List of MPs who stood down at the United Kingdom general election, 2015

90 MPs chose to not seek reelection at the 2015 general election, meaning they were Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 55th Parliament, but chose not to contest the 2015 general election (in some cases after being deselected by their parties). While at the previous election there had been a record 148 MPs not standing for reelection, the 90 standing down in 2015 represented a more usual number. These 90 consist of 38 Conservative, 37 Labour, 3 Independent, 1 Sinn Féin and 1 Plaid Cymru MP.

The highest profile Members of Parliament leaving were Gordon Brown, a former Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party (both 2007 to 2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997 to 2007); and William Hague, the outgoing First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2010 to 2014), Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (both 1997 to 2001).

Alongside Brown and Hague, seventeen former cabinet ministers stood down at the election, including Stephen Dorrell, Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, David Blunkett, Sir Peter Tapsell (the Father of the House having served since the 1966 general election), Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Dame Tessa Jowell. The highest profile Liberal Democrat to stand down was former leader Sir Menzies Campbell.

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