By-Elections Results
By-Election Date | Incumbent MP Name | Incumbent MP Elected As | Winning MP Name | Winning MP Elected As | Cause | Cause Category | Governing Outcome |
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2024-05-02 | Scott Benton | CON | Chris Webb | LAB | Resigned after being suspended for five weeks and being subject to a recall petition | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2024-02-29 | Tony Lloyd | LAB | George Galloway | WPA | Death (leukaemia) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2024-02-15 | Peter Bone | CON | Gen Kitchen | LAB | Successful recall petition after allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct. | Recall | Opposition Gain |
2024-02-15 | Chris Skidmore | CON | Damien Egan | LAB | Resignation in protest of the Conservative government’s bill to grant new oil and gas licences. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2023-10-19 | Nadine Dorries | CON | Alistair Strathern | LAB | Resignation “with immediate effect”, although had not formally resigned until 26 August. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2023-10-19 | Chris Pincher | CON | Sarah Edwards | LAB | Resignation after losing his appeal for his suspension due to groping allegations. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2023-10-05 | Margaret Ferrier | SNP | Michael Shanks | LAB | Successful recall petition via the provisions of the Recall of MPs Act 2015, after Ferrier broke COVID-19 rules in 2020. | Recall | Opposition Gain |
2023-07-20 | Boris Johnson | CON | Steve Tuckwell | CON | Resignation “with immediate effect” after being handed results of investigation into allegations he misled Parliament over Partygate. | Resignation | Government Defence |
2023-07-20 | David Warburton | CON | Sarah Dyke | LIB | Announced his resignation on 17 June, 14 months after being suspended from the Conservative Party pending an investigation. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2023-07-20 | Nigel Adams | CON | Keir Mather | LAB | Resignation “with immediate effect”. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2023-02-09 | Rosie Cooper | LAB | Ashley Dalton | LAB | Resignation to take up job as chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
2022-12-15 | Kate Green | LAB | Andrew Western | LAB | Resignation to take up job as deputy mayor of Greater Manchester | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
2022-12-01 | Chris Matheson | LAB | Samantha Dixon | LAB | Resignation after being suspended for serious sexual misconduct | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2022-06-23 | Neil Parish | CON | Richard Foord | LIB | Resignation after being accused of watching pornography in the House of Commons on two occasions. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2022-06-23 | Imran Ahmad Khan | CON | Simon Lightwood | LAB | Resignation after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2022-03-03 | Jack Dromey | LAB | Paulette Hamilton | LAB | Death (heart failure). | Death | Opposition Defence |
2022-02-03 | David Amess | CON | Anna Firth | CON | Death (murder). | Death | Government Defence |
2021-12-16 | Owen Paterson | CON | Helen Morgan | LIB | Resignation after having been found to have broken lobbying rules. | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2021-12-02 | James Brokenshire | CON | Louie French | CON | Death (cancer). | Death | Government Defence |
2021-07-01 | Tracy Brabin | LAB | Kim Leadbeater | LAB | Resignation after being elected as Mayor of West Yorkshire. | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2021-06-17 | Cheryl Gillan | CON | Sarah Green | LIB | Death (cancer). | Death | Opposition Gain |
2021-05-13 | Neil Gray | SNP | Anum Qaisar | SNP | Resignation to contest the seat of Airdrie and Shotts in the Scottish Parliament. | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2021-05-06 | Mike Hill | LAB | Jill Mortimer | CON | Resignation following allegations of sexual harassment and victimisation. | Resignation | Government Gain |
2019-08-01 | Chris Davies | CON | Jane Dodds | LIB | Successful recall petition via the provisions of the Recall of MPs Act 2015, after Davies’ conviction for false expenses claims, pursuant to the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. | Recall | Opposition Gain |
2019-06-06 | Fiona Onasanya | LAB | Lisa Forbes | LAB | Successful recall petition via the provisions of the Recall of MPs Act 2015, after Onasanya’s conviction for perverting the course of justice, in relation to a motoring offence. | Recall | Opposition Defence |
2019-04-04 | Paul Flynn | LAB | Ruth Jones | LAB | Death (long illness). | Death | Opposition Defence |
2018-06-14 | Heidi Alexander | LAB | Janet Daby | LAB | Resignation on appointment as Deputy Mayor of London. | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
2018-05-03 | Barry McElduff | SFA | Órfhlaith Begley | SFA | Resignation after making a joke about the Kingsmill massacre on social media. | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2017-02-23 | Jamie Reed | LAB | Trudy Harrison | CON | Resignation to take up his new role in the nuclear power industry. | Resignation | Government Gain |
2017-02-23 | Tristram Hunt | LAB | Gareth Snell | LAB | Resignation to take up his new role as head of the Victoria and Albert Museum. | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2016-12-08 | Stephen Phillips | CON | Caroline Johnson | CON | Resignation citing irreconcilable differences with the government. | Resignation | Government Defence |
2016-12-01 | Zac Goldsmith | CON | Sarah Olney | LIB | Sought reelection as an Independent in opposition to the government’s decision on the expansion of Heathrow Airport. | Reelection | Opposition Gain |
2016-10-20 | David Cameron | CON | Robert Courts | CON | Resignation as an MP two months after resigning as Prime Minister and Leader of Conservative Party. | Resignation | Government Defence |
2016-10-20 | Jo Cox | LAB | Tracy Brabin | LAB | Death (murder). | Death | Opposition Defence |
2016-06-16 | Sadiq Khan | LAB | Rosena Allin-Khan | LAB | Resignation upon his election as Mayor of London. | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2016-05-05 | Harry Harpham | LAB | Gill Furniss | LAB | Death (cancer). | Death | Opposition Defence |
2016-05-05 | Huw Irranca-Davies | LAB | Christopher Elmore | LAB | Resignation to contest the Welsh Assembly election. | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2015-12-03 | Michael Meacher | LAB | Jim McMahon | LAB | Death (short illness). | Death | Opposition Defence |
2014-11-20 | Mark Reckless | CON | Mark Reckless | UKI | Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance | Reelection | Opposition Gain |
2014-10-09 | Jim Dobbin | LAB | Liz McInnes | LAB | Death (acute alcohol toxicity with food aspiration) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2014-10-09 | Douglas Carswell | CON | Douglas Carswell | UKI | Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance | Reelection | Opposition Gain |
2014-06-05 | Patrick Mercer | CON | Robert Jenrick | CON | Resignation (following recommendation from the Standards Committee that he be suspended for six months for breach of the paid advocacy rule) | Resignation | Government Defence |
2014-02-13 | Paul Goggins | LAB | Mike Kane | LAB | Death (stroke/haemorrhage) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2013-05-02 | David Miliband | LAB | Emma Lewell-Buck | LAB | Resignation to join International Rescue Committee | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2013-03-07 | Martin McGuinness | SFA | Francie Molloy | SFA | Resignation to end ‘double-jobbing’ as Member of Parliament and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2013-02-28 | Chris Huhne | LIB | Mike Thornton | LIB | Resignation following pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice | Resignation | Government Defence |
2012-11-29 | Malcolm Wicks | LAB | Steve Reed | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2012-11-29 | Stuart Bell | LAB | Andy McDonald | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2012-11-29 | Denis MacShane | LAB | Sarah Champion | LAB | Resignation (following recommendation from the Standards and Privileges Committee that he be suspended for 12 months for submitting false expenses invoices stemming from the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2012-11-15 | Alun Michael | LAB | Stephen Doughty | LAB | Resignation to contest South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner election | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2012-11-15 | Tony Lloyd | LAB | Lucy Powell | LAB | Resignation to contest Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner election | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2012-11-15 | Louise Mensch | CON | Andy Sawford | LAB | Resignation for family reasons | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2012-03-29 | Marsha Singh | LAB | George Galloway | RES | Resignation (serious health problems) | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2011-12-15 | Alan Keen | LAB | Seema Malhotra | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2011-06-30 | David Cairns | LAB | Iain McKenzie | LAB | Death (pancreatitis) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2011-06-09 | Gerry Adams | SFA | Paul Maskey | SFA | Resignation (to contest the Louth constituency in the Irish general election) | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2011-05-05 | Peter Soulsby | LAB | Jon Ashworth | LAB | Resignation (to contest the mayoralty of Leicester) | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2011-03-03 | Eric Illsley | LAB | Dan Jarvis | LAB | Resignation (pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting stemming from the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
2011-01-13 | Phil Woolas | LAB | Debbie Abrahams | LAB | Void election; reported personally guilty of false statements of fact concerning a candidate. | Disqualified / Expelled | Opposition Defence |
2009-11-12 | Michael Martin | SKR | Willie Bain | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Government Gain |
2009-07-23 | Ian Gibson | LAB | Chloe Smith | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2008-11-06 | John MacDougall | LAB | Lindsay Roy | LAB | Death (mesothelioma) | Death | Government Defence |
2008-07-24 | David Marshall | LAB | John Mason | SNP | Resignation due to ill health | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
2008-07-10 | David Davis | CON | David Davis | CON | Resigned to recontest | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
2008-06-26 | Boris Johnson | CON | John Howell | CON | Election as Mayor of London | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
2008-05-22 | Gwyneth Dunwoody | LAB | Edward Timpson | CON | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2007-07-19 | Piara Khabra | LAB | Virendra Sharma | LAB | Death (liver problems) | Death | Government Defence |
2007-07-19 | Tony Blair | LAB | Phil Wilson | LAB | Resignation on appointment as Middle East Envoy | Resignation | Government Defence |
2006-06-29 | Eric Forth | CON | Bob Neill | CON | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2006-06-29 | Peter Law | IND | Dai Davies | IND | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2006-02-09 | Rachel Squire | LAB | Willie Rennie | LIB | Death (cancer/stroke) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2005-09-29 | Robin Cook | LAB | Jim Devine | LAB | Death (heart disease) | Death | Government Defence |
2005-07-14 | Patsy Calton | LIB | Mark Hunter | LIB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
2004-09-30 | Peter Mandelson | LAB | Iain Wright | LAB | Resignation on appointment as European Commissioner | Appointment | Government Defence |
2004-07-15 | Jim Marshall | LAB | Parmjit Singh Gill | LIB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2004-07-15 | Terry Davis | LAB | Liam Byrne | LAB | Resignation on appointment as Secretary-General of the Council of Europe | Appointment | Government Defence |
2003-09-18 | Paul Daisley | LAB | Sarah Teather | LIB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2002-02-14 | Sir Raymond Powell | LAB | Huw Irranca-Davies | LAB | Death (unknown; probable asthma attack) | Death | Government Defence |
2001-11-22 | Jamie Cann | LAB | Chris Mole | LAB | Death (liver disease) | Death | Government Defence |
2000-12-21 | Dennis Canavan | LAB | Eric Joyce | LAB | Resignation in order to concentrate on his role as a Member of the Scottish Parliament | Alternative office | Government Defence |
2000-11-23 | Audrey Wise | LAB | Mark Hendrick | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Government Defence |
2000-11-23 | Betty Boothroyd | SKR | Adrian Bailey | LAB | Life peerage | Peerage | Government Gain |
2000-11-23 | Donald Dewar | LAB | John Robertson | LAB | Death (Brain haemorrhage after heart surgery) | Death | Government Defence |
2000-09-21 | Clifford Forsythe | UUP | William McCrea | DUP | Death (sudden illness) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2000-06-22 | Bernie Grant | LAB | David Lammy | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Government Defence |
2000-05-04 | Michael Colvin | CON | Sandra Gidley | LIB | Death (accidental fire) | Death | Opposition Gain |
2000-02-03 | Cynog Dafis | PLC | Simon Thomas | PLC | Resignation following election to the Welsh Assembly | Alternative office | Opposition Defence |
1999-11-25 | Alan Clark | CON | Michael Portillo | CON | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1999-09-23 | Roger Stott | LAB | Neil Turner | LAB | Death (long illness) | Death | Government Defence |
1999-09-23 | George Robertson | LAB | Bill Tynan | LAB | Life peerage upon appointment as Secretary-General of NATO | Peerage | Government Defence |
1999-07-22 | Alastair Goodlad | CON | Stephen O’Brien | CON | Appointment as High Commissioner to Australia | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1999-06-10 | Derek Fatchett | LAB | Hilary Benn | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Government Defence |
1997-11-20 | Piers Merchant | CON | Jacqui Lait | CON | Resignation (scandal) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1997-11-20 | Mark Oaten | LIB | Mark Oaten | LIB | Void election | Disqualified / Expelled | Opposition Defence |
1997-11-06 | Gordon McMaster | LAB | Douglas Alexander | LAB | Death (suicide) | Death | Government Defence |
1997-07-31 | Sir Michael Shersby | CON | John Randall | CON | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1997-02-27 | Barry Porter | CON | Ben Chapman | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1996-12-12 | Terry Patchett | LAB | Jeff Ennis | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1996-04-11 | Sir David Lightbown | CON | Brian Jenkins | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1996-02-01 | Derek Enright | LAB | Jon Trickett | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1995-07-27 | Geoffrey Dickens | CON | Chris Davies | LIB | Death (long illness) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1995-06-15 | Sir James Kilfedder | IND | Robert McCartney | UKU | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1995-05-25 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | CON | Roseanna Cunningham | SNP | Death (liver cirrhosis) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1995-02-16 | Neil Kinnock | LAB | Don Touhig | LAB | Appointment as European Commissioner | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1994-12-15 | John Blackburn | CON | Ian Pearson | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1994-06-30 | John Smith | LAB | Helen Liddell | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1994-06-09 | Jo Richardson | LAB | Margaret Hodge | LAB | Death (long illness) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1994-06-09 | Bryan Gould | LAB | Judith Church | LAB | Appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato, New Zealand | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1994-06-09 | Stephen Milligan | CON | David Chidgey | LIB | Death (auto-erotic asphyxiation) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1994-06-09 | Ron Leighton | LAB | Stephen Timms | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1994-06-09 | Bob Cryer | LAB | Gerry Sutcliffe | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1994-05-05 | Jimmy Boyce | LAB | Denis MacShane | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1993-07-29 | Robert Adley | CON | Diana Maddock | LIB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1993-05-06 | Judith Chaplin | CON | David Rendel | LIB | Death (complications following surgery) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1991-11-07 | Richard Holt | CON | Ashok Kumar | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1991-11-07 | George Buckley | LAB | Derek Enright | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1991-11-07 | Alick Buchanan-Smith | CON | Nicol Stephen | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1991-07-04 | Eric Heffer | LAB | Peter Kilfoyle | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1991-05-16 | Sir John Stradling Thomas | CON | Huw Edwards | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1991-04-04 | Donald Coleman | LAB | Peter Hain | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1991-03-07 | David Waddington | CON | Michael Carr | LIB | Life peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1990-11-29 | Allen Adams | LAB | Irene Adams | LAB | Death (brain haemorrhage) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-11-29 | Norman Buchan | LAB | Gordon McMaster | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-11-08 | Michael Carr | LAB | Joseph Benton | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-11-08 | Pat Wall | LAB | Terry Rooney | LAB | Death (long illness) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-10-18 | Ian Gow | CON | David Bellotti | LIB | Death (terrorism) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1990-09-27 | Sean Hughes | LAB | Edward O’Hara | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-05-24 | Allan Roberts | LAB | Michael Carr | LAB | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-05-17 | Harold McCusker | UUP | David Trimble | UUP | Death (cancer) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1990-03-22 | John Heddle | CON | Sylvia Heal | LAB | Death (suicide) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1989-06-15 | Stuart Holland | LAB | Kate Hoey | LAB | Appointment to the European University Institute, Florence | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1989-06-15 | Bob McTaggart | LAB | Mike Watson | LAB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1989-05-04 | Sir Raymond Gower | CON | John Smith | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1989-02-23 | Leon Brittan | CON | William Hague | CON | Appointment as European Commissioner | Appointment | Government Defence |
1989-02-23 | Brynmor John | LAB | Kim Howells | LAB | Death (chronic fatigue syndrome) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1988-12-15 | Sir John Biggs-Davison | CON | Steven Norris | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1988-11-10 | Bruce Millan | LAB | Jim Sillars | SNP | Appointment as European Commissioner | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1988-07-14 | Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, Bt. | CON | Dudley Fishburn | CON | Death (leukaemia) | Death | Government Defence |
1987-03-12 | David Penhaligon | LIB | Matthew Taylor | LIB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1987-02-26 | Guy Barnett | LAB | Rosie Barnes | SDP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1986-11-13 | Robert Kilroy-Silk | LAB | George Howarth | LAB | New BBC TV presenter career | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1986-07-17 | John Golding | LAB | Llin Golding | LAB | Appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1986-05-08 | Matthew Parris | CON | Patrick McLoughlin | CON | Appointment as presenter of LWT programme Weekend World | Resignation | Government Defence |
1986-05-08 | John Spence | CON | Elizabeth Shields | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1986-04-10 | Martin Stevens | CON | Nick Raynsford | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1986-01-23 | Clifford Forsythe | UUP | Clifford Forsythe | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Roy Beggs | UUP | Roy Beggs | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Cecil Walker | UUP | Cecil Walker | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Martin Smyth | UUP | Martin Smyth | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Peter Robinson | DUP | Peter Robinson | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | James Kilfedder | PPU | James Kilfedder | PPU | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Enoch Powell | UUP | Enoch Powell | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Harold McCusker | UUP | Harold McCusker | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Ken Maginnis | UUP | Ken Maginnis | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | James Molyneaux | UUP | James Molyneaux | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | William Ross | UUP | William Ross | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | John Taylor | UUP | John Taylor | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | Ian Paisley | DUP | Ian Paisley | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | William McCrea | DUP | William McCrea | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Defence |
1986-01-23 | James Nicholson | UUP | Seamus Mallon | SDL | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement | Reelection | Opposition Gain |
1985-12-05 | Harry Cowans | LAB | David Clelland | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1985-07-04 | Tom Hooson | CON | Richard Livsey | LIB | Death (heart attack) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1984-12-13 | Sir Anthony Berry | CON | Michael Portillo | CON | Death (terrorism) | Death | Government Defence |
1984-06-14 | Bonner Pink | CON | Mike Hancock | SDP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1984-05-03 | Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden | CON | Virginia Bottomley | CON | Death (heart failure) | Death | Government Defence |
1984-05-03 | Sir Hugh Fraser | CON | Bill Cash | CON | Death (lung cancer) | Death | Government Defence |
1984-05-03 | Ioan Evans | LAB | Ann Clwyd | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1984-03-01 | Eric Varley | LAB | Tony Benn | LAB | Appointment as Chairman of Coalite PLC | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1983-07-28 | William Whitelaw | CON | David Maclean | CON | Hereditary peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords | Peerage | Government Defence |
1983-03-24 | Edward Fletcher | LAB | Oswald O’Brien | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1983-02-24 | Robert Mellish | LAB | Simon Hughes | LIB | Resignation (dispute with party) | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1982-12-02 | Frank McElhone | LAB | Helen McElhone | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1982-10-28 | Jocelyn Cadbury | CON | John Spellar | LAB | Death (suicide) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1982-10-28 | Harry Lamborn | LAB | Harriet Harman | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1982-09-16 | Ifor Davies | LAB | Gareth Wardell | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1982-06-24 | James Dempsey | LAB | Thomas Clarke | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1982-06-03 | Bruce Douglas-Mann | LAB | Angela Rumbold | CON | Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance | Reelection | Government Gain |
1982-05-27 | Sir Ronald Bell | CON | Tim Smith | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1982-03-25 | Sir Thomas Galbraith | CON | Roy Jenkins | SDP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1982-03-04 | Robert Bradford | UUP | Martin Smyth | UUP | Death (killed by IRA) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1981-11-26 | Sir Graham Page | CON | Shirley Williams | SDP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1981-10-22 | Robert Taylor | CON | Bill Pitt | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1981-08-20 | Bobby Sands | IND | Owen Carron | IND | Death (hunger strike) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1981-07-16 | Sir Thomas Williams | LAB | Douglas Hoyle | LAB | Appointment as High Court judge | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1981-04-09 | Frank Maguire | IND | Bobby Sands | IND | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1980-06-26 | Thomas McMillan | LAB | Bob McTaggart | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1980-03-13 | Sir Stephen McAdden | CON | Teddy Taylor | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1979-12-13 | Geoffrey Dodsworth | CON | Richard Page | CON | Resignation on medical advice | Resignation | Government Defence |
1979-09-27 | Harold Lever | LAB | Robert Litherland | LAB | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1979-03-29 | Sir Arthur Irvine | LAB | David Alton | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1979-03-01 | David Walder | CON | David Waddington | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1979-03-01 | John Davies | CON | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | CON | Resignation on medical advice | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1978-10-26 | Joe Harper | LAB | Geoffrey Lofthouse | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-10-26 | John Mackintosh | LAB | John Home Robertson | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-07-13 | Frank Hatton | LAB | George Morton | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-07-13 | John Mendelson | LAB | Allen McKay | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-05-31 | Alexander Wilson | LAB | George Robertson | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-04-27 | Peter Rawlinson | CON | Archie Hamilton | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1978-04-27 | Sir John Hall | CON | Ray Whitney | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1978-04-20 | Marcus Lipton | LAB | John Tilley | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-04-13 | William Small | LAB | Donald Dewar | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1978-03-02 | Millie Miller | LAB | Vivian Bendall | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1977-11-24 | John Cordle | CON | David Atkinson | CON | Resignation: found in contempt of the House | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1977-08-18 | Brian Walden | LAB | John Sever | LAB | Appointment as presenter of LWT programme Weekend World | Resignation | Government Defence |
1977-07-07 | Sir Peter Kirk | CON | Alan Haselhurst | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1977-04-28 | Anthony Crosland | LAB | Austin Mitchell | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1977-04-28 | David Marquand | LAB | Tim Smith | CON | New career as Chief of Staff to Roy Jenkins | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1977-03-31 | Roy Jenkins | LAB | Andrew MacKay | CON | President of the European Commission | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1977-02-24 | Christopher Tugendhat | CON | Peter Brooke | CON | European Commissioner | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1976-12-02 | David Lane | CON | Robert Rhodes James | CON | New career as chairman for the Commission for Racial Equality | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1976-11-04 | Edward Short | LAB | Harry Cowans | LAB | New career as chairman of Cable & Wireless | Resignation | Government Defence |
1976-11-04 | Fred Peart | LAB | Richard Page | CON | Life peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1976-11-04 | John Stonehouse | LAB | Robin Hodgson | CON | Resignation (convicted of insurance fraud) | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1976-07-15 | Hugh Delargy | LAB | Oonagh McDonald | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1976-06-24 | Brian O’Malley | LAB | Stanley Crowther | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1976-03-11 | Robert Carr | CON | Nigel Forman | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1976-03-11 | Selwyn Lloyd | SKR | David Hunt | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1976-03-04 | Maurice Edelman | LAB | Geoffrey Robinson | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1975-06-26 | William Hamling | LAB | Peter Bottomley | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1974-05-23 | Sir Elwyn Jones | LAB | Nigel Spearing | LAB | Life peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Peerage | Government Defence |
1973-11-08 | Martin Maddan | CON | Timothy Sainsbury | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1973-11-08 | Earl of Dalkeith | CON | Alexander Fletcher | CON | Succession to the Peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1973-11-08 | Antony Lambton | CON | Alan Beith | LIB | Resignation (scandal) | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1973-11-08 | John Rankin | LAB | Margo MacDonald | SNP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1973-07-26 | Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | CON | David Austick | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1973-07-26 | Harry Legge-Bourke | CON | Clement Freud | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1973-06-27 | William Griffiths | LAB | Frank Hatton | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1973-05-24 | Tom Price | LAB | Roger Stott | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1973-05-24 | Maurice Foley | LAB | Betty Boothroyd | LAB | Appointment to the European Commission staff | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1973-03-01 | George Thomson | LAB | George Machin | LAB | Appointment as European Commissioner | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1973-03-01 | Norman Pentland | LAB | Giles Radice | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1973-03-01 | Dick Taverne | LAB | Dick Taverne | DLA | Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance | Reelection | Opposition Gain |
1972-12-07 | Charles Curran | CON | Michael Shersby | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1972-12-07 | Richard Sharples | CON | Graham Tope | LIB | Governor of Bermuda | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1972-10-26 | Jack McCann | LAB | Cyril Smith | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1972-05-04 | John Boyd-Carpenter | CON | Norman Lamont | CON | Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority | Appointment | Government Defence |
1972-05-04 | Ray Gunter | LAB | Harry Lamborn | LAB | Resignation (dispute with party) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1972-04-13 | S. O. Davies | IND | Edward Rowlands | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1971-09-30 | Sir Arthur Vere Harvey | CON | Nicholas Winterton | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1971-09-23 | James MacColl | LAB | Gordon Oakes | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1971-09-16 | Malcolm Macpherson | LAB | Harry Ewing | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1971-07-08 | Richard Marsh | LAB | Guy Barnett | LAB | Chairman of British Rail | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1971-06-17 | Arthur Skeffington | LAB | Neville Sandelson | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1971-05-27 | Horace King | SKR | Bob Mitchell | LAB | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1971-05-27 | George Jeger | LAB | Edmund Marshall | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1971-05-27 | James Dance | CON | Terry Davis | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1971-04-01 | Walter Alldritt | LAB | Frank Marsden | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1971-04-01 | Henry Kerby | CON | Richard Luce | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1970-11-19 | Iain Macleod | CON | Cecil Parkinson | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1970-10-22 | Quintin Hogg | CON | Kenneth Baker | CON | Life peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Peerage | Government Defence |
1970-03-19 | Emrys Hughes | LAB | James Sillars | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1970-03-12 | Gerald Wills | CON | Tom King | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1969-12-04 | Sir Cyril Osborne | CON | Jeffrey Archer | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1969-12-04 | Harry Howarth | LAB | Peter Fry | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1969-10-30 | Gerald Reynolds | LAB | Michael O’Halloran | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1969-10-30 | Ben Parkin | LAB | Arthur Latham | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1969-10-30 | Francis Noel-Baker | LAB | Christopher Ward | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1969-10-30 | Stephen Swingler | LAB | John Golding | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1969-10-30 | Alice Cullen | LAB | Frank McElhone | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1969-06-26 | Victor Yates | LAB | Wallace Lawler | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1969-05-22 | Walter Loveys | CON | Christopher Chataway | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1969-04-17 | George Forrest | UUP | Bernadette Devlin | UNY | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1969-03-27 | David Webster | CON | Jerry Wiggin | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1969-03-27 | Sir William Teeling | CON | Julian Amery | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1969-03-27 | William Robinson | LAB | Michael McNair-Wilson | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1968-11-07 | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | CON | Patrick McNair-Wilson | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1968-10-31 | Frederick Bellenger | LAB | Joseph Ashton | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1968-07-18 | Ness Edwards | LAB | Alfred Evans | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1968-06-27 | Sydney Silverman | LAB | David Waddington | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1968-06-13 | Richard Winterbottom | LAB | Edward Griffiths | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1968-06-13 | Leslie Hale | LAB | Bruce Campbell | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1968-03-28 | Christopher Rowland | LAB | Keith Speed | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1968-03-28 | John Hobson | CON | Dudley Smith | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1968-03-28 | George Wigg | LAB | Donald Williams | CON | Life peerage on appointment as chairman of Horserace Betting Levy Board | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1968-03-28 | Bernard Floud | LAB | Kenneth Baker | CON | Death (suicide) | Death | Opposition Gain |
1968-03-14 | William Roots | CON | Sir Brandon Rhys Williams | CON | Resignation (ill-health?) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1967-11-23 | Aidan Crawley | CON | James Scott-Hopkins | CON | Appointment as chairman of London Weekend Television | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1967-11-02 | Herbert Bowden | LAB | Thomas Boardman | CON | Appointment as chairman of Independent Television Authority | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1967-11-02 | Thomas Fraser | LAB | Winifred Ewing | SNP | Appointment to North Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1967-11-02 | Konni Zilliacus | LAB | Kenneth Marks | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1967-09-21 | Robert Davies | LAB | David Lane | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1967-09-21 | Edward Redhead | LAB | Frederick Silvester | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1967-04-27 | John Talbot | CON | Fergus Montgomery | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1967-03-16 | Robert Mathew | CON | Peter Emery | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1967-03-09 | Alexander Garrow | LAB | Esmond Wright | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1967-03-09 | Iorwerth Thomas | LAB | Alec Jones | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1967-03-09 | Frank Cousins | LAB | Leslie Huckfield | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1966-07-14 | Megan Lloyd George | LAB | Gwynfor Evans | PLC | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1966-01-27 | Henry Solomons | LAB | Kevin McNamara | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1965-11-11 | Norman Dodds | LAB | James Wellbeloved | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1965-11-04 | Sir Harry Hylton-Foster | SKR | John Smith | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1965-07-22 | Anthony Marlowe | CON | Martin Maddan | CON | Resignation (ill-health) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1965-05-06 | Aubrey Jones | CON | Reginald Eyre | CON | Appointment as chairman of National Board for Prices and Incomes | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1965-04-01 | Llywelyn Williams | LAB | Clifford Williams | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1965-03-24 | Charles Donaldson | CON | David Steel | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1965-03-23 | R. A. Butler | CON | Peter Kirk | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1965-02-04 | Fred Erroll | CON | Anthony Barber | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1965-02-04 | Evelyn Emmet | CON | Geoffrey Johnson Smith | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1965-02-04 | John Morrison | CON | Michael Hamilton | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1965-01-21 | Frank Bowles | LAB | Frank Cousins | LAB | Life peerage to provide seat for Minister of Technology Frank Cousins | Peerage | Government Defence |
1965-01-21 | Reg Sorensen | LAB | Ronald Buxton | CON | Life peerage to provide seat for Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1964-06-11 | David Logan | LAB | Walter Alldritt | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1964-06-04 | Percy Wells | LAB | Terence Boston | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1964-05-14 | Sir William Aitken | CON | Eldon Griffiths | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1964-05-14 | Richard Brooman-White | CON | Gregor Mackenzie | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1964-05-14 | Percivall Pott | CON | Charles Morrison | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1964-05-14 | Peter Smithers | CON | Morgan Morgan-Giles | CON | Appointment as Secretary-General of Council of Europe | Appointment | Government Defence |
1963-12-12 | Niall MacPherson | CON | David Anderson | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1963-12-05 | John Hare | CON | Keith Stainton | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1963-12-05 | Sir Wavell Wakefield | CON | Quintin Hogg | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1963-12-05 | William Williams | LAB | Charles Morris | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-11-21 | John Strachey | LAB | Peter Doig | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-11-07 | Dr. Charles Hill | CON | Will Howie | LAB | Life peerage on appointment as chairman of Independent Television Authority | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1963-11-07 | Gilmour Leburn | CON | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1963-10-22 | Sir David Campbell | UUP | Rafton Pounder | UUP | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-08-20 | Malcolm St Clair | CON | Tony Benn | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1963-08-15 | John Profumo | CON | Angus Maude | CON | Resignation (lying to the House of Commons) | Resignation | Government Defence |
1963-07-04 | Sir Leslie Plummer | LAB | John Silkin | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-07-04 | John Dugdale | LAB | Maurice Foley | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-06-20 | Hugh Gaitskell | LAB | Merlyn Rees | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-03-28 | Jack Jones | LAB | Brian O’Malley | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-03-28 | David Mort | LAB | Neil McBride | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1963-03-21 | Glenvil Hall | LAB | Patrick Duffy | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1962-11-22 | Viscount Hinchingbrooke | CON | Guy Barnett | LAB | Succession to peerage | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1962-11-22 | David Eccles | CON | Daniel Awdry | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1962-11-22 | Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller | CON | Arthur Jones | CON | Hereditary peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Peerage | Government Defence |
1962-11-22 | William Grant | CON | Neil Carmichael | LAB | Appointment as Lord Justice Clerk | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1962-11-22 | Richard Collard | CON | Ian Gilmour | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1962-07-12 | Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | LAB | Tom Bradley | LAB | Appointment as High Court Judge | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1962-06-14 | John Taylor | LAB | Tam Dalyell | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1962-06-06 | Sir Jocelyn Simon | CON | Jeremy Bray | LAB | Appointment as President of Probate Division of the High Court | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1962-06-06 | Edward Wakefield | CON | Aidan Crawley | CON | Appointment as Commissioner for Malta | Appointment | Government Defence |
1962-05-15 | Clement Davies | LIB | Emlyn Hooson | LIB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1962-04-17 | Clifford Wilcock | LAB | Niall MacDermot | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1962-04-05 | George Chetwynd | LAB | Bill Rodgers | LAB | Appointment as director of North-East Development Council | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1962-03-22 | George Sylvester | LAB | Joseph Harper | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1962-03-14 | Donald Sumner | CON | Eric Lubbock | LIB | Appointment as County Court Judge | Appointment | Opposition Gain |
1962-03-14 | Hilary Marquand | LAB | Arthur Bottomley | LAB | Appointment as director of International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1962-03-13 | Toby Low | CON | Norman Miscampbell | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1962-03-08 | Geoffrey de Freitas | LAB | Dick Taverne | LAB | Appointed as High Commissioner to Ghana | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1961-11-16 | James Carmichael | LAB | James Bennett | LAB | Resignation (ill-health?) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1961-11-09 | David Ormsby-Gore | CON | John Biffen | CON | Appointment as Ambassador to the United States | Appointment | Government Defence |
1961-11-09 | Sir James Henderson-Stewart, Bt. | CON | Sir John E. Gilmour | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1961-11-07 | James Watts | CON | Frank Taylor | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1961-05-04 | Tony Benn | LAB | Malcolm St Clair | CON | Succession to peerage | Peerage | Government Gain |
1961-04-20 | Dr Edith Summerskill | LAB | Thomas Williams | LAB | Life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1961-04-20 | Douglas Johnston | LAB | John Robertson | LAB | Appointment to Court of Session | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1961-03-23 | William Wheeldon | LAB | Denis Howell | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1961-03-16 | Hugh Molson | CON | David Walder | CON | Life peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1961-03-16 | Gerald Howard | CON | Francis Pym | CON | Appointment as High Court Judge | Appointment | Government Defence |
1961-03-16 | Cuthbert Alport | CON | Antony Buck | CON | Life peerage on appointment as High Commissioner to Rhodesia | Peerage | Government Defence |
1961-03-16 | George Ward | CON | Peter Walker | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1960-11-24 | Alfred Robens | LAB | Eddie Milne | LAB | Appointment as chairman of National Coal Board | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1960-11-17 | Aneurin Bevan | LAB | Michael Foot | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1960-11-16 | Alan Lennox-Boyd | CON | Stephen Hastings | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1960-11-16 | Philip Bell | CON | Edwin Taylor | CON | Appointment as County Court Judge | Appointment | Government Defence |
1960-11-16 | Derick Heathcoat-Amory | CON | Robin Maxwell-Hyslop | CON | Hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1960-11-16 | Christopher Holland-Martin | CON | Jasper More | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1960-11-16 | Hon. Peter Legh | CON | Joan Quennell | CON | Succession to peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1960-11-16 | Antony Head | CON | Walter Elliot | CON | Hereditary peerage on appointment as High Commissioner to Nigeria | Peerage | Government Defence |
1960-05-19 | William Rankine Milligan | CON | John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | CON | Appointment to Court of Session | Appointment | Government Defence |
1960-03-17 | Lewis John Edwards | LAB | Michael Shaw | CON | Death | Death | Government Gain |
1960-03-17 | Sir Albert Braithwaite | CON | John Page | CON | Death (suicide) | Death | Government Defence |
1959-06-18 | Frank Anderson | LAB | Joseph Symonds | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1959-06-11 | Henry McGhee | LAB | John Mendelson | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1959-04-09 | John Mackie | CON | John Brewis | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1959-03-25 | Sidney Dye | LAB | Albert Hilton | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1959-03-19 | Ian Harvey | CON | Anthony Courtney | CON | Resignation (scandal) | Resignation | Government Defence |
1959-03-19 | Alan McKibbin | UUP | Stanley McMaster | UUP | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1959-01-29 | Sir Henry Channon | CON | Paul Channon | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1958-11-27 | Victor Collins | LAB | Michael Cliffe | LAB | Elevation to a life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1958-11-20 | Sir Robert Boothby | CON | Patrick Wolrige-Gordon | CON | Elevation to a life peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1958-11-10 | Granville West | LAB | Leo Abse | LAB | Elevation to a life peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1958-11-06 | Sir Ian Fraser | CON | Basil de Ferranti | CON | Elevation to a life peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1958-11-06 | Hon. Sir Lancelot Joynson-Hicks | CON | Walter Loveys | CON | Succession to the peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1958-06-12 | Angus Maude | CON | Brian Batsford | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1958-06-12 | Sir Hartley Shawcross | LAB | Leslie Spriggs | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1958-06-12 | Ronald Williams | LAB | Alan Fitch | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1958-06-12 | Sir Ian Orr-Ewing | CON | David Webster | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1958-06-12 | Sir Duncan McCallum | CON | Michael Noble | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1958-05-15 | Wilfred Fienburgh | LAB | Gerald Reynolds | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1958-03-27 | George Lambert | CON | Mark Bonham-Carter | LIB | Succession to peerage | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1958-03-13 | Walter Elliot | CON | Mary McAlister | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1958-02-12 | Wentworth Schofield | CON | Jack McCann | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1957-12-05 | Sir Victor Raikes | CON | Richard Bingham | CON | Resignation (dispute with party) | Resignation | Government Defence |
1957-11-28 | Charles Waterhouse | CON | John Peel | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1957-10-24 | Richard Stokes | LAB | Dingle Foot | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1957-09-12 | Moss Turner-Samuels | LAB | Jack Diamond | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1957-06-27 | Robert Crouch | CON | Richard Glyn | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1957-05-30 | Percy Daines | LAB | Reginald Prentice | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1957-05-30 | Sir David Gammans | CON | Lady Muriel Gammans | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1957-05-29 | Sir William Darling | CON | Michael Hutchison | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1957-03-21 | Patrick Buchan-Hepburn | CON | Philip Goodhart | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1957-03-21 | Gwilym Lloyd George | CON | William Elliott | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1957-03-07 | Walter Monckton | CON | Robert Cooke | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1957-03-07 | Sir Anthony Eden | CON | John Hobson | CON | Resignation due to ill health | Resignation | Government Defence |
1957-02-28 | Stanley Evans | LAB | John Stonehouse | LAB | Resignation (disagreement with party over Suez) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1957-02-28 | Rhys Hopkin Morris | LIB | Megan Lloyd George | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1957-02-14 | Sir Austin Hudson, Bt. | CON | Niall MacDermot | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1956-12-19 | Anthony Nutting | CON | Mervyn Pike | CON | Resignation (disagreement with party over Suez) | Resignation | Government Defence |
1956-11-15 | Basil Nield | CON | John Temple | CON | Recorder of Manchester | Appointment | Government Defence |
1956-09-27 | Patrick Bartley | LAB | Norman Pentland | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1956-07-06 | Peter Freeman | LAB | Sir Frank Soskice | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1956-06-07 | Gerald Williams | CON | Richard Hornby | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1956-05-08 | Charles Beattie | UUP | George Forrest | IND | Disqualification | Disqualified / Expelled | Opposition Gain |
1956-03-01 | Clement Attlee | LAB | Edward Redhead | LAB | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1956-02-14 | Harry Crookshank | CON | Marcus Kimball | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1956-02-14 | Henry Hopkinson | CON | Edward du Cann | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1956-02-14 | James Thomas | CON | David Gibson-Watt | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1956-02-09 | Osbert Peake | CON | Sir Keith Joseph, Bt. | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1956-02-02 | William Whiteley | LAB | Robert Woof | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1955-12-15 | Charles Williams | CON | Frederic Bennett | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1955-12-08 | Hector McNeil | LAB | Dickson Mabon | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1955-12-07 | John Hall | LAB | Harry Randall | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1955-08-11 | Tom Mitchell | SFA | Charles Beattie | UUP | Disqualification | Disqualified / Expelled | Opposition Gain |
1955-03-17 | Robert Richards | LAB | Idwal Jones | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1955-02-03 | Arnold Gridley | CON | Harold Steward | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1955-01-27 | James Clyde | CON | William Rankine Milligan | CON | Lord President, Court of Session | Appointment | Government Defence |
1955-01-25 | Edward Keeling | CON | Roger Gresham Cooke | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1955-01-20 | Waldron Smithers | CON | Donald Sumner | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1955-01-13 | Peter Baker | CON | John Hill | CON | Expelled from the House (convicted of fraud) | Disqualified / Expelled | Government Defence |
1954-12-21 | Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton | CON | Neil McLean | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1954-11-20 | James Harden | UUP | Christopher Armstrong | UUP | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1954-11-18 | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe | CON | John Woollam | CON | Hereditary peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Peerage | Government Defence |
1954-11-04 | Sydney Marshall | CON | Richard Sharples | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1954-11-04 | Robert Taylor | LAB | Will Owen | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1954-10-28 | Oliver Lyttelton | CON | Eric Errington | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1954-10-28 | David Thomas | LAB | Arthur Probert | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1954-10-21 | Arthur Greenwood | LAB | Arthur Creech Jones | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1954-09-30 | Herbert Williams | CON | John Hughes-Hallett | CON | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1954-04-14 | Alexander Anderson | LAB | George Lawson | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1954-04-08 | John Wheatley | LAB | Eustace Willis | LAB | Judge, Court of Session | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1954-03-11 | Christopher York | CON | James Ramsden | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1954-03-09 | William Cuthbert | CON | Henry Kerby | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1954-02-18 | Viscount Cranborne | CON | John Eden | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1954-02-11 | Stanley Holmes | CON | Julian Ridsdale | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Gain |
1954-02-03 | Geoffrey Hutchinson | CON | Tom Iremonger | CON | Chairman, National Assistance Board | Appointment | Government Defence |
1953-12-03 | William J. Field | LAB | Ben Parkin | LAB | Resignation (scandal) | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1953-11-19 | Santo Jeger | LAB | Lena Jeger | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1953-11-12 | Arthur Salter | CON | Douglas Glover | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1953-09-17 | Seymour Cocks | LAB | William Warbey | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1953-07-02 | Peter Bennett | CON | Edith Pitt | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1953-06-30 | Ralph Glyn | CON | Airey Neave | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1953-05-13 | Richard Ewart | LAB | Paul Williams | CON | Death | Death | Government Gain |
1953-04-15 | Walter Smiles | UUP | Patricia Ford | UUP | Death (drowned in ferry disaster) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1953-04-01 | Walter Ayles | LAB | Arthur Skeffington | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1953-03-31 | Albert Davies | LAB | Harriet Slater | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1953-03-12 | Hon. Edward Carson | CON | William Rees-Davies | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1953-02-12 | John Baker White | CON | Leslie Thomas | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1952-11-27 | George Tomlinson | LAB | Ernest Thornton | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1952-11-04 | Hon. William Astor | CON | John Hall | CON | Succession to the peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1952-11-04 | Connolly Gage | UUP | David Campbell | UUP | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1952-10-27 | Sir Hugh O’Neill | UUP | Phelim O’Neill | UUP | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1952-10-23 | George Willey | LAB | Arthur Palmer | LAB | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1952-07-17 | Thomas Cook | LAB | George Thomson | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1952-02-07 | James Milner | LAB | Denis Healey | LAB | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1952-02-06 | Robert Hudson | CON | Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh | CON | Elevation to a hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1951-06-21 | Rhys Davies | LAB | Tom Price | LAB | Illness | Resignation | Government Defence |
1951-06-14 | Ernest Bevin | LAB | Christopher Mayhew | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1951-05-19 | Ronald Ross | UUP | William Wellwood | UUP | Appointment as Northern Ireland Government Agent in London | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1951-04-21 | Norman Bower | CON | Albert Braithwaite | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1951-04-05 | Ronald Cross | CON | Arthur Salter | CON | Appointment as Governor of Tasmania | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1951-02-15 | Oliver Stanley | CON | Walter Monckton | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1950-11-30 | George Daggar | LAB | Llywelyn Williams | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1950-11-29 | James Godfrey MacManaway | UUP | Thomas Teevan | UUP | Disqualified | Disqualified / Expelled | Opposition Defence |
1950-11-16 | Harold Roberts | CON | Edward Boyle | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1950-11-02 | Quintin Hogg | CON | Lawrence Turner | CON | Succession to the Peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1950-10-25 | Sir Arthur Young, Bt | CON | James Hutchison | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1950-09-28 | Terence Donovan | LAB | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | LAB | Appointment as High Court Judge | Appointment | Government Defence |
1950-05-04 | Frederick Cobb | LAB | John Edwards | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1950-04-25 | Adam McKinlay | LAB | Tom Steele | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1950-04-05 | Harry Morris | LAB | Frank Soskice | LAB | Resignation to provide a seat for Solicitor General Frank Soskice | Resignation | Government Defence |
1949-12-08 | Meredith Titterington | LAB | George Craddock | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1949-07-21 | Thomas Stamford | LAB | Charles Pannell | LAB | Death (suicide) | Death | Government Defence |
1949-03-16 | John Belcher | LAB | Douglas Houghton | LAB | Resignation (scandal) | Resignation | Government Defence |
1949-03-10 | George House | LAB | Kenneth Robinson | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1949-02-24 | William Thomas Adams | LAB | Thomas Williams | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1949-02-17 | Hubert Beaumont | LAB | Alfred Broughton | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1948-11-25 | James Reid | CON | Thomas Galbraith | CON | Law life peerage on appointment as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | Appointment | Opposition Defence |
1948-11-13 | Evan Durbin | LAB | Austen Albu | LAB | Death (drowned in swimming accident) | Death | Government Defence |
1948-10-07 | Joseph Westwood | LAB | Malcolm Macpherson | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Government Defence |
1948-09-30 | George Buchanan | LAB | Alice Cullen | LAB | Chairman of National Assistance Board | Appointment | Government Defence |
1948-04-29 | John Hanbury Martin | LAB | Roy Jenkins | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1948-03-24 | Thomas Williamson | LAB | Lance Mallalieu | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1948-03-11 | Henry Willink | CON | Fred Harris | CON | Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1948-03-05 | Sir William Allen | UUP | James Harden | UUP | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1948-03-04 | William Foster | LAB | Ronald Williams | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1948-02-18 | Viscount Corvedale | LAB | Douglas Johnston | LAB | Succession to the peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1948-01-28 | Campbell Stephen | IND | Charles McFarlane | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1947-12-04 | Sir Archibald Southby, Bt | CON | Malcolm McCorquodale | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1947-11-27 | Clifford Glossop | CON | George Odey | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1947-11-27 | George Thomson | LAB | John Wheatley | LAB | Appointment as Lord Justice Clerk | Appointment | Government Defence |
1947-11-26 | Garry Allighan | LAB | Sir Richard Acland | LAB | Expelled from the House (found to be in extreme contempt) | Disqualified / Expelled | Government Defence |
1947-09-25 | Frederick Montague | LAB | Albert Evans | LAB | Appointment to hereditary peerage | Appointment | Government Defence |
1947-09-11 | Richard Clitherow | LAB | Arthur Irvine | LAB | Death (overdose) | Death | Government Defence |
1947-05-07 | Ellen Wilkinson | LAB | Ernest Fernyhough | LAB | Death (overdose) | Death | Government Defence |
1947-02-11 | Tom Smith | LAB | George Sylvester | LAB | Labour Director of North East Coal Board | Appointment | Government Defence |
1946-12-05 | Clarice Shaw | LAB | William Ross | LAB | Resignation due to ill health | Resignation | Government Defence |
1946-11-27 | Sir John Boyd-Orr | IND | Walter Elliot | CON | Appointment as Chancellor of the University of Glasgow | Resignation | Opposition Gain |
1946-11-26 | Sir Douglas Thomson | CON | Lady Tweedsmuir | CON | Resignation | Resignation | Opposition Defence |
1946-11-20 | Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane | LAB | William J. Field | LAB | Resignation | Resignation | Government Defence |
1946-11-19 | Sir Benjamin Smith | LAB | Robert Mellish | LAB | Chairman of West Midlands Coal Board | Appointment | Government Defence |
1946-08-29 | James Maxton | IND | James Carmichael | IND | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1946-07-25 | Francis Douglas | LAB | Douglas Jay | LAB | Governor of Malta | Appointment | Government Defence |
1946-07-23 | Arthur Jenkins | LAB | Daniel West | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1946-07-22 | Jennie Adamson | LAB | Ashley Bramall | LAB | Deputy Chairman of Assistance Board | Appointment | Government Defence |
1946-06-06 | James Little | IND | C. H. Mullan | UUP | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1946-06-04 | Edward Williams | LAB | John Evans | LAB | Australian High Commissioner | Appointment | Government Defence |
1946-03-18 | Eleanor Rathbone | IND | Henry Strauss | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Gain |
1946-02-22 | George Griffiths | LAB | Horace Holmes | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1946-02-21 | John Edmondson Whittaker | LAB | Anthony Greenwood | LAB | Death (suicide) | Death | Government Defence |
1946-02-12 | Francis Beattie | CON | John Henderson | CON | Death (road accident) | Death | Opposition Defence |
1946-02-07 | Alexander Sloan | LAB | Emrys Hughes | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1946-01-31 | John Sunderland | LAB | Edward Shackleton | LAB | Death | Death | Government Defence |
1945-12-13 | Robert Morrison | LAB | William Irving | LAB | Elevation to hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1945-11-20 | Sir William Davison | CON | Richard Law | CON | Elevation to hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1945-11-15 | Sir Leonard Lyle | CON | Brendan Bracken | CON | Elevation to hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1945-11-14 | Edward Campbell | CON | Harold Macmillan | CON | Death | Death | Opposition Defence |
1945-10-31 | George Broadbridge | CON | Ralph Assheton | CON | Elevation to hereditary peerage | Peerage | Opposition Defence |
1945-10-03 | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | LAB | George Thomson | LAB | Elevation to hereditary peerage | Peerage | Government Defence |
1945-10-02 | Sir William Jowitt | LAB | Hervey Rhodes | LAB | Hereditary Peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Peerage | Government Defence |
1945-10-01 | Alfred Dobbs | LAB | Patrick Gordon Walker | LAB | Death (road accident) | Death | Government Defence |