List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead

William Ewart Gladstone, who reformed the process to omit references to the position being one of honour

The position of Steward of the Manor of Northstead is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resign from the British House of Commons. Members of the House of Commons are technically forbidden from resigning. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used. An appointment to an "office of profit under The Crown" disqualifies an individual from sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP). As such, several such positions are maintained to allow MPs to resign.^[1] Currently, the positions of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are used; historically several other offices have also been used.^[1] The position was reworked in 1861 by William Ewart Gladstone, who was worried about the honour conferred by appointment to people such as Edwin James, who had fled to the United States over £10,000 in debt. As such, the letter was rewritten to omit any references to honour.

Most references say the position was first used in this way on 20 March 1844 to allow Sir George Henry Rose, Member for Christchurch, to resign his seat in Parliament, but the official book containing appointments to the Stewardship (lodged in The National Archives under catalogue reference E 197/1)^[2] indicates that Patrick Chalmers, Member for Montrose Burghs, was appointed to this office on 6 April 1842 so that he could resign due to ill health. The writ ordering the election of a replacement MP was changed so that it appeared Chalmers had been appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds.

Appointees to the offices of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are alternated so that two MPs can resign at once (as happened on 22 October 2012). However every new appointment to the Stewardship revokes the previous appointment so there is no difficulty in situations in which more than two resign, such as the 1985 walkout of Ulster Unionist MPs when several separate appointments were made on a single day.^[1]

Key

Key

Party Abbreviation All-for-Ireland League AFIL Coalition Conservative Co Con Coalition Liberal Co Lib Conservative Party Con Home Rule League HRL Independent Ind

Party Abbreviation Irish National Federation INF Irish Parliamentary Party IPP Unspecified Irish Nationalist (pre-1922) party Nat Labour Party (UK) Lab Liberal Party (pre-1988) Lib Liberal Nationals L Nat

Party Abbreviation Liberal Unionist Party LU National Labour N Lab Plaid Cymru PC Sinn Féin SF Democratic Unionist Party DUP Ulster Unionist Party UU Whig Whig

1842 to 1899

Date	Member	Constituency	Party	Reason for resignation
6 April 1842	Chalmers, PatrickPatrick Chalmers	Montrose Burghs	Lib	Ill-health[3]
20 March 1844	Rose, George HenryGeorge Henry Rose	Christchurch	Con
21 January 1846	Murphy, Francis Francis Murphy	Cork City	Lib
5 February 1846	Henniker, The LordThe Lord Henniker	Suffolk East	Con	In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Hartismere[4]
22 November 1852	Tennent, James EmersonJames Emerson Tennent	Lisburn	Con	Appointed secretary to the Board of Trade[5]
27 December 1852	Howard, Hon. EdwardHon. Edward Howard	Morpeth	Lib
15 August 1853	Herries, John CharlesJohn Charles Herries	Stamford	Con	Ill-health[6]
27 January 1854	Inglis, Bt, Sir RobertSir Robert Inglis, Bt	Oxford University	Con	Ill-health[7]
13 February 1854	Powell, WilliamWilliam Powell	Cardiganshire	Con
5 May 1854	Tufnell, HenryHenry Tufnell	Devonport	Lib	Ill-health[8]
July 1854	Lawley, Hon. Francis CharlesHon. Francis Charles Lawley	Beverley	Lib	Found to have been using his position as secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for insider trading[9]
26 March 1855	Price, William PhilipWilliam Philip Price	Gloucester	Lib	Resigned to accept a contract for supplying huts to the army in the Crimea[10]
25 May 1855	Phinn, ThomasThomas Phinn	Bath	Whig	Appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty[11]
22 January 1856	Blackett, JohnJohn Blackett	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Lib	Ill-health[12]
23 January 1856	Dalrymple, ViscountViscount Dalrymple	Wigtownshire	Lib
23 May 1856	Waterpark, The LordThe Lord Waterpark	Lichfield	Lib
5 January 1857	Price, Bt, Sir RobertSir Robert Price, Bt	Hereford	Whig
23 February 1857	MacGregor, JohnJohn MacGregor	Glasgow	Lib
27 July 1857	Egerton, WilliamWilliam Egerton	North Cheshire	Con
26 August 1857	Byng, Hon. GeorgeHon. George Byng	Tavistock	Lib	To allow him to stand for the vacant Middlesex parliamentary seat.[13]
1 December 1857	Dering, Bt, Sir EdwardSir Edward Dering, Bt	Kent East	Lib	Ill health.[14]
December 1857	Cavendish, Hon. Charles ComptonHon. Charles Compton Cavendish	Buckinghamshire	Lib	In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Chesham.
2 February 1859	Hamilton, George AlexanderGeorge Alexander Hamilton	Dublin University	Con	Appointed Assistant Secretary to the Treasury[15]
8 February 1859	Townsend, JohnJohn Townsend	Greenwich	Lib	Bankruptcy.[16]
16 February 1859	Ebrington, ViscountViscount Ebrington	Marylebone	Lib	Called to the House of Lords via a writ of acceleration[17]
25 February 1859	Warren, SamuelSamuel Warren	Midhurst	Con	Appointed a Master in Lunacy[18]
6 August 1859	Michell, WilliamWilliam Michell	Bodmin	Whig
12 August 1859	Grey, Ralph Ralph Grey	Liskeard	Whig
25 July 1860	Wynne, JohnJohn Wynne	Sligo	Con
10 April 1861	James, EdwinEdwin James	Marylebone	Lib	Resigned and fled to the United States with massive debts[19]
18 June 1861	White, HenryHenry White	Longford	Lib
24 July 1861	Russell, Lord JohnLord John Russell	City of London	Whig	In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Earl Russell[20]
27 January 1862	Butler-Johnstone, Hon. HenryHon. Henry Butler-Johnstone	Canterbury	Lib	Following an interview with his leading supporters.[21]
25 April 1862	Fox, William JohnsonWilliam Johnson Fox	Oldham	Lib	Ill-health[22]
23 January 1863	Moody, CharlesCharles Moody	West Somerset	Con
11 February 1863	Richardson, JonathanJonathan Richardson	Lisburn	Con
8 May 1863	O'Connell, DanielDaniel O'Connell	Tralee	Lib
28 July 1863	Milnes, Richard Monckton Richard Monckton Milnes	Pontefract	Lib	In anticipation of being raised to the peerage as Baron Houghton[23]
6 February 1864	Coningham, WilliamWilliam Coningham	Brighton	Lib	Ill health
6 April 1864	Garnett, WilliamWilliam Garnett	Lancaster	Con
6 March 1865	Sotheron-Estcourt, Thomas H.Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt	Wiltshire North	Con	Ill-health[24]
21 February 1866	Wood, Bt, Sir CharlesSir Charles Wood, Bt	Ripon	Lib	Retired following a hunting accident[25]
20 March 1866	Lindsay, Hon. JamesHon. James Lindsay	Wigan	Con	Due to prolonged service in Canada in the British Army.[26]
2 May 1866	Northcote, Bt, Sir StaffordSir Stafford Northcote, Bt	Stamford	Con	Resigned to contest North Devon[27]
19 July 1866	Kerrison, Bt, Sir EdwardSir Edward Kerrison, Bt	Eye	Con	To allow him to stand for election to one of the East Suffolk parliamentary seats.[28][29] He resigned again in 1867 becoming a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
5 February 1867	Miller, TavernerTaverner Miller	Colchester	Con
8 March 1867	Staniland, MeaburnMeaburn Staniland	Boston	Lib
6 June 1867	Gridley, HenryHenry Gridley	Weymouth	Lib
12 August 1867	Scrope, George Julius PoulettGeorge Julius Poulett Scrope	Stroud	Lib
12 February 1868	Hope, Alexander BeresfordAlexander Beresford Hope	Stoke-on-Trent	Con
3 April 1868	Campbell, Alexander HenryAlexander Henry Campbell	Launceston	Con
14 April 1868	Walsh, Arthur Arthur Walsh	Leominster	Con
22 April 1868	Peto, Bt, Sir SamuelSir Samuel Peto, Bt	Bristol	Lib	Gave up his seat after being declared bankrupt[30] Had previously resigned from Norwich in 1854 using Hempholme.
9 August 1869	Traill, GeorgeGeorge Traill	Caithness	Lib
7 February 1870	Lefroy, Anthony Anthony Lefroy	Dublin University	Con
15 February 1870	Scott, Sir WilliamSir William Scott	Roxburghshire	Lib
9 February 1871	Westhead, JoshuaJoshua Westhead	York	Lib
6 February 1872	Loch, GeorgeGeorge Loch	Wick	Lib
5 February 1875	Elliot, GeorgeGeorge Elliot	Chatham	Con	Appointed Commander-in-Chief of HMNB Portsmouth[31]
8 February 1876	Benyon, Richard FellowesRichard Fellowes Benyon	Berkshire	Con
9 February 1876	Karslake, Sir John BurgessSir John Burgess Karslake	Huntingdon	Con
4 August 1876	Carter, Robert MeekRobert Meek Carter	Leeds	Lib
23 February 1877	Deakin, James HenryJames Henry Deakin	Launceston	Con
17 January 1878	Macgregor, DonaldDonald Macgregor	Leith Burghs	Lib
25 February 1878	Munro-Butler-Johnstone, HenryHenry Munro-Butler-Johnstone	Canterbury	Con
8 March 1878	Neville-Grenville, RalphRalph Neville-Grenville	Mid Somerset	Con
4 May 1878	Talbot, John GilbertJohn Gilbert Talbot	West Kent	Con
20 July 1878	Davie, Bt, Sir Henry FergusonSir Henry Ferguson Davie, Bt	Haddington Burghs	Lib
3 August 1878	Malcolm, JohnJohn Malcolm	Boston	Con
5 December 1878	Sandford, GeorgeGeorge Sandford	Maldon	Con
10 March 1879	Allen, Ralph ShuttleworthRalph Shuttleworth Allen	East Somerset	Con
18 February 1880	Whitworth, BenjaminBenjamin Whitworth	Kilkenny City	HRL
4 May 1880	Knatchbull-Hugessen, EdwardEdward Knatchbull-Hugessen	Sandwich	Lib
18 May 1880	Sullivan, Alexander MartinAlexander Martin Sullivan	County Louth	HRL
20 May 1880	Bernard, PercyPercy Bernard	Bandon	Con
24 July 1880	Dodson, John GeorgeJohn George Dodson	Chester	Lib	Resigned to contest Scarborough, which was vacated via the Chiltern Hundreds the previous day, in anticipation of his election being declared void on petition (as happened in August 1880)[32]
22 January 1881	Foley, JosephJoseph Foley	New Ross	HRL
24 August 1881	Rodwell, BenjaminBenjamin Rodwell	Cambridgeshire	Con
6 February 1882	Russell, Sir CharlesSir Charles Russell	Westminster	Con
11 August 1882	Wedderburn, Bt, Sir DavidSir David Wedderburn, Bt	Haddington Burghs	Lib
15 September 1882	Finegan, James LysaghtJames Lysaght Finegan	Ennis	HRL
16 February 1883	Dilke, Ashton WentworthAshton Wentworth Dilke	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Lib	Ill-health[33]
1 March 1883	Carington, Hon. WilliamHon. William Carington	Chipping Wycombe	Lib
13 June 1883	Whalley, HampdenHampden Whalley	Peterborough	Lib
20 June 1883	Murray, Charles JamesCharles James Murray	Hastings	Con
14 August 1883	Ruggles-Brise, SamuelSamuel Ruggles-Brise	Essex East	Con
16 November 1883	Bisset, MordauntMordaunt Bisset	West Somerset	Con	Ill-health[34]
11 February 1884	Daly, JohnJohn Daly	Cork City	Nat	To concentrate on business activities.[35]
20 February 1884	Welby-Gregory, Bt, Sir WilliamSir William Welby-Gregory, Bt	South Lincolnshire	Con
5 June 1884	Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Lord HenryLord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu	Hampshire South	Con
20 June 1884	Taylor, Peter AlfredPeter Alfred Taylor	Leicester	Lib	Ill-health[36]
6 August 1884	Matheson, Bt, Sir AlexanderSir Alexander Matheson, Bt	Ross and Cromarty	Lib
23 October 1884	Williams, SamuelSamuel Williams	New Radnor	Lib
14 November 1884	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	Greenock	Lib
6 March 1885	Anderson, GeorgeGeorge Anderson	Glasgow	Lib
24 February 1886	Morgan, Octavius VaughanOctavius Vaughan Morgan	Battersea	Lib
7 August 1886	Bass, Bt, Sir MichaelSir Michael Bass, Bt	Burton	Lib
31 January 1887	Percy, Lord AlgernonLord Algernon Percy	St. George's, Hanover Square	Con
4 July 1887	Eaton, HenryHenry Eaton	Coventry	Con
12 July 1887	Baggallay, ErnestErnest Baggallay	Brixton	Con
24 July 1887	Russell, EdwardEdward Russell	Glasgow Bridgeton	Lib
7 February 1888	Cohen, ArthurArthur Cohen	Southwark West	Lib
9 February 1888	Buchanan, ThomasThomas Buchanan	Edinburgh West	Lib
18 February 1888	Evelyn, WilliamWilliam Evelyn	Deptford	Con
7 March 1888	James, CharlesCharles James	Merthyr Tydvil	Lib
16 April 1888	Mason, StephenStephen Mason	Mid Lanarkshire	Lib
14 June 1888	Kennedy, Edward JosephEdward Joseph Kennedy	Sligo South	Nat
4 August 1888	Hamilton, Lord ClaudLord Claud Hamilton	Liverpool West Derby	Con
14 December 1888	Dodds, JosephJoseph Dodds	Stockton	Lib
25 February 1889	Kenny, Courtney StanhopeCourtney Stanhope Kenny	Barnsley	Lib
11 March 1889	Hooper, JohnJohn Hooper	South East Cork	IPP	Retirement from politics[37]
21 June 1889	Bruce, Hon. Robert PrestonHon. Robert Preston Bruce	West Fife	Lib
17 February 1890	Mayne, ThomasThomas Mayne	Mid Tipperary	IPP
12 March 1890	Sinclair, JohnJohn Sinclair	Ayr Burghs	Lib
19 May 1890	O'Hea, PatrickPatrick O'Hea	Donegal West	IPP
24 June 1890	Caine, William SprostonWilliam Sproston Caine	Barrow-in-Furness	Lib	Resigned in protest of a scheme that gave compensation to public licence holders[38]
22 October 1891	Redmond, JohnJohn Redmond	North Wexford	IPP
27 February 1893	Josse, HenriHenri Josse	Great Grimsby	Lib	Pressure of business interests, he died a few months later in July 1893.[39]
2 June 1893	McLagan, PeterPeter McLagan	Linlithgowshire	Lib
17 July 1893	Deasy, JohnJohn Deasy	West Mayo	INF
30 October 1893	Barry, JohnJohn Barry	South Wexford	INF
15 March 1894	Rendel, StuartStuart Rendel	Montgomeryshire	Lib
26 April 1894	Russell, Sir CharlesSir Charles Russell	Hackney South	Lib
10 August 1894	Gordon-Lennox, Lord WalterLord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Chichester	Con
17 August 1894	Whitehead, Bt, Sir JamesSir James Whitehead, Bt	Leicester	Lib
2 February 1895	Naylor-Leyland, Bt, Sir HerbertSir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, Bt	Colchester	Con
8 April 1895	Sweetman, JohnJohn Sweetman	East Wicklow	IPP
22 May 1895	MacGregor, DonaldDonald MacGregor	Inverness-shire	Lib
22 June 1895	O'Brien, J. F. X.J. F. X. O'Brien	Mayo South	INF
5 February 1896	Will, John ShiressJohn Shiress Will	Montrose Burghs	Lib	Resigned so that John Morley could be elected[40]
22 March 1896	Kenny, J. E.J. E. Kenny	Dublin, College Green	IPP	Could no longer attend Parliament regularly due to other commitments[41]
16 May 1896	Pender, Sir JohnSir John Pender	Wick Burghs	LU	Ill-health, he died on 9 July 1896 aged 80.[42]
16 January 1897	Hulse, EdwardEdward Hulse	Salisbury	Con
20 February 1897	Shaw, William RawsonWilliam Rawson Shaw	Halifax	Lib
15 March 1898	Hunt, Bt, Sir Frederick SeagerSir Frederick Seager Hunt, Bt	Maidstone	Con
30 April 1898	Finch-Hatton, Hon. HaroldHon. Harold Finch-Hatton	Newark	Con	Disagreement with party policy[43]
9 July 1898	Hill, Lord ArthurLord Arthur Hill	West Down	Con
10 August 1898	Curzon, Hon. GeorgeHon. George Curzon	Southport	Con
9 December 1898	Knox, Edmund VeseyEdmund Vesey Knox	Londonderry City	IPP
1 February 1899	Acland, Arthur DykeArthur Dyke Acland	Rotherham	Lib	Ill-health[44]
11 February 1899	McCalmont, HughHugh McCalmont	North Antrim	UU
16 June 1899	Edwards, Sir James BevanSir James Bevan Edwards	Hythe	Con
26 June 1899	Oswald, James FrancisJames Francis Oswald	Oldham	Con
16 October 1899	Holland, Hon. LionelHon. Lionel Holland	Bow and Bromley	Con	Ill Health.[45]
26 October 1899	Davitt, MichaelMichael Davitt	South Mayo	INF

1900 to 1999

Date	Member	Constituency	Party	Reason for resignation
26 January 1900[46]	Maden, Sir JohnSir John Maden	Rossendale	Lib	..circumstances have arisen that render it impossible for me any longer to retain the trust which you have generously reposed in me.. [47]
10 February 1900[48]	Clarke, Sir Edward GeorgeSir Edward George Clarke	Plymouth	Con	Requested to resign by his constituent parties in a disagreement over his views expressed.[49]
23 April 1900	Clough, WalterWalter Clough	Portsmouth	Lib	Following a judgement against him in the Law Courts.[50]
3 July 1901	Young, OliverOliver Young	Wokingham	Con
13 January 1902[51]	Oldroyd, MarkMark Oldroyd	Dewsbury	Lib	To concentrate on business interests[52]
4 February 1902	McDermott, PatrickPatrick McDermott	Kilkenny North	IPP
10 April 1902[53]	Boyle, JamesJames Boyle	Donegal West	IPP
29 April 1902[54]	Kenyon, JamesJames Kenyon	Bury	Con	Ill-health[55]
21 October 1902	Pease, AlfredAlfred Pease	Cleveland	Lib	On becoming Baron Daryngton.[56]
12 February 1903	Kinloch, Bt, Sir JohnSir John Kinloch, Bt	Perthshire, Eastern	Lab
26 February 1903	Beresford, Lord CharlesLord Charles Beresford	Woolwich	Con	Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet[57]
12 May 1903	Minch, MatthewMatthew Minch	Kildare South	IPP
8 March 1904	Mather, Sir WilliamSir William Mather	Rossendale	Lib
1 June 1904	Logan, John WilliamJohn William Logan	Harborough	Lib
15 June 1904	Mellor, John WilliamJohn William Mellor	Sowerby	Lib
28 July 1904	Palmer, George WilliamGeorge William Palmer	Reading	Lib
11 February 1905	Rigg, RichardRichard Rigg	Appleby	Lib	Change of his political opinions different from the leadership of the Liberal Party.[58]
14 February 1906	Gibbs, Hon. AlbanHon. Alban Gibbs	City of London	Con
19 March 1906	Stevenson, Francis SeymourFrancis Seymour Stevenson	Eye	Lib
7 June 1906	Clarke, Sir Edward GeorgeSir Edward George Clarke	City of London	Con
13 October 1906	Devlin, Charles RamsayCharles Ramsay Devlin	Galway City	IPP	In order to travel to Canada[59]
12 February 1907	Bryce, JamesJames Bryce	Aberdeen, South	Lib	Appointed Ambassador to the United States of America[60]
27 April 1907	Hambro, Charles EricCharles Eric Hambro	Wimbledon	Con	To concentrate of business interests.[61]
28 May 1907	Balfour, Charles BarringtonCharles Barrington Balfour	Hornsey	Con
10 June 1907	O'Hare, PatrickPatrick O'Hare	Monaghan North	IPP
4 July 1907	Kitson, Bt, Sir JamesSir James Kitson, Bt	Colne Valley	Lib
21 August 1907	Liddell, HarryHarry Liddell	Down, Western	Con
30 January 1908	Dolan, CharlesCharles Dolan	Leitrim North	IPP
28 February 1908	Hill, Lord ArthurLord Arthur Hill	Down, Western	Con
27 April 1908	Morley, JohnJohn Morley	Montrose Burghs	Lib
1 June 1908	Whiteley, GeorgeGeorge Whiteley	Pudsey	Lib
17 November 1908	Rasch, Bt, Sir CarneSir Carne Rasch, Bt	Mid Essex	Con	Ill health.[62]
11 February 1909	Boyle, Bt, Sir EdwardSir Edward Boyle, Bt	Taunton	Con	Ill health.[63]
8 April 1909	Kincaid-Smith, ThomasThomas Kincaid-Smith	Stratford-on-Avon	Lib	To seek the decision of his constituents on the question of the adoption of military training.[64]
12 May 1909	McIver, Bt, Sir LewisSir Lewis McIver, Bt	Edinburgh, West	LU
21 February 1910	Foster, Sir BalthazarSir Balthazar Foster	Ilkeston	Lib	In order to allow J. E. B. Seely to return to Parliament[65]
3 February 1911	Fuller, Bt, Sir JohnSir John Fuller, Bt	Westbury	Lib	Appointed Governor of Victoria[66]
13 March 1911	Sandys, ThomasThomas Sandys	Bootle	Con
15 April 1911	Soares, ErnestErnest Soares	Barnstaple	Lib
26 June 1911	Corbett, ArchibaldArchibald Corbett	Glasgow, Tradeston	Lib	On being created 1st Baron Rowallan.[67]
28 June 1911	Akers-Douglas, AretasAretas Akers-Douglas	St. Augustine's	LU	On being created 1st Viscount Chilston.[67]
5 July 1911	Frewen, MoretonMoreton Frewen	Cork, North Eastern	AFIL	Objection of the Parliament Bill.[68]
20 July 1911	Pickersgill, EdwardEdward Pickersgill	Bethnal Green, South West	Lib	On appointment as a stipendiary magistrate.[69]
1 March 1912	Arkwright, John StanhopeJohn Stanhope Arkwright	Hereford	Con
8 March 1912	Keswick, WilliamWilliam Keswick	Epsom	Con
10 April 1912	Morrison, JamesJames Morrison	Nottingham East	Con
4 June 1912	Wilson, HenryHenry Wilson	Holmfirth	Lib	Ill health.[70]
4 November 1912	Peel, Hon. WilliamHon. William Peel	Taunton	Con	On becoming the 2nd Viscount Peel on the death of his father.[71]
20 January 1913	Hamilton, The Marquess ofThe Marquess of Hamilton	Londonderry City	Con	On becoming the 3rd Duke of Abercorn on the death of his father.[72]
1 May 1913	Kebty-Fletcher, JohnJohn Kebty-Fletcher	Altrincham	Con	Ill health.[73]
17 June 1913	Crawshay-Williams, EliotEliot Crawshay-Williams	Leicester	Lib	On being divorced.[74]
11 February 1914	Munro-Ferguson, RonaldRonald Munro-Ferguson	Leith Burghs	Lib	Appointed Governor-General of Australia[75]
23 June 1914	Gordon, JohnJohn Gordon	Brighton	Con	Ill health.[76]
11 February 1915[77]	Kyffin-Taylor, GeraldGerald Kyffin-Taylor	Liverpool, Kirkdale	Con	Military commitments in the 1st West Lancs. Brigade Royal Field Artillery[78]
13 October 1915	Sanderson, Sir LancelotSir Lancelot Sanderson	Appleby	Con	On appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature in Calcutta.[79]
3 January 1916	Norton, CecilCecil Norton	Newington, West	Lib	On becoming the 1st Baron Rathcreedan.[80]
8 January 1916	Beresford, Lord CharlesLord Charles Beresford	Portsmouth	Con	On becoming the 1st Baron Beresford.[81]
18 February 1916	Lyttelton, Hon. JohnHon. John Lyttelton	Droitwich	LU
23 February 1916	Lawson, Bt, Sir WilfridSir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Cockermouth	Lib
24 February 1916	Taylor, ThomasThomas Taylor	Bolton	Lib
13 March 1916	Neilson, FrancisFrancis Neilson	Hyde	Lib
7 July 1916	Grey, Bt, Sir EdwardSir Edward Grey, Bt	Berwick-on-Tweed	Lib
21 August 1916	Henderson, Hon. HaroldHon. Harold Henderson	Abingdon	Con	Appointed military secretary to the Duke of Devonshire, who was to become Governor General of Canada in November 1916[82]
16 October 1916	Fetherstonhaugh, GodfreyGodfrey Fetherstonhaugh	Fermanagh, Northern	Con	Ill health.[83]
16 December 1916	Aitken, Bt, Sir MaxSir Max Aitken, Bt	Ashton-under-Lyne	LU
21 December 1916	Roe, Sir ThomasSir Thomas Roe	Derby	Lib	On becoming the 1st Baron Roe.[84]
21 December 1916	Samuel, Bt, Sir StuartSir Stuart Samuel, Bt	Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel	Lib
14 February 1917	Newdegate, FrancisFrancis Newdegate	Tamworth	Con	Appointed Governor of Tasmania[85]
24 March 1917	Esslemont, George BirnieGeorge Birnie Esslemont	Aberdeen South	Lib	Ill health[86]
18 June 1917	Chaloner, RichardRichard Chaloner	Liverpool Abercromby	Con	On becoming the 1st Baron Gisborough.[87]
19 July 1917	Paget, AlmericAlmeric Paget	Cambridge	Con
15 January 1918	Cawley, Bt, Sir FrederickSir Frederick Cawley, Bt	Prestwich	Lib	On becoming 1st Baron Cawley.[88]
27 May 1918	Parker, Bt, Sir GilbertSir Gilbert Parker, Bt	Gravesend	Con	Ill health.[88]
15 October 1918	Cochrane, CecilCecil Cochrane	South Shields	Lib
13 February 1919	Anderson, HughHugh Anderson	Londonderry, Northern	Con
18 August 1919	Walker, WilliamWilliam Walker	Widnes	Co Con
28 October 1919	Malcolm, Sir IanSir Ian Malcolm	Croydon, South	Co Con
20 November 1919	Carlile, Bt, Sir HildredSir Hildred Carlile, Bt	St Albans	Co Con
2 February 1920	Weigall, ArchibaldArchibald Weigall	Horncastle	Co Con	On appointment as Governor of South Australia.[89]
11 February 1920	Rogers, Sir HallewellSir Hallewell Rogers	Birmingham Moseley	Co Con
16 February 1920	Dalziel, Bt, Sir HenrySir Henry Dalziel, Bt	Kircaldy	Co Lib
15 March 1920	Geddes, Sir AucklandSir Auckland Geddes	Basingstoke	Co Con	Appointed Ambassador to the United States[90]
2 June 1920	Smith, AlbertAlbert Smith	Nelson and Colne	Lab
14 July 1920	Richards, ThomasThomas Richards	Ebbw Vale	Lab
30 November 1920	Abraham, WilliamWilliam Abraham	Rhondda, West	Lab
22 December 1920	Pulley, Charles ThorntonCharles Thornton Pulley	Hereford	Co Con
13 April 1921	Lyon, LauranceLaurance Lyon	Hastings	Co Con
27 April 1921	Lowther, Hon. JamesHon. James Lowther	Penrith and Cockermouth	Co Con
24 May 1921	Illingworth, AlbertAlbert Illingworth	Heywood and Radcliffe	Co Lib
27 May 1921	Billing, Noel PembertonNoel Pemberton Billing	Hertford	Ind
23 February 1922	Geddes, Sir Eric CampbellSir Eric Campbell Geddes	Cambridge	Co Con
2 May 1922	Cros, Bt, Sir Arthur duSir Arthur du Cros, Bt	Wandsworth, Clapham	Co Con
12 June 1922	Williamson, Bt, Sir ArchibaldSir Archibald Williamson, Bt	Moray and Nairn	Co Lib
12 February 1923	Pease, HerbertHerbert Pease	Darlington	Con
14 February 1923	Mallaby-Deeley, Bt, Sir HarrySir Harry Mallaby-Deeley, Bt	Willesden, East	Con
26 July 1923	Wilson, Leslie OrmeLeslie Orme Wilson	Portsmouth, South	Con	Appointed Governor of Bombay[91]
18 January 1924	Banbury, Bt, Sir FrederickSir Frederick Banbury, Bt	City of London	Con
18 June 1924	Campion, WilliamWilliam Campion	Lewes	Con
25 May 1925	Lloyd, Sir George AmbroseSir George Ambrose Lloyd	Eastbourne	Con
11 November 1925	Wood, Hon. E. F. L.Hon. E. F. L. Wood	Ripon	Con
14 April 1926	Gaunt, Sir GuySir Guy Gaunt	Buckrose	Con	Cited as co-respondent in the divorce case between Sir Richard Cruise and his wife[92]
29 June 1926	Hastings, Sir PatrickSir Patrick Hastings	Wallsend	Lab
3 November 1926	Jackson, Hon. StanleyHon. Stanley Jackson	Howdenshire	Con
4 November 1926	Curtis-Bennett, Sir HenrySir Henry Curtis-Bennett	Chelmsford	Con	Sued for divorce by his wife[93]
15 February 1927	Benn, William WedgwoodWilliam Wedgwood Benn	Leith	Lib	Leaving the Liberal Party
9 May 1927	Gee, RobertRobert Gee	Bosworth	Con
4 November 1927	McNeill, RonaldRonald McNeill	Canterbury	Con
8 June 1928	Remnant, Bt, Sir JamesSir James Remnant, Bt	Holborn	Co Con
20 June 1928	Whitley, John HenryJohn Henry Whitley	Halifax	Lib
11 November 1929	Iliffe, Sir EdwardSir Edward Iliffe	Tamworth	Con
7 May 1930	Bennett, Sir AlbertSir Albert Bennett	Nottingham, Central	Con
16 January 1931	Mond, Hon. HenryHon. Henry Mond	Liverpool, East Toxteth	Con
4 February 1931	Jones, Thomas Isaac MardyThomas Isaac Mardy Jones	Pontypridd	Lab	Found to have allowed his wife and daughter to use House of Commons rail travel vouchers[94]
19 March 1931	Snell, HenryHenry Snell	Woolwich, East	Lab
1 May 1931	Nelson, Sir FrankSir Frank Nelson	Stroud	Con	To focus on business interests[95]
25 February 1932	Thom, John GibbJohn Gibb Thom	Dunbartonshire	Con	On appointment as Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature of Allahabad.[96]
11 April 1932	Rodd, Sir RennellSir Rennell Rodd	St. Marylebone	Con	Decided to retire from the strenuous life of Parliament, he was aged in his early 70s.[97]
4 July 1932	Nicholson, OthoOtho Nicholson	Westminster, Abbey	Con
9 August 1933	Castle Stewart, The EarlThe Earl Castle Stewart	Harborough	Con	Ill health.[98]
23 April 1934	Chotzner, AlfredAlfred Chotzner	Upton	Con	Ill health.[99]
28 January 1935	Wilson, GodfreyGodfrey Wilson	Cambridge University	Con
17 June 1935	Grenfell, EdwardEdward Grenfell	City of London	Con
18 February 1936	Cochrane, Hon. ArchibaldHon. Archibald Cochrane	Dunbartonshire	Con
11 June 1936	Butt, Bt, Sir AlfredSir Alfred Butt, Bt	Wandsworth, Balham and Tooting	Con
1 July 1936	Cautley, Bt, Sir HenrySir Henry Cautley, Bt	East Grinstead	Con
13 January 1937	Ray, WilliamWilliam Ray	Richmond	Con
29 January 1937	Cecil, Lord HughLord Hugh Cecil	Oxford University	Con
14 April 1937	Lumley, RogerRoger Lumley	York	Con	On appointment as Governor of Bombay[100]
27 May 1937	Preston, Sir WalterSir Walter Preston	Cheltenham	Con	Ill health[101]
1 June 1937	Davidson, Sir J. C. C.Sir J. C. C. Davidson	Hemel Hempstead	Con	Retired following the resignation of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin [102]
7 June 1937	Hamilton, GeorgeGeorge Hamilton	Ilford	Con	Ill health.[103]
2 May 1938	Beaumont, MichaelMichael Beaumont	Aylesbury	Con
8 March 1939	Barclay-Harvey, MalcolmMalcolm Barclay-Harvey	Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire	Con	On appointment as Governor of South Australia.[104]
29 June 1939	Cayzer, Bt, Sir HerbertSir Herbert Cayzer, Bt	Portsmouth, South	Con	On becoming 1st Baron Rotherwick.[105]
11 October 1939	Rosbotham, Sir Sam TomSir Sam Tom Rosbotham	Ormskirk	N Lab	On reaching the age of 75.[106]
28 November 1939	Lane-Mitchell, Sir WilliamSir William Lane-Mitchell	Wandsworth, Streatham	Con	On reaching the age of 79.[107]
26 January 1940	Williams, DavidDavid Williams	Swansea, East	Lab
7 February 1940	Jones, John JosephJohn Joseph Jones	West Ham, Silvertown	Lab	Ill health and failing eyesight.[108]
2 April 1940	Sanders, WilliamWilliam Sanders	Battersea, North	Lab	Ill health.[109]
1 June 1940	Mason, Hon. GlynHon. Glyn Mason	Croydon, North	Con
24 June 1940	Kerr, CharlesCharles Kerr	Montrose Burghs	L Nat
12 July 1940	Kelly, WilliamWilliam Kelly	Rochdale	Lab	Ill health.[110]
11 November 1940	Manningham-Buller, Bt, Sir MervynSir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, Bt	Northampton	Con
10 February 1941	Dorman-Smith, Sir ReginaldSir Reginald Dorman-Smith	Petersfield	Con	On appointment as Governor of Burma.[111]
9 June 1941	Colfox, Bt, Sir PhilipSir Philip Colfox, Bt	Dorset, Western	Con
18 August 1941	Latham, Bt, Sir PaulSir Paul Latham, Bt	Scarborough	Con	On being arrested and sent for court-martial.[112]
24 November 1941	Guy, JamesJames Guy	Edinburgh, Central	Con
9 April 1942	Margesson, DavidDavid Margesson	Rugby	Con	On becoming the 1st Viscount Margesson.[113]
6 July 1942	Batey, JosephJoseph Batey	Spennymoor	Lab
14 January 1943	Spens, Sir PatrickSir Patrick Spens	Ashford	Con	On appointment as Chief Justice of India.[114]
3 June 1943	Gretton, JohnJohn Gretton	Burton	Con	On becoming the 1st Baron Gretton.[115]
17 January 1944	Rawson, Sir Alfred CooperSir Alfred Cooper Rawson	Brighton	Con	Ill-health[116]
24 January 1944	Hunloke, HenryHenry Hunloke	Derbyshire, Western	Con
6 March 1945	Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison	Combined Scottish Universities	L Nat
10 May 1946	Adamson, JennieJennie Adamson	Bexley	Lab	Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Unemployment Assistance Board[117]
12 September 1946	Smith, Sir BenjaminSir Benjamin Smith	Bermondsey, Rotherhithe	Lab	Appointed Chairman of the West Midlands Divisional Coal Board, under the National Coal Board[118]
11 October 1946	Smith, TomTom Smith	Normanton	Lab	Appointed Labour director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board, under the National Coal Board[119]
22 October 1946	Mason-Macfarlane, NoelNoel Mason-Macfarlane	Paddington, North	Lab	Ill health[120]
20 October 1947	Glossop, CliffordClifford Glossop	Howdenshire	Con	Ill health[121]
29 January 1948	Willink, HenryHenry Willink	Croydon, North	Con	Appointed Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge[122]
6 April 1948	Martin, John HanburyJohn Hanbury Martin	Southwark, Central	Lab	Ill health[123]
8 February 1949	Belcher, JohnJohn Belcher	Sowerby	Lab	Found to have accepted gifts from a "fixer" to influence his conduct as a minister[124]
20 March 1950	Morris, HarryHarry Morris	Sheffield, Neepsend	Lab	Vacating his seat so that Solicitor-General Sir Frank Soskice could return to Parliament[125]
3 February 1951	Cross, Bt, Sir RonaldSir Ronald Cross, Bt	Ormskirk	Con	Appointed Governor of Tasmania[126]
30 March 1951	Bower, NormanNorman Bower	Harrow, West	Con	Ill health[127]
8 October 1952	Gage, ConollyConolly Gage	Belfast, South	Con	Ill health[128]
12 January 1953	White, John BakerJohn Baker White	Canterbury	Con	Ill health[129]
31 January 1953	Ayles, WalterWalter Ayles	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	Ill health[130]
3 June 1953	Glyn, Bt, Sir RalphSir Ralph Glyn, Bt	Abingdon	Con	Created a Baron (Coronation honours list); vacating his seat to allow an early election[131]
14 October 1953	Bullock, MalcolmMalcolm Bullock	Crosby	Con	Ill health[132]
8 January 1954	Cranborne, ViscountViscount Cranborne	Bournemouth, West	Con	Ill health[133]
12 February 1954	York, ChristopherChristopher York	Harrogate	Con	Ill health[134]
5 November 1954	Harden, RichardRichard Harden	Armagh	Con	Giving up a political career in order to concentrate on farming the family estate[135]
22 March 1955	Acland, Bt, Sir RichardSir Richard Acland, Bt	Gravesend	Lab	Seeking re-election as a candidate opposed to British development of the Hydrogen bomb[136]
16 November 1956	Nutting, AnthonyAnthony Nutting	Melton	Con	Opposed to Government policy on the Suez Crisis[137]
11 January 1957	Eden, Sir AnthonySir Anthony Eden	Warwick and Leamington	Con	Ill health; had retired as Prime Minister[138]
29 October 1957	Waterhouse, CharlesCharles Waterhouse	Leicester, South East	Con	Concentrating on business life involving frequent visits to Africa[139]
1 April 1958	Shawcross, Sir HartleySir Hartley Shawcross	St. Helens	Lab	Unable to devote his full-time to Parliamentary activities[140]
24 November 1958	Harvey, IanIan Harvey	Harrow, East	Con	Charged with gross indecency with a Coldstream guardsman in St James's Park[141]
8 June 1961	Carmichael, JamesJames Carmichael	Glasgow, Bridgeton	Lab	Ill health[142]
13 December 1961	Freitas, Sir Geoffrey deSir Geoffrey de Freitas	Lincoln	Lab	Appointed High Commissioner to Ghana[143]
7 March 1962	Wakefield, EdwardEdward Wakefield	West Derbyshire	Con	Appointed High Commissioner to Malta[144]
1 August 1963	St Clair, MalcolmMalcolm St Clair	Bristol, South East	Con	Resigned to allow Tony Benn, again eligible for election, to regain his seat
19 March 1965	Jones, AubreyAubrey Jones	Birmingham, Hall Green	Con	Appointed Chairman of the Prices and Incomes Board[145]
5 December 1966	Cousins, FrankFrank Cousins	Nuneaton	Lab	Concentrating on work as General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
25 October 1967	Crawley, AidanAidan Crawley	West Derbyshire	Con	Appointed Chairman of London Weekend Television[146]
25 July 1968	Crosthwaite-Eyre, OliverOliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	New Forest	Con	Ill health[147]
2 April 1970	Owen, WillWill Owen	Morpeth	Lab	Charged under the Official Secrets Act
3 February 1971	Alldritt, WalterWalter Alldritt	Liverpool, Scotland	Lab	Appointed Regional Secretary, National Union of General and Municipal Workers[148]
16 October 1972	Taverne, DickDick Taverne	Lincoln	Lab	Seeking re-election on leaving the Labour Party[149]
16 February 1973	Foley, MauriceMaurice Foley	West Bromwich	Lab	Appointed Deputy Director General for Development by the European Community[150]
11 February 1976	Lloyd, SelwynSelwyn Lloyd	Wirral	Con	Retiring as Speaker of the House of Commons[151]
12 October 1976	Short, EdwardEdward Short	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central	Lab	Appointed Chairman of Cable & Wireless[152]
5 January 1977	Tugendhat, ChristopherChristopher Tugendhat	City of London and Westminster South	Con	Appointed a member of the European Commission[153]
5 January 1977	Marquand, DavidDavid Marquand	Ashfield	Lab	Appointed Chief Advisor to the President of the European Commission[154]
25 July 1977	Cordle, JohnJohn Cordle	Bournemouth East	Con	Found in contempt of the House (Poulson scandal)[155]
6 November 1978	Davies, JohnJohn Davies	Knutsford	Con	Ill health[156]
5 May 1982	Douglas-Mann, BruceBruce Douglas-Mann	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	Seeking re-election on joining the Social Democratic Party[157]
19 January 1984	Varley, EricEric Varley	Chesterfield	Lab	Appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of Coalite plc[158]
17 December 1985	Paisley, IanIan Paisley	North Antrim	DUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Forsythe, CliffordClifford Forsythe	South Antrim	UUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Maginnis, KenKen Maginnis	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Robinson, PeterPeter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Smyth, MartinMartin Smyth	Belfast, South	UUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Walker, CecilCecil Walker	Belfast, North	UUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 December 1985	Powell, EnochEnoch Powell	South Down	UUP	Seeking re-election in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement[159]
17 April 1986	Parris, MatthewMatthew Parris	West Derbyshire	Con	Appointed as a presenter of Weekend World
1 October 1986	Kilroy-Silk, RobertRobert Kilroy-Silk	Knowsley North	Lab	Appointed as a presenter of Day To Day
31 December 1988	Brittan, LeonLeon Brittan	Richmond	Con	Appointed as a member of the European Commission
16 May 1994	Gould, BryanBryan Gould	Dagenham	Lab	Appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato[160]
27 October 1997	Merchant, PiersPiers Merchant	Beckenham	Con	Revelations of an affair with a 17-year-old nightclub hostess[161]

2000 to present

Date	Member	Constituency	Party		Reason for resignation
10 January 2000	Dafis, CynogCynog Dafis	Ceredigion		PC	Elected a member of the National Assembly for Wales[162]
21 November 2000	Canavan, DennisDennis Canavan	Falkirk West		Lab	Elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament[163]
8 September 2004	Mandelson, PeterPeter Mandelson	Hartlepool		Lab	Appointed as a member of the European Commission[164]
4 June 2008	Johnson, BorisBoris Johnson	Henley		Con	Elected Mayor of London[165]
30 June 2008	Marshall, DavidDavid Marshall	Glasgow East		Lab	Ill health[166]
22 June 2009	Martin, MichaelMichael Martin	Glasgow North East		Lab	Retiring as Speaker of the House of Commons[167]
26 January 2011	Adams, GerryGerry Adams	Belfast West		SF	In order to stand in the 2011 Irish general election[168][169][170]
1 April 2011	Soulsby, PeterPeter Soulsby	Leicester South		Lab	In order to stand for election as Mayor of Leicester[171][172]
29 August 2012	Mensch, LouiseLouise Mensch	Corby		Con	Moving to New York for family reasons[173]
22 October 2012[174]	Lloyd, TonyTony Lloyd	Manchester Central		Lab	In order to stand for election as Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester Police Force Area[175]
2 January 2013[176]	McGuinness, MartinMartin McGuinness	Mid Ulster		SF	Resigning to end 'double-jobbing' as Member of Parliament and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly[177]
15 April 2013[178]	Miliband, DavidDavid Miliband	South Shields		Lab	In order to take up post as head of the International Rescue Committee in New York
29 August 2014[179]	Carswell, DouglasDouglas Carswell	Clacton		Con	Seeking re-election on joining the UK Independence Party
23 March 2016[180]	Irranca-Davies, HuwHuw Irranca-Davies	Ogmore		Lab	In order to contest the Welsh Assembly election
12 September 2016[181]	David Cameron	Witney		Con	Due to concerns that remaining a Backbench MP following his resignation as Prime Minister on the 13th July 2016 would be "a big distraction and a big diversion" from the work of the new government.[182]
4 November 2016[183]	Stephen Phillips	Sleaford and North Hykeham		Con	“Significant policy differences” with the government regarding their approach to Britain leaving the European Union.[184]

See also

• List of Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds
• List of Stewards of the Manor of East Hendred
• List of Stewards of the Manor of Hempholme
• List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham
• List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings

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General

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