Resignation following suspension by the Committee on Standards due to lobbying-related corruption.[43]
Defections, suspensions and resignations
The label under which MPs sit in the House of Commons can change if they leave or are suspended from or expelled by their party. When suspended, they effectively become independents.
Suspended as a candidate on 28 November 2019 due to insensitive social media posts. Remained as SNP candidate on ballot, elected as independent.[44] Reinstated after an investigation.[45] Defected to join new pro-independence party.[46]
Charged with harassing a woman.[51] Expelled from party upon conviction in November 2021.[52] Avoided recall petition as her sentence was reduced on appeal to non-custodial community service order.[53]
Suspended from Labour in September 2022 pending an investigation into a complaint.[72] Resigned from the party in December 2023 and announced that he would not contest the next election.[73]
Tweets comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust.[83] Expelled from party in April 2023.[84] Joined Reclaim Party on 10 May 2023.[85] Left Reclaim on 20 December 2023 due to policy differences.[86]
* Sinn Féin MPs do not take up their seats in the House of Commons, therefore are unable to vote.
** The Speaker does not ordinarily vote, except for breaking ties.
^ abAt the time of the 2019 election this party did not exist.
^Both of the Alba Party's MPs were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[14]
^ Six were elected as Conservative MPs at the 2019 general election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and now sits as an independent. The remaining 10 independent MPs all come from the opposition benches.
^The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[15] the Speaker and deputy speakers (currently three Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[16]
^Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con, Chair of Ways and Means) is on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con) has been temporarily appointed as acting Chair of Ways and Means.
^ abcdefMP originally elected as Labour Co-operative.
^Hanvey was suspended by the SNP and disowned as a candidate on 28 November 2019, after the close of nominations, pending an investigation over alleged antisemitism. He was subsequently elected as an SNP MP, but sat as an independent until 29 May 2020 while an investigation was under way.[17]
^As a mark of respect for the murdered MP. Labour, Lib Dem, Green and Reform UK did not field a candidate to contest the by-election.
^ abcdefElected as Conservative, sitting as an Independent MP at the time of their resignation.
^Elected as SNP, sitting as an independent MP at the time of their resignation.
^Corbyn was also suspended from Labour on this date, but reinstated to the party without PLP whip on 17 November 2020.