List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election

Composition of the 54th UK Parliament

List of MPs elected in the general election

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Postponed poll

• South Staffordshire - due to the death of a candidate standing both for parliament and a seat on the local council after some of the postal votes had been received, the elections in this constituency were postponed until 23 June 2005. Sir Patrick Cormack, the incumbent Member of Parliament, retained his seat with an increased majority.

  By-elections

2005

• 14 July: Cheadle — Mark Hunter, to replace Patsy Calton who died on 29 May.
• 29 September: Livingston — Jim Devine, to replace Robin Cook who died on 6 August.

  2006

• 9 February: Dunfermline and West Fife — Willie Rennie, to replace Rachel Squire, who died on 5 January.
• 29 June: Blaenau Gwent — Dai Davies, to replace Peter Law who died on 25 April.
• 29 June: Bromley and Chislehurst — Bob Neill, to replace Eric Forth who died on 17 May.

  2007

• 19 July: Ealing Southall — Virendra Sharma to replace Piara Khabra who died on 19 June.
• 19 July: Sedgefield — Phil Wilson to replace Tony Blair, who resigned to take up a new role as Middle East Envoy.

  2008

• 22 May: Crewe and Nantwich — Edward Timpson to replace Gwyneth Dunwoody who died on 17 April.
• 26 June: Henley — John Howell to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned after being elected Mayor of London.
• 10 July: Haltemprice and Howden — David Davis resigned and successfully stood for re-election, in protest over the Government's policy of detaining terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge.
• 24 July: Glasgow East — John Mason to replace David Marshall who resigned due to ill health.
• 6 November: Glenrothes — Lindsay Roy to replace John MacDougall, who died on 13 August.

  2009

• 23 July: Norwich North - Chloe Smith to replace Ian Gibson, who resigned after a Labour Party panel prohibited him from standing for re-election.
• 12 November: Glasgow North East - Willie Bain to replace Michael Martin, who resigned during the 2009 expenses scandal.

  Other changes

2006

• Clare Short — resigned the Labour whip on 20 October 2006 and became Independent Labour.

  2007

• Quentin Davies — defected from Conservative to Labour on 26 June.
• Bob Wareing — resigned the Labour whip and became an Independent from 16 September 2007.
• Andrew Pelling — suspended from Conservative party and sat as an Independent Conservative from 18 September 2007, and as an Independent from October 2008.

  2008

• Derek Conway — Conservative whip withdrawn on 29 January after allegations of corruption.
• Bob Spink — resigned the Conservative whip on 12 March 2008; joined the UKIP on 21 April 2008, and later designated as "independent".

  2009

• John Bercow — Conservative elected Speaker on 22 June.
• David Taylor died on 26 December, seat vacant at dissolution.

  2010

• Iris Robinson — resigned her seat on 18 January, seat vacant at dissolution.
• David Chaytor — Labour whip suspended on 8 February due to criminal charges over the expenses scandal.
• Jim Devine — Labour whip suspended on 8 February due to criminal charges over the expenses scandal.
• Ashok Kumar died on 15 March, seat vacant at dissolution.
• Sylvia Hermon — resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 25 March in order to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming general election.