List of stewards of the Manor of Northstead
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political post The office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead functions as a procedural device to allow a member of Parliament (MP) to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As members of the House of Commons are forbidden from formally resigning, a legal fiction is used to circumvent this prohibition: appointment to an "office of profit under The Crown" disqualifies an individual from sitting as an MP. As such, several such positions are maintained to allow MPs to resign.<ref name="hcio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently, the offices of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are used, and are specifically designated for this purpose under the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975; several other offices have also been used historically.<ref name="hcio" /> The appointment is traditionally made by the chancellor of the Exchequer. The position was reworked in 1861 by William Ewart Gladstone, who was worried about the honour conferred by appointment to people such as Edwin James, who had fled to the United States over £100,000 in debt. As such, the letter by the chancellor was rewritten to omit any references to honour.
The office was first used in this way on 20 March 1844 to allow Sir George Henry Rose, MP for Christchurch, to resign his seat. Appointees to the offices of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are alternated so that two MPs can resign at once (as happened on 23 January 2017 when Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed resigned). However, every new appointment revokes the previous one, so there is no difficulty in situations in which more than two resign, such as the 1985 walkout of Ulster Unionist MPs when several separate appointments were made on a single day.<ref name="hcio" /> If a resigning MP wishes to contest the following by-election, as Douglas Carswell did in 2014, they need to resign the stewardship to avoid further disqualification.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The incumbent steward of the Manor of Northstead is Scott Benton, formerly the Independent (elected Conservative) MP for Blackpool South.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Key to party abbreviations
Up to 1899
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| Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | Template:Abbr | ||
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Christchurch | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cork City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Suffolk | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Hartismere | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lisburn | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed secretary to the Board of Trade | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Morpeth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stamford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Oxford University | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ceredigion | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Plymouth Devonport | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Beverley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Found to have been using his position as secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for insider trading | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Gloucester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Resigned to accept a contract for supplying huts to the army in the Crimea | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bath | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wigtownshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lichfield | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hereford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Cheshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Tavistock | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | To allow him to stand for the vacant Middlesex parliamentary seat | <ref>"The Election For The County Of Middlesex". The Times, 4 September 1857: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Kent | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Ill-health | <ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 3 October 1857: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Buckinghamshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Chesham | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dublin University | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Assistant Secretary to the Treasury | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Greenwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | Bankruptcy | <ref>"Greenwich Election". The Times, 15 February 1859: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Marylebone | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Whig | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Midhurst | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed a Master in Lunacy under the Lunacy Act 1845 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bodmin | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Liskeard | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Sligo Borough | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Marylebone | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Resigned and fled to the United States with massive debts | <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Longford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Earl Russell | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Canterbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Following an interview with his leading supporters | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Oldham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Somerset | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lisburn | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Tralee | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Pontefract | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Houghton | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Brighton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lancaster | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Wiltshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ripon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Retired following a hunting accident | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wigan | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Due to prolonged service in Canada in the British Army | <ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 27 March 1866: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stamford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Resigned to contest North Devon | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Eye | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | To allow him to stand for election to one of the East Suffolk parliamentary seats; he resigned again in 1867 becoming a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds | <ref><ref>"Suffolk (East)". The Times, 18 July 1866: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref><ref>"Notice". The Times, 21 July 1866: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Colchester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Boston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stroud | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stoke-on-Trent | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Launceston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leominster | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bristol | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Gave up his seat after being declared bankrupt; had previously resigned from Norwich in 1854 by becoming Steward of Hempholme | <ref><ref>Faith, Nicholas. The world the railways made. The Bodley Head, London, 1990 Template:ISBN p. 106.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Caithness | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dublin University | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Roxburghshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of York | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wick Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Chatham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Commander-in-Chief of HMNB Portsmouth | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Berkshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Huntingdon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leeds | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Launceston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leith Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Canterbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Mid Somerset | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Kent | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Haddington Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Boston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Maldon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Somerset | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Kilkenny City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | HRL | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Sandwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | County Louth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | HRL | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bandon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of Chester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Resigned to contest Scarborough, which was vacated via the Chiltern Hundreds the previous day, in anticipation of his election being declared void on petition (as happened in August 1880) | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | New Ross | style="background:Template:Party color"| | HRL | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cambridgeshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Westminster | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Haddington Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ennis | style="background:Template:Party color"| | HRL | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Chipping Wycombe | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Peterborough | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hastings | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Essex | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Somerset | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health | <ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 20 November 1883: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 March 2014.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cork City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Nat | To concentrate on business activities | <ref>"Ireland". The Times, 8 January 1884: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Lincolnshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Hampshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leicester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ross and Cromarty | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | New Radnor | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Greenock | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Battersea | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Burton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | St. George's, Hanover Square | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Coventry | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Brixton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow Bridgeton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Southwark West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Edinburgh West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Deptford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Merthyr Tydvil | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Mid Lanarkshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Sligo | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Nat | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Liverpool West Derby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stockton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Barnsley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South East Cork | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | Retirement from politics | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Fife | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Mid Tipperary | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ayr Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Donegal | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Barrow-in-Furness | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Resigned in protest of a scheme that gave compensation to public licence holders | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Wexford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Great Grimsby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Pressure of business interests; he died a few months later in July 1893 | <ref>"Obituary". The Times, 25 July 1893: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 March 2014.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Linlithgowshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Mayo | style="background:Template:Party color"| | INF | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Wexford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | INF | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Montgomeryshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hackney South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Chichester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leicester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Colchester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Wicklow | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Inverness-shire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Mayo | style="background:Template:Party color"| | INF | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Montrose Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Resigned so that John Morley could be elected | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dublin, College Green | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | Could no longer attend Parliament regularly due to other commitments | <ref>The Times, 31 March 1896.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wick Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | LU | Ill-health; he died on 9 July 1896 aged 80 | <ref>"Death of Sir John Pender". The Times, 8 July 1896: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 March 2014.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Salisbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Halifax | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Maidstone | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Newark | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Disagreement with party policy | <ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Down | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Southport | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Londonderry City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rotherham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health | <ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Antrim | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hythe | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Oldham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bow and Bromley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health | <ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 18 October 1899: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.Template:Full citation needed</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Mayo | style="background:Template:Party color"| | INF | Resigned as he opposed the government's South Africa policy | ||
1900 to 1949
| Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Rossendale | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | "... circumstances have arisen that render it impossible for me any longer to retain the trust which you have generously reposed in me ..."<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 29 January 1900: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Plymouth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Requested to resign by his constituents in a disagreement over his views expressed<ref>"Sir E. Clarke And His Constituents". The Times 9 February 1900: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Portsmouth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Following a judgement against him in the Law Courts<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 11 April 1900: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wokingham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Dewsbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | To concentrate on business interests<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Kilkenny | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | ||
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | West Donegal | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | ||
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Bury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 9 May 1902: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Cleveland | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Perthshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Woolwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Kildare | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rossendale | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Harborough | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Sowerby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Reading | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Appleby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Change of his political opinions different from the leadership of the Liberal Party<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 25 November 1904: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Eye | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Galway City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | In order to travel to Canada<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Aberdeen South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Appointed Ambassador to the United States<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wimbledon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | To concentrate on business interests<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 25 April 1907: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hornsey | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Monaghan | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Colne Valley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Down | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Leitrim | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IPP | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Down | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Montrose Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Pudsey | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South East Essex | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 16 November 1908: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Taunton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health.<ref>"Election Intelligence". The Times, 12 February 1909: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stratford-on-Avon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | To seek the decision of his constituents on the question of the adoption of military training.<ref>"Political Notes". The Times, 6 April 1909: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Edinburgh West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | LU | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ilkeston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | In order to allow J. E. B. Seely to return to Parliament<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Westbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Appointed Governor of Victoria<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bootle | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Barnstaple | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow Tradeston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On being created 1st Baron Rowallan<ref name="four">"Four More By-Elections". The Times, 20 June 1911: 15. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | St Augustine's | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On being created Viscount Chilston<ref name="four" /> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North East Cork | style="background:Template:Party color"| | AFIL | Objection to the Parliament Bill<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 7 April 1911: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bethnal Green South West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On appointment as a stipendiary magistrate<ref>"The By-Elections". The Times, 18 July 1911: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hereford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Epsom | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Nottingham East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Holmfirth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill health.<ref>"By-Election at Holmfirth". The Times, 5 June 1912: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 24 August 2014.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Taunton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On becoming the 2nd Viscount Peel on the death of his father<ref>"The Vacancy At Taunton". The Times, 25 October 1912: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Londonderry City | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | On becoming the 3rd Duke of Abercorn on the death of his father<ref>"Court Circular". The Times, 7 January 1913: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Altrincham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health.<ref>"Political Notes". The Times, 2 May 1913: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leicester | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On being divorced<ref>"A By-Election At Leicester". The Times, 12 June 1913: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leith Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Appointed Governor-General of Australia<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Brighton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 30 June 1914: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Liverpool Kirkdale | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Appleby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature in Calcutta.<ref>"The King has been pleased to confer the". The Times, 20 July 1915: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Newington West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On becoming the 1st Baron Rathcreedan.<ref>"West Newington Election". The Times, 3 January 1916: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Portsmouth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On becoming the 1st Baron Beresford.<ref>"Knights of the Garter". The Times, 1 January 1916: 9+. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Droitwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | LU | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cockermouth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bolton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hyde | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Berwick-upon-Tweed | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Abingdon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed military secretary to the Duke of Devonshire, who was to become Governor General of Canada in November 1916<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Fermanagh | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | Ill-health<ref>"Political Notes". The Times, 19 October 1916: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ashton-under-Lyne | style="background:Template:Party color"| | LU | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Derby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On becoming the 1st Baron Roe.<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 23 December 1916: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Whitechapel | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Tamworth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Governor of Tasmania<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Aberdeen South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Ill health<ref>"Mr. G. B. Esslemont". The Times, 4 October 1917: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Liverpool Abercromby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On becoming Baron Gisborough.<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 9 June 1917: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cambridge | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Prestwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | On becoming Baron Cawley<ref name="Brief 2013">"News in Brief". The Times, 23 January 1918: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Gravesend | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref name="Brief 2013" /> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | |||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Londonderry | style="background:Template:Party color"| | IUA | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Widnes | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Croydon South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | St Albans | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Horncastle | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | On appointment as Governor of South Australia<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 24 January 1920: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Birmingham Moseley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Kirkcaldy | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Basingstoke | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | Appointed Ambassador to the United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Nelson and Colne | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ebbw Vale | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rhondda, West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hereford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | "owing to the pressing demands of his own business on the Stock Exchange"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hastings | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Penrith and Cockermouth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Heywood and Radcliffe | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hertford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Ind | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cambridge | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wandsworth, Clapham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Moray and Nairn | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Darlington | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Willesden, East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Portsmouth, South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Governor of Bombay<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lewes | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Governor of Western Australia<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Eastbourne | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ripon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Buckrose | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Cited as co-respondent in the divorce case between Sir Richard Cruise and his wife<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wallsend | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Howdenshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Chelmsford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Sued for divorce by his wife<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Edinburgh Leith | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | Leaving the Liberal Party | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bosworth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Canterbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Holborn | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Co Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Halifax | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lib | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Tamworth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Nottingham, Central | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Liverpool, East Toxteth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Pontypridd | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Found to have allowed his wife and daughter to use House of Commons rail travel vouchers<ref>Shaw, Peter (March 2008). "Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones" Template:Webarchive. The Northern Herald (blog). Accessed 12 November 2019.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Woolwich, East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Stroud | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dunbartonshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UP | On appointment as Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature of Allahabad<ref>"News in Brief". The Times, 23 February 1932: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 21 October 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | St. Marylebone | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Decided to "retire from the strenuous life of Parliament"; he was aged in his early 70s<ref>"Sir Rennell Rodd". The Times, 5 April 1932: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 21 October 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Westminster, Abbey | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Harborough | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health.<ref>"Retirement Of Lord Castle Stewart". The Times, 12 August 1933: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 21 October 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Upton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health.<ref>"By-Election In West Ham". The Times, 24 April 1934: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 21 October 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cambridge University | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dunbartonshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UP | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wandsworth, Balham and Tooting | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | East Grinstead | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Richmond | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Oxford University | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | York | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On appointment as Governor of Bombay<ref>"New Governor of Bombay". The Times, 10 April 1937: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Cheltenham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Cheltenham M.P. to Retire". The Times, 16 November 1936: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hemel Hempstead | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Retired following the resignation of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin<ref>"Resignation of Mr. Baldwin: The Ministerial Changes". The Times, 29 May 1937: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ilford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health.<ref>Our Parliamentary Correspondent. "Eleven By-Elections". The Times, 8 June 1937: 16. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Aylesbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UP | On appointment as Governor of South Australia<ref>"Governor of South Australia". The Times, 2 March 1939: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Portsmouth, South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On being created Baron Rotherwick<ref>"Political Notes". The Times, 8 June 1939: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ormskirk | style="background:Template:Party color"| | N Lab | On reaching the age of 75<ref>"Sir Thomas Rosbotham To Retire". The Times, 12 October 1939: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wandsworth, Streatham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On reaching the age of 79<ref>"Sir W. Lane-Mitchell, M.P., to Retire". The Times, 29 November 1939: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 January 2015.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Swansea East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Ham, Silvertown | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill health and failing eyesight.<ref>"Various". The Times, 9 February 1940: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Battersea, North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill health.<ref>"Various". The Times, 3 April 1940: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Croydon, North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Montrose Burghs | style="background:Template:Party color"| | L Nat | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rochdale | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill health.<ref>"Retirement of Two M.P.s". The Times, 13 July 1940: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Northampton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Petersfield | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On appointment as Governor of Burma.<ref>"Various". The Times, 26 February 1941: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dorset, Western | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Scarborough and Whitby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On being arrested and sent for court-martial<ref>"M.P. to be Tried by Court-Martial". The Times, 1 August 1941: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.</ref>Template:Full citation needed | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Edinburgh Central | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rugby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On being created Viscount Margesson<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Spennymoor | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ashford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On appointment as Chief Justice of India<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Burton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | On being created Baron Gretton<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Brighton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Derbyshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | "Too busy" serving with his Regiment to attend properly to parliamentary duties<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Combined Scottish Universities | style="background:Template:Party color"| | L Nat | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bexley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Unemployment Assistance Board<ref>"Government Changes", The Times, 11 May 1946, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Rotherhithe | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Chairman of the West Midlands Divisional Coal Board, under the National Coal Board<ref>"Sir B. Smith Resigns from Parliament", The Times, 14 September 1946, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Normanton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Labour director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board, under the National Coal Board<ref>"Two M.P.s to Resign", The Times, 11 October 1946, p. 8.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Paddington, North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill health<ref>"Another By-election", The Times, 25 October 1946, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Howdenshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill health<ref>"M.P. to Resign", The Times, 14 October 1947, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Croydon, North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge<ref>"Mr. Willink, M.P., to Resign", The Times, 30 January 1948, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Southwark Central | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill-health<ref>"Labour M.P. Resigning", The Times, 6 April 1948, p. 4.</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Sowerby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Found to have accepted gifts from a "fixer" to influence his conduct as a minister<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
1950 to 1999
| Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Sheffield, Neepsend | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Vacating his seat so that Solicitor-General Sir Frank Soskice could return to Parliament<ref>"Lord Morris of Kenwood" (obituary), The Times, 2 July 1954, p. 10.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ormskirk | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Governor of Tasmania<ref>"New Governor of Tasmania", The Times, 2 February 1951, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Harrow, West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Resignation of M.P.", The Times, 31 March 1951, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Belfast South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Ill-health<ref>"Unionists hold South Belfast", The Times, 5 November 1952, p. 8.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Canterbury | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Two M.P.s to Resign", The Times, 13 January 1953, p. 3.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hayes and Harlington | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill-health<ref>"Mr. W. H. Ayles", The Times, 4 February 1953, p. 3.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Abingdon | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Created a Baron (coronation honours list); vacating his seat to allow an early election<ref>"Two By-elections", The Times, 6 June 1953, p. 4.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Crosby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Conservative M.P. to Resign", The Times, 26 September 1953, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bournemouth, West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Lord Cranborne to Resign Seat", The Times, 2 January 1954, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Harrogate | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>"Pending By-elections", The Times, 12 February 1954, p. 8.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Armagh | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Giving up a political career in order to concentrate on farming the family estate<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Gravesend | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Seeking re-election as a candidate opposed to British development of the hydrogen bomb<ref>"Sir R. Acland to Resign", The Times, 11 March 1955, p. 8.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Melton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Opposed to Government policy on the Suez Crisis<ref>"Mr. Nutting to Resign Seat", The Times, 15 November 1956, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Warwick and Leamington | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health; had retired as Prime Minister<ref>"Sir A. Eden to Resign as M.P.", The Times, 12 January 1957, p. 6.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leicester, South East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Concentrating on business life involving frequent visits to Africa<ref>"Captain Waterhouse", The Times, 30 October 1957, p. 7.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | St. Helens | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Unable to devote his full time to Parliamentary activities<ref>"Sir H. Shawcross Resigning Soon", The Times, 8 March 1958, p. 4.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Harrow, East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Charged with gross indecency with a Coldstream guardsman in St James's Park<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow, Bridgeton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill-health<ref>"Labour M.P. Giving up Seat", The Times, 5 June 1961, p. 9.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lincoln | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed High Commissioner to Ghana<ref>"Mr. De Freitas to be High Commissioner in Ghana", The Times, 21 October 1961, p. 8.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Derbyshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed High Commissioner to Malta<ref>"Commissioner for Malta", The Times, 7 March 1962, p. 8.</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bristol, South East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | To allow Tony Benn, who won the previous election but was disqualified due to inheriting an unwanted peerage, to regain his seat after being allowed to disclaim the peerage<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Birmingham, Hall Green | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Chairman of the Prices and Incomes Board<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Nuneaton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Concentrating on work as General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Derbyshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed Chairman of London Weekend Television<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | New Forest | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Morpeth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Charged under the Official Secrets Act |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Liverpool, Scotland | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Regional Secretary, National Union of General and Municipal Workers<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Lincoln | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Seeking re-election on leaving the Labour Party<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Bromwich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Deputy Director General for Development by the European Community<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Wirral | !style="background:Template:Party color"| | Speaker | Retiring as Speaker of the House of Commons<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Chairman of Cable & Wireless<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | City of London and Westminster South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed a European Commissioner<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ashfield | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Chief Advisor to the President of the European Commission<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Bournemouth East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Found in contempt of the House (Poulson scandal)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Knutsford | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Ill-health<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Mitcham and Morden | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Seeking re-election on joining the Social Democratic Party<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Chesterfield | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of Coalite plc<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | North Antrim | style="background:Template:Party color"| | DUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Antrim | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Belfast East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | DUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Belfast South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Belfast North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | South Down | style="background:Template:Party color"| | UUP | Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement<ref name="bbc" /> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | West Derbyshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed as a presenter of Weekend World |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Knowsley North | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed as a presenter of Day To Day |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Richmond | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Appointed a European Commissioner |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Dagenham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Beckenham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Revelations of an affair with a 17-year-old nightclub hostess<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Since 2000
| Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Ceredigion | style="background:Template:Party color"| | PC | Elected a member of the National Assembly for Wales<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Falkirk West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Hartlepool | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Appointed a European commissioner<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Henley | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Elected Mayor of London<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | Ill health<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Glasgow North East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Speaker | Retiring as Speaker of the House of Commons<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Belfast West | style="background:Template:Party color"| | SF | To stand in the 2011 Irish general election<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref><ref>House of Commons Debates 26 January 2011 c. 404 Template:Webarchive.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Leicester South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To stand for election as Mayor of Leicester<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Corby | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Manchester Central | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To stand for election as Police and crime commissioner for the Greater Manchester Police Force Area<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Sortname | Mid Ulster | style="background:Template:Party color"| | SF | To end double-jobbing as Member of Parliament and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Sortname | South Shields | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To become head of the International Rescue Committee in New York | |
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Clacton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Seeking re-election, having joined the UK Independence Party | ||
| Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Ogmore | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To contest the 2016 Welsh Assembly election | ||
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Template:Sortname | Witney | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Due to concerns that remaining a backbench MP following his resignation as Prime Minister on 13 July 2016 would be "a big distraction and a big diversion" from the work of the new government<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
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Template:Sortname | Sleaford and North Hykeham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | "Significant policy differences" with the government regarding their approach to the UK leaving the European Union<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
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}}</ref> |
Template:Sortname | Copeland | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To become Head of Development and Community Relations for Sellafield Ltd | |
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Template:Sortname | Lewisham East | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | To become Deputy Mayor of London for Transport<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
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Template:Sortname | Buckingham | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Speaker | Retiring as Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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Template:Sortname | Airdrie and Shotts | style="background:Template:Party color"| | SNP | To seek election at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election | |
| 5 November 2021<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> | Template:Sortname | North Shropshire | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Breaching the rules against paid advocacy | ||
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}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Template:Sortname | Tiverton and Honiton | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Viewed pornography in the Palace of Westminster |
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Template:Sortname | Stretford and Urmston | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Lab | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
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Template:Sortname | Selby and Ainsty | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Resignation in solidarity with Boris Johnson | |
| 19 June 2023<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Somerton and Frome | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Allegations of sexual harassment and drug abuse | ||
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Template:Sortname | Tamworth | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Allegations of sexual misconduct | |
| 25 March 2024<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> | Template:Sortname | Blackpool South | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Con | Filmed appearing to offer lobbying favours for payment<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |
Dual appointments
Some former MPs have held both offices of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and of the Chiltern Hundreds. These include:
- William Philip Price
- William Welby-Gregory
- Lord Charles Beresford
- John William Logan
- Boris Johnson — when he resigned his seat of Henley in 2008<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
See also
Office still in use
Offices not in use
- List of stewards of the Manor of East Hendred
- List of stewards of the Manor of Hempholme
- List of stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham
- List of stewards of the Manor of Poynings
References
- General
- Specific