List of British MPs
Encyclopedia
Following is a list of past and present Members of Parliament
of the United Kingdom
in alphabetical order. Note that on the dissolution of parliament
for a general election
that all MPs lose that title until such point as they win it back in the election. They continue to be paid until the day of the election.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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in alphabetical order. Note that on the dissolution of parliament
Dissolution of parliament
In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...
for a general election
United Kingdom general elections
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament...
that all MPs lose that title until such point as they win it back in the election. They continue to be paid until the day of the election.
Lists by general election
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1885
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1945
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1950
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1951MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1951This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1951 general election on 25 October 1951.Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Anthony Barber, Lord Lambton and Ted Short....
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1955MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1955This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1955 general election, held on 26 May 1955. A total of 630 MPs were elected.Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included William Whitelaw and Geoffrey Rippon....
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1959MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1959This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1959 general election, held on 8 October 1959.Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Margaret Thatcher, Nicholas Ridley, Jim Prior, Peter Tapsell, John Morris and Jeremy Thorpe...
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1964MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1964This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1964 general election, held on 15 October 1964, for the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom....
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1966MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1966This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1966 general election, held on 31 March 1966.Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included David Owen, John Nott, Michael Heseltine, Jack Ashley, Donald Dewar, Gwyneth Dunwoody, John Pardoe and...
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1970MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1970This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 1970 general election held on 18 June 1970.Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included John Prescott, Norman Tebbit, Ian Paisley, John Smith, Neil Kinnock, Kenneth Clarke, John Gummer, Alan...
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, February 1974
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, October 1974
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1979
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1983
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1987
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1992
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1997
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 2010
Other lists
- :Category:British MPs
- List of MPs for Northern Ireland
- List of MPs for Scotland
- List of MPs for Wales
- List of British MPs not elected from a major party