List of MPs who lost their seat in the United Kingdom general election, 2015

This is a list of MPs who lost their seat at the United Kingdom general election, 2015.^[1]

	Name	Constituency	Office held whilst in power	Year elected	Defeated by
Labour	The Right Honourable Douglas Alexander	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Shadow Foreign Secretary	1997	Mhairi Black	SNP
	Willie Bain	Glasgow North East	Shadow Minister for Scotland (2010–13)	2009	Anne McLaughlin	SNP
	The Right Honourable Ed Balls	Morley and Outwood	Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	2005	Andrea Jenkyns	Conservative
	Gordon Banks	Ochil and South Perthshire	Shadow Minister for Scotland	2005	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh	SNP
	Dame Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Chairwoman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee	1997	Callum McCaig	SNP
	Russell Brown	Dumfries and Galloway	Shadow Minister for International Security Strategy	1997	Richard Arkless	SNP
	Katy Clark	North Ayrshire and Arran		2005	Patricia Gibson	SNP
	The Right Honourable Tom Clarke	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill		1982	Phil Boswell	SNP
	Michael Connarty	Linlithgow and East Falkirk		1992	Martyn Day	SNP
	Margaret Curran	Glasgow East	Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	2010	Natalie McGarry	SNP
	Ian Davidson	Glasgow South West	Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee	2005	Chris Stephens	SNP
	Thomas Docherty	Dunfermline and West Fife	Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	2010	Douglas Chapman	SNP
	Brian Donohoe	Central Ayrshire		1992	Philippa Whitford	SNP
	Gemma Doyle	West Dunbartonshire	Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans	2010	Martin Docherty	SNP
	Sheila Gilmore	Edinburgh East		2010	Tommy Sheppard	SNP
	Tom Greatrex	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Shadow Minister for Energy	2010	Margaret Ferrier	SNP
	Tom Harris	Glasgow South	Shadow Minister for the Environment	2001	Stewart McDonald	SNP
	Julie Hilling	Bolton West	Shadow Lord Commissioner of the Treasury	2010	Chris Green	Conservative
	Jimmy Hood	Lanark and Hamilton East		1987	Angela Crawley	SNP
	Cathy Jamieson	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Shadow Economic Secretary	2010	Alan Brown	SNP
	Mark Lazarowicz	Edinburgh North and Leith	Shadow Minister for International Development (2010–11)	2001	Deidre Brock	SNP
	Michael McCann	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow		2010	Lisa Cameron	SNP
	Gregg McClymont	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Shadow Minister for Pensions	2010	Stuart McDonald	SNP
	Ann McKechin	Glasgow North	Shadow Undersecretary of State for Scotland (2010–11)	2001	Patrick Grady	SNP
	Iain McKenzie	Inverclyde		2011	Ronnie Cowan	SNP
	Graeme Morrice	Livingston	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister	2010	Hannah Bardell	SNP
	The Right Honourable Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Leader of the Scottish Labour Party	1997	Kirsten Oswald	SNP
	Pamela Nash	Airdrie and Shotts	Baby of the House	2010	Neil Gray	SNP
	Fiona O'Donnell	East Lothian	Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2010–12)	2010	George Kerevan	SNP
	Sandra Osborne	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock		1997	Corri Wilson	SNP
	John Robertson	Glasgow North West		2000	Carol Monaghan	SNP
	Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw		1997	Marion Fellows	SNP
	Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	1997	James Davies	Conservative
	Anas Sarwar	Glasgow Central	Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2011–14)	2010	Alison Thewliss	SNP
	Andy Sawford	Corby	Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government	2012	Tom Pursglove	Conservative
	Alison Seabeck	Plymouth Moor View	Shadow Minister of State for Defence	2005	Johnny Mercer	Conservative
	Jim Sheridan	Paisley and Renfrewshire North		2001	Gavin Newlands	SNP
	Chris Williamson	Derby North	Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government (2010–13)	2010	Amanda Solloway	Conservative
	David Wright	Telford	Shadow Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2010–12)	2001	Lucy Allan	Conservative
Liberal Democrat	The Right Honourable Danny Alexander	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	2005	Drew Hendry	SNP
	The Right Honourable Norman Baker	Lewes	Minister of State for the Home Office (2013–14)	1997	Maria Caulfield	Conservative
	Gordon Birtwistle	Burnley		2010	Julie Cooper	Labour
	The Right Honourable Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	Minister of State for Care Services (2010–12)	1997	Paul Scully	Conservative
	Lorely Burt	Solihull	Assistant Government Whip	2005	Julian Knight	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Vince Cable	Twickenham	Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	1997	Tania Mathias	Conservative
	Michael Crockart	Edinburgh West		2010	Michelle Thomson	SNP
	The Right Honourable Ed Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	1997	James Berry	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Lynne Featherstone	Hornsey and Wood Green	Minister of State for the Home Office	2005	Catherine West	Labour
	Andrew George	St Ives		1997	Derek Thomas	Conservative
	Steve Gilbert	St Austell and Newquay	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	2010	Steve Double	Conservative
	Duncan Hames	Chippenham	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister	2010	Michelle Donelan	Conservative
	Sir Nick Harvey	North Devon	Minister of State for the Armed Forces (2010–12)	1992	Peter Heaton-Jones	Conservative
	John Hemming	Birmingham Yardley		2005	Jess Phillips	Labour
	Martin Horwood	Cheltenham		2005	Alex Chalk	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Simon Hughes	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties	1983	Neil Coyle	Labour
	Mark Hunter	Cheadle		2005	Mary Robinson	Conservative
	Julian Huppert	Cambridge		2010	Daniel Zeichner	Labour
	The Right Honourable Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006)	1983	Ian Blackford	SNP
	The Right Honourable David Laws	Yeovil	Minister of State for Schools	2001	Marcus Fysh	Conservative
	John Leech	Manchester Withington		2005	Jeff Smith	Labour
	Stephen Lloyd	Eastbourne		2010	Caroline Ansell	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Michael Moore	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Secretary of State for Scotland (2010–13)	1997	Calum Kerr	SNP
	Tessa Munt	Wells	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	2010	James Heappey	Conservative
	Alan Reid	Argyll and Bute		2001	Brendan O'Hara	SNP
	Dan Rogerson	North Cornwall	Parliament Under-Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Resource Management and Rural Affairs	2005	Scott Mann	Conservative
	Sir Bob Russell	Colchester		1997	Will Quince	Conservative
	Adrian Sanders	Torbay		1997	Kevin Foster	Conservative
	Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine		1997	Stuart Donaldson	SNP
	Jo Swinson	East Dunbartonshire	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs	2005	John Nicolson	SNP
	Mike Thornton	Eastleigh		2013	Mims Davies	Conservative
	The Right Honourable John Thurso, 3rd Viscount Thurso	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Chairman of the Finance and Services Committee	2001	Paul Monaghan	SNP
	David Ward	Bradford East		2010	Imran Hussain	Labour
	The Right Honourable Steve Webb	Thornbury and Yate	Minister of State for Pensions	1997	Luke Hall	Conservative
	Roger Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire		2001	Christopher Davies	Conservative
	Stephen Williams	Bristol West	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	2005	Thangam Debbonaire	Labour
	The Right Honourable Jenny Willott	Cardiff Central	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs	2005	Jo Stevens	Labour
	Simon Wright	Norwich South		2010	Clive Lewis	Labour
Conservative	Nick de Bois	Enfield North		2010	Joan Ryan	Labour
	Angie Bray	Ealing Central and Acton		2010	Rupa Huq	Labour
	Mary Macleod	Brentford and Isleworth		2010	Ruth Cadbury	Labour
	The Right Honourable Esther McVey	Wirral West	Minister of State for Employment	2010	Margaret Greenwood	Labour
	Stephen Mosley	City of Chester		2010	Chris Matheson	Labour
	Eric Ollerenshaw	Lancaster and Fleetwood		2010	Catherine Smith	Labour
	Simon Reevell	Dewsbury		2010	Paula Sherriff	Labour
	Lee Scott	Ilford North		2005	Wes Streeting	Labour
	Paul Uppal	Wolverhampton South West		2010	Rob Marris	Labour
Alliance	Naomi Long	Belfast East		2010	Gavin Robinson	DUP
DUP	William McCrea	South Antrim		2005	Danny Kinahan	UUP
Respect Party	George Galloway	Bradford West		2012	Naz Shah	Labour
Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone		2001	Tom Elliott	UUP
UKIP	Mark Reckless	Rochester and Strood		2010^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Kelly Tolhurst	Conservative
Independent (elected as Liberal Democrat)	Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South		1997	Flick Drummond	Conservative

Open seats changing hands

	Candidate	Incumbent	Constituency	Defeated by
Labour	Richard Baker	Frank Doran	Aberdeen North	Kirsty Blackman	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Steve Bradley	Don Foster	Bath	Ben Howlett	Conservative
Liberal Democrat	Julie Pörksen	Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	Conservative
Liberal Democrat	Lauren Keith	Sarah Teather	Brent Central	Dawn Butler	Labour
Labour	Michael Marra	Jim McGovern	Dundee West	Chris Law	SNP
Labour	Ricky Henderson	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh South West	Joanna Cherry	SNP
Independent	Karen Whitefield (Lab)	Eric Joyce (elected as Labour)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Falkirk	John McNally	SNP
Labour	Melanie Ward	Lindsay Roy	Glenrothes	Peter Grant	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Christine Anne Jardine	Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	Alex Salmond	SNP
Labour	Liz Evans	Martin Caton	Gower	Byron Davies	Conservative
Liberal Democrat	Lisa Smart	Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	William Wragg	Conservative
Conservative	Graham Cox	Mike Weatherley	Hove	Peter Kyle	Labour
Labour	Kenny Selbie	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Roger Mullin	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Vikki Slade	Annette Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Michael Tomlinson	Conservative
Labour	Kenny Young	David Hamilton	Midlothian	Owen Thompson	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Tim Brett	Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	Stephen Gethins	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Josh Mason	Ian Swales	Redcar	Anna Turley	Labour Co-operative
Liberal Democrat	David Rendel	David Heath	Somerton and Frome	David Warburton	Conservative
Labour	Rowenna Davis	John Denham	Southampton Itchen	Royston Smith	Conservative
Labour	Johanna Boyd	Anne McGuire	Stirling	Steven Paterson	SNP
Liberal Democrat	Rachel Gilmour	Jeremy Browne	Taunton Deane	Rebecca Pow	Conservative

Notes

↑ Reckless was elected as a Conservative in 2010, but defected to UKIP and won re-election as a UKIP candidate in the Rochester and Strood by-election, 2014.
↑ Joyce was a member of the Labour Party until his resignation from the party in 2012 in the aftermath of an assault.

References

↑ "How many Lib Dems have lost their seats in the 2015 general election?". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

United Kingdom general election, 2015

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Incumbent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative) Subsequent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative) Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) Subsequent Deputy Prime Minister: None

Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (David Cameron) Labour (Ed Miliband) Scottish National Party (Nicola Sturgeon) Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg) Democratic Unionist Party (Peter Robinson) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Leanne Wood) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Alasdair McDonnell) Ulster Unionist Party (Mike Nesbitt) UK Independence Party (Nigel Farage) Green Party of England and Wales (Natalie Bennett)

Parties only represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or the European Parliament	Green Party in Northern Ireland (Steven Agnew) Scottish Green Party (Patrick Harvie/Maggie Chapman) Traditional Unionist Voice (Jim Allister) Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (David Ford)

Other	Full list of parties standing candidates

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United Kingdom local elections, 2015

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