List_of_MPs_who_lost_their_seat_in_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election

List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

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This is a list of MPs who lost their seat at the 2017 general election, together with the last date when each seat was represented by a different party.

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    Danczuk was elected as a Labour MP in 2010, but was suspended from the party following allegations of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 17-year-old girl.[1] He stood again as an independent, but came 5th with 883 votes (1.8%).
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    Carswell was elected as a UKIP MP in 2015 after defecting from the Conservatives in 2014. He left UKIP in 2017 to sit as an independent, and chose not to stand again.
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    Thomson was elected as an SNP MP in 2015, but resigned from the party whip and gave up her SNP membership later that year, following the announcement of a police inquiry into allegations made against her.

References

  1. [1]
    Nigel Morris (31 December 2015). "Simon Danczuk: A troubled maverick undone by his thirst for self-publicity". The Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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