The Yorkshire Lass
@real_shirelass
A mass exodus is happening in Parliament of MPs stepping down - so far more than 120 MPs have said they are standing down at the next General Election and will not continue any roles.
RESIGNATIONS so farβ¦
CONSERVATIVE β Adam Afriyie, Windsor
β Nickie Aiken, Cities of London & Westminster
β Lucy Allan, Telford
β Stuart Andrew, Pudsey
β Richard Bacon, South Norfolk β John Baron, Basildon & Billericay
β Sir Paul Beresford, Mole Valley
β Sir Graham Brady, Altrincham & Sale West
β Steve Brine, Winchester
β Lisa Cameron, East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
β Andy Carter, Warrington South
β Sir Bill Cash, Stone
β Jo Churchill, Bury St Edmunds
β Greg Clark, Tunbridge Wells
β Chris Clarkson, Heywood & Middleton
β Dame Tracey Crouch, Chatham & Aylesford
β Dehenna Davison, Bishop Auckland
β Jonathan Djanogly, Huntingdon
β Sir James Duddridge, Rochford & Southend East
β Philip Dunne, Ludlow
β Sir Michael Ellis, Northampton North
β George Eustice, Camborne & Redruth
β Sir David Evennett, Bexleyheath & Crayford
β Mike Freer, Finchley & GoldersGreen
β Nick Gibb, Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
β Jo Gideon, Stoke-on-Trent Central
β Michael Gove, Surrey Health
β Sir Robert Goodwill, Scarborough & Whitby
β Chris Grayling, Epsom & Ewell
β James Grundy, Leigh
β Robert Halfon, Harlow
β Stephen Hammond, Wimbledon
β Matt Hancock, West Suffolk
β Trudy Harrison, Copeland
β Sir Oliver Heald, North East Hertfordshire
β James Heappey, Wells
β Chris Heaton-Harris, Daventry
β Gordon Henderson, Sitting Bourne & Sheppey
β John Howell, Henley
β Alister Jack, Dumfries & Galloway
β Sir Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove
β David Jones, Clwyd West
β Sir Greg Knight, East Yorkshire
β Kwasi Kwarteng, Spelthorne
β Dame Eleanor Laing, Epping Forest
β Pauline Latham, Mid Derbyshire
β Sir Brandon Lewis, Great Yarmouth
β Tim Loughton, East Worthing & Shoreham
β Craig Mackinlay, South Thanet
β Theresa May, Maidenhead
β Stephen McPartland, Stevenage
β Huw Merriman, Bexhill & Battle
β Kieran Mullan, Crewe & Nantwich
β Sir Bob Neill, Bromley & Chislehurst
β Matthew Offord, Hendon
β Mark Pawsey, Rugby
β Sir Mike Penning, Hemel Hempstead
β Andrew Percy, Brigg & Goole
β Will Quince, Colchester
β Dominic Raab, Esher & Walton
β Sir John Redwood, Wokingham
β Nicola Richards, West Bromwich East
β Douglas Ross, Moray
β Paul Scully, Sutton & Cheam
β Sir Alok Sharma, Reading West
β Chloe Smith, Norwich North
β Henry Smith, Crawley
β Royston Smith, Southampton
β Bob Stewart, Beckenham
β Sir Gary Streeter, Devon South West
β Edward Timpson, Eddisbury
β Sir Charles Walker, Broxbourne
β Robin Walker, Worcester
β Ben Wallace, Wyre & Preston North
β Jamie Wallis, Bridgend
β Craig Whittaker, Calder Valley
β Nadhim Zahawi, Stratford-on-Avon
LABOUR β Dame Margaret Beckett, Derby South
β Paul Blomfield, Sheffield Central
β Sir Ben Bradshaw, Exeter
β Karen Buck, Westminster North
β Jon Cruddas, Dagenham & Rainham
β Alex Cunningham, Stockton North
β Wayne David, Caerphilly
β Natalie Elphicke, Dover
β Colleen Fletcher, Coventry North East
β Yvonne Fovargue,
β Margaret Greenwood, Wirral West
β Harriet Harman, Camberwell & Peckham
β Dame Margaret Hodge, Barking
β Sir George Howarth, Knowsley
β Kevan Jones, North Durham
β Holly Lynch, Halifax
β Ian Mearns, Gateshead
β Dan Poulter, Central Suffolk & North Ipswich
β Christina Rees, Neath
Barry Sheerman, Huddersfield
β Alan Whitehead, Southampton
β Dame Rosie Winterton, Doncaster
SNP β Mhairi Black, Paisley & Renfrewshire South
β Ian Blackford, Ross, Skye & Lochaber
β Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline & West Fife
β Angela Crawley, Lanark & Hamilton East
β Patrick Grady, Glasgow North
β Peter Grant, Glenrothes
β Stewart Hosie, Dundee East
β John McNally, Falkirk
β Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire
There are more resignations from MPs in Sinn Fein, Greens and independent.
The Military are cleaning house. We are witnessing the destruction of the old guard
I know there are several Congress Critters stepping down in the U.S., but I don't think on this scale.