John Simon Bercow is a British former politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019,and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming Speaker,he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected Speaker without having been a Deputy Speaker. After resigning as Speaker in 2019 and opting not to seek re-election as MP for Buckingham in the 2019 general election,Bercow left Parliament. In 2021,he joined the Labour Party but was suspended in 2022.
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Aaron Bell of the Conservative Party. It was the last to be co-represented by a member of the Conservative Party when it was dual-member,before the 1885 general election which followed the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 coupled with the Reform Act 1884. In 1919 the local MP,Josiah Wedgwood,shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party —the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives —to the Labour Party and the seat elected the Labour candidate who has stood at each election for the next hundred years,a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969,1986,2015 and 2017,and eventually lost the seat in 2019.
Stephen William Hammond is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon since 2005. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Anna Mary Soubry is a British barrister,journalist and former politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe from 2010 to 2019. Known for her support of pro-European policies,she was originally elected as a Conservative but left the party to join Change UK in 2019.
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant paediatrician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health from September to October 2022. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sleaford and North Hykeham since the 2016 by-election.
Stephen Charles Brine is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a one-nation conservative. In November 2022,he was elected chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
Craig Whittaker is a British politician who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from January 2018 to April 2019 and again from July to September 2022. Whittaker was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley in 2010. He retained the seat in the 2015,2017 and 2019 general elections.
Robert Henry Halfon is a British Conservative Party politician,the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow since 2010.
Maria Colette Caulfield is a British politician and nurse serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women since October 2022.
Alberto Castrenze Costa is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire since the 2015 general election.
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove is a British Conservative Party politician who is Minister of State for Legal Migration and Delivery. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby since May 2015.
Andrew Campbell Bowie is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since the 2017 general election. A Conservative,he has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Networks since February 2023.
Lee Anderson is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield since 2019. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Anderson sits in the House of Commons as an independent,having had the Conservative whip withdrawn in February 2024 after refusing to apologise for comments made on GB News.
Paul Bristow is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough since the 2019 general election. A member of the Conservative Party,he worked as a public relations consultant and was the chairman of the lobbying trade body,the Association of Professional Political Consultants,prior to his parliamentary career. Bristow was also a councillor on Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council between 2006 and 2010.
Brendan Clarke-Smith is a British politician and former teacher. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw since 2019,having been elected in the 2019 general election. He served under Rishi Sunak as a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party from November 2023 to January 2024,under Liz Truss as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from September and October 2022 and under Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from July to September 2022.
Alexander Paul Thomas Stafford is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley since the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative to be elected for the seat.
Richard John Holden is a British politician who has been Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio since November 2023. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham since the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative MP in the constituency's history. Holden served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport from October 2022 to November 2023.
Robert Butler is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury since the 2019 general election. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probations between September and October 2022.
Scott Lloyd Benton is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since the 2019 United Kingdom general election. A member of the Conservative Party,he was previously a councillor on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council and a primary school teacher. In April 2023 he had the whip removed after he had offered to reporters,posing as investors,that he would lobby ministers in return for payments. A parliamentary investigation concluded that he had breached lobbying rules and appeared corrupt and recommended a 35-day suspension from the House of Commons.
