Democrats
Blaenau Gwent29th June 2006Peter LawIndependent25th April 2006Independent
Bromley and ChiselhurstEric ForthConservative17th May 2006Bob NeilConservative
Ealing Southall19th July 2007Piara KhabraLabour19th June 2007Virendra SharmaLabour
SedgfieldTony BlairResignation to become Middle East Envoy27th June 2007Phil Wilson
Crewe and Nantwich22nd May 2008Gwyneth DunwoodyDeath of Incumbent17th April 2008Edward TimpsonConservative
Henley26th June 2008Boris JohnsonConservativeResigned due to becoming the Mayor of London4th June 2008John Howell
Haltemprice and Howden10th July 2008David DavisResigned and successfully stood for re-election, in protest over the Government's policy of detaining terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge.12th June 2008David Davis
Glasgow East24th July 2008David MarshallLabourResigned due to ill health30th June 2008John MasonSNP
Glenrothes6th November 2008Death of Incumbent13th August 2008Lindsay RoyLabour
Norwich North23rd July 2009Ian GibsonResigned after a Labour Party panel prohibited him from standing for re-election.5th June 2009Chloe SmithConservative
Glasgow North East12th November 2009Resigned during the 2009 expenses scandal.[3] 21st June 2009Willie BainLabour

Defections, suspensions, resignations and deaths

!Name!Date!From!To !Constituency!Reason
Patsy Calton29th May 2005Liberal DemocratsSeat vacantCheadleDeath (Cancer)[4]
Robin Cook6th August 2005LabourLivingstonDeath (Heart attack, fell off a ridge)[5]
Rachel Squire6th January 2006Dunfermline and West FifeDeath (Brain tumor)[6] [7]
Peter Law25th April 2006IndependentBlaenau Gwent
Eric Forth17th May 2006ConservativeBromley and ChiselhurstDeath (Cancer)[8]
Clare Short20th October 2006LabourIndependent LabourBirmingham LadywoodResigned the Labour Whip
Piara Khabra19th June 2007Seat vacantEaling SouthallDeath (liver problems)[9]
Quentin Davies26th June 2007ConservativeLabourGrantham and StamfordThought that the Conservative Party "ceased collectively to believe in anything"[10]
Tony Blair27th June 2007LabourSeat VacantSedgfieldResignation to become Middle East Envoy
Bob Wareing17th September 2007Independent Liverpool West DerbyDefeated in a Labour party selection contest[11]
Andrew Pelling18th September 2007ConservativeIndependent ConservativeCroydon CentralWhip removed over assault allegations
October 2008Independent ConservativeIndependent
Derek Conway29th January 2008ConservativeIndependentOld Bexley and SidcupSuspended from the Conservative Party on after allegations of corruption.[12]
Bob Spink12th March 2008Castle PointResigned the Conservative whip on 12 March 2008; joined the UKIP on 21 April 2008, and later designated as "independent" (as UKIP had no whip in Parliament).[13]
Gwyneth Dunwoody17th April 2008LabourSeat VacantCrewe and NantwichDeath (heart surgery)[14]
Boris Johnson4th June 2008ConservativeSeat vacantHenleyResigned due to becoming the Mayor of London.
David Davis12th June 2008Haltemprice and HowdenResigned and successfully stood for re-election, in protest over the Government's policy of detaining terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge.
David Marshall30th June 2008LabourGlasgow EastResigned due to ill health
21st June 2009SpeakerGlasgow North EastResigned during the 2009 expenses scandal.
John Bercow22nd June 2009ConservativeSpeakerBuckinghamElected to become the Speaker
David Taylor26th December 2009Seat VacantNorth West LeicestershireDeath of incumbent[15]
Iris Robinson18th January 2010DUPStrangfordResigned due to the Iris Robinson Scandal[16]
David Chaytor8th February 2010IndependentBury NorthLabour whips suspended due to criminal charges over the 2009 expenses scandal.
Livingston
Scunthorpe
Ashok Kumar15th March 2010Seat vacantMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandDeath of incumbent
25th March 2010UUPIndependentNorth DownTo stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming general election.[17]

Progression of Government majority and party totals

!Date!Event!Labour!Working majority!Conservative!Liberal Democrats!DUP!SNP!Plaid Cymru!SDLP!UUP!Health Concern!Respect!Independent!Independent Labour!Sinn Fein!Speaker!Vacant
5th May 2005Elected at General Election3557119862963311110510
29th May 2005Calton (Liberal Dempcrats), dies73611
14th July 2005Hunter (Liberal Democrats), elected in Cheadle71620
6th August 2005Cook (Labour), dies354701
29th September 2005Devine (Labour), elected in Livingston355710
5th January 2006Squire (Labour), dies354701
9th February 2006Rennie (Liberal Democrats), elected in Dunfermline and West Fife69630
25th April 2006Law (Independent), dies7101
17th May 2006Forth (Conservative), dies731972
29th June 2006Davies (Independent), elected in Blaenau Gwent6919810
Neil (Conservative), elected in Bromley and Chiselhurst
20th October 2006Short (Labour), resigns whip353671
19th June 2007Khabra (Labour), dies352661
26th June 2007Davies (Conservative), defects to Labour35368197
27th June 2007Blair (Labour), resigns352672
19th July 2007Sharma (Labour), elected in Ealing Southall354690
Wilson (Labour), elected in Sedgfield
17th September 2007Wareing (Labour), resigns whip353672
18th September 2007Pelling (Conservative), has whip removed1963

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK Parliament - List of Members of Parliament by Party . 2009-05-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090223120551/http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hcio/party.cfm . 23 February 2009 .
  2. Web site: Co-operative Party Papers . Archives Hub . 27 July 2024.
  3. News: 2009-05-19 . Speaker quits 'for sake of unity' . 2024-08-01 . en-GB.
  4. News: 2005-05-29 . Lib Dem MP dies of cancer aged 56 . 2024-08-02 . en-GB.
  5. News: Hinsliff . Gaby . Townsend . Mark . Bentham . Martin . 2005-08-07 . Robin Cook dies after collapse on mountain . 2024-08-02 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  6. News: 2006-01-06 . Labour MP dies after long illness . 2024-08-02 . en-GB.
  7. News: Association . Press . 2006-04-25 . MP Peter Law dies . 2024-08-02 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  8. News: Tempest . Matthew . 2006-05-18 . Eric Forth MP dies aged 61 . 2024-08-02 . The Guardian . 0261-3077.
  9. News: Mulholland . Hélène . 2007-06-20 . Labour MP Piara Khabra dies . 2024-08-02 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  10. News: 2007-06-27 . Conservative MP defects to Labour . 2024-08-01 . en-GB.
  11. News: 2007-09-17 . Deselected Wareing to quit Labour . 2024-08-01 . en-GB.
  12. News: 28 December 2017 . Tory whip withdrawn from Conway . news.bbc.co.uk.
  13. News: 22 April 2008 . Ex-Tory MP Spink defects to UKIP . news.bbc.co.uk.
  14. News: 2008-04-18 . Veteran Labour MP Dunwoody dies . 2024-08-02 . en-GB.
  15. News: 2009-12-27 . Labour MP dies after heart attack . 2024-08-01 . en-GB.
  16. News: 2010-01-09 . Iris Robinson 'to go within week' . 2024-08-01 . en-GB.
  17. News: 25 March 2010 . MP Hermon quits Ulster Unionists . news.bbc.co.uk.