All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election
With the next general election expected this year, many MPs who have already chosen to not stand again for their seats – the majority of whom are Conservatives.
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With the next general election expected this year, many MPs who have already chosen to not stand again for their seats – the majority of whom are Conservatives.
Right wing party Reform UK has set up a new unit focused on handling potential defections to its ranks as it tries to lure disgruntled Conservative party MPs and councillors.
An explosive new YouGov poll predicting a Labour general election landslide has been viewed as a move by the Tory right to enhance pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to take a more hardline approach to deporting migrants to Rwanda when legislation returns to the House of Commons votes this week.
Labour peer Lord Paul Drayson, one of the so-called ‘GOATs’ – Government of All Talents – of New Labour, has said that if elected this year, a Labour government should emulate the model if it is to succeed in recovering and growing the economy.
The idea that the Conservative party could repeat John Major's unexpected 1992 election victory is one of the few remaining hopes floating around among Tory MPs. But if opinion polls, the economic backdrop or the mood of the party are anything to go by, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a bigger challenge on his hands than his predecessor three decades ago.
With next year set to be just as tumultuous as the last, MPs are looking ahead to work out what they want to achieve for themselves, their constituents, and their political parties in 2024.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has issued a plea to the British public to believe in the country and in politics again with 2024 likely to be an election year, and attacked the Conservative government’s record in power, which he said had driven "the country I love into the rocks of decline".
Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Penny Mordaunt are just some of the names in the mix to be the next leader of the Conservative party if the Tories lose the general election in 2024 and Rishi Sunak is forced to resign.