HELEN Jones shocked the political world in Warrington on Wednesday when she announced she will not be standing in the General Election next month.
She has been MP in Warrington North since 1997 but said that at the end of the next Parliament she will be 70 and it would be time to retire.
She is not on her own though as dozens of MPs have said they will not be seeking re-election at the December 12 poll.
Here is a list of those who have said they will be standing down: -
Conservative: David Lidington, Aylesbury
Bill Grant, Ayr, Carrick and Cummock
David Tredinnick, Bosworth
Keith Simpson, Broadland
Mark Field, Cities of London & Westminster
Sir Patrick McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales
Claire Perry, Devizes
Hugo Swire, East Devon
Mims Davies, Eastleigh
Mark Prisk, Hertford and Stortford
Nicky Morgan, Loughborough
Caroline Spelman, Meriden
Sir Nicholas Soames, Mid Sussex
Glyn Davies, Montgomeryshire
Richard Benyon, Newbury
Peter Heaton-Jones, North Devon
Alistair Burt, North East Bedfordshire
Jo Johnson, Orpington
Nick Hurd, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Sir Alan Duncan, Rutland and Melton
Sir Michael Fallon, Sevenoaks
Seema Kennedy, South Ribble
Jeremy Lefroy, Stafford
Sarah Newton, Truro and Falmouth
Richard Harrington, Watford -
Labour: Gloria De Piero, Ashfield
John Mann, Bassetlaw
Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley
Roberta Blackman-Woods, City of Durham
Geoffrey Robinson, Coventry North West
Jim Cunningham, Coventry South
Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley
Stephen Pound, Ealing North
Teresa Pearce, Erith & Thamesmead
Stephen Twigg, Liverpool West Derby
Paul Farrelly, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Owen Smith, Pontypridd
Jim Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse
Kevin Barron, Rother Valley
Kate Hoey, Vauxhall
Helen Jones, Warrington North
Adrian Bailey, West Bromich West
Ian Lucas, Wrexham
Albert Owen, Ynys Mon -
Independent: Guto Bebb, Aberconwy
John Bercow (Speaker), Buckingham
Joan Ryan, Enfield North
Nick Boles, Grantham and Stamford
Amber Rudd, Hastings and Rye
Dame Louise Ellman, Liverpool Riverside
Rory Stewart, Penrith & Border
Justine Greening, Putney
Kenneth Clarke, Rushcliffe
Sir Oliver Letwin, West Dorset -
Liberal Democrats: Sir Norman Lamb, North Norfolk
Heidi Allen, South Cambridgeshire
Sir Vince Cable, Twickenham
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