Who are the Labour MPs stepping down?
A further eight Labour MPs announced this week that they will be stepping down, following Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a snap summer general election.
This has left more retirement seats to be filled for the Labour Party with just five weeks to go, as party officials must make selection choices ahead of tight candidate deadlines. So far there are 30 Labour MPs standing down, compared to the 77 Conservatives who have announced their retirement from MP life.
Here is the full list of the Labour MPs who are standing down at the 2024 general election:
| Name | Constituency |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North |
| Dame Margaret Hodge | Barking |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham |
| Dr Alan Whitehead | Southampton Test |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central |
| Dame Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South |
| John Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham |
| Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East |
| Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West |
| George Howarth | Knosley |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North |
| Christina Rees | Neath |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead |
| Dr Dan Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich |
| Natalie Elphicke | Dover |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield |
| Holly Lynch | Halifax |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West |
| John Spellar | Warley |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak |
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