List_of_elected_British_politicians_who_have_changed_party_affiliation
This is a list of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords, British members of the European Parliament, members of the British devolved legislatures (such as the Scottish Parliament, Senedd, and Northern Ireland Assembly) and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who have changed their party affiliation (i.e. abandoning a previous party membership to take up a new one) or who have resigned from, been suspended from or been expelled from their previous party affiliation, making them independents. When a member of a legislature switches from one party to another, this is called crossing the floor. The list details the dates, members involved, previous and new party affiliations, and an explanation for their switch.
These MPs were suspended by their Parliamentary Parties but continued to receive the Whip.
Date | Member | Party | Notes | |
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22 March 2010 | Patricia Hewitt | Labour | Suspended over the allegations from the 2010 Cash for Influence Scandal[129] | |
Geoff Hoon | Labour | |||
Stephen Byers | Labour | |||
Margaret Moran | Labour | |||
5 November 2010 | Phil Woolas | Labour | Suspended after being found to have breached the Representation of the People Act 1983; his 2010 general election victory was declared void and he was barred from holding public office for 3 years;[130] |
The House of Lords is not a popularly elected body.
Date | Member | Before | After | Notes | ||
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2004–2008 Assembly | ||||||
September 2005 | Damian Hockney | UKIP | Lua error: The maximum execution time for this script was exceeded. | First joined Veritas then created new party One London | ||
Peter Hulme-Cross | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | ||||
2008–2012 Assembly | ||||||
August 2010 | Richard Barnbrook | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Expelled from the BNP[214] | ||
2016–2021 Assembly | ||||||
December 2018 | Peter Whittle | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Quit the party[215] | ||
January 2020 | David Kurten | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Quit the party in order to run as an Independent in the 2020 London mayoral election[216] | ||
September 2020 | David Kurten | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Formed own party |
Date | Member | Before | After | Notes | ||
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1999–2003 Assembly | ||||||
2000 | Rod Richards | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired.[217] | Whip withdrawn after abstaining on a budget vote[218] | ||
2003–2007 Assembly | ||||||
2005 | Peter Law | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left party in protest at the use of all-woman shortlists | ||
2007–2011 Assembly | ||||||
2009 | Mohammad Asghar | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Explained that he was a "Unionist" and against Welsh independence | ||
2010 | Mick Bates | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended after it was discovered that he would be prosecuted for assault | ||
2016–2021 Assembly/Senedd | ||||||
2016 | Nathan Gill | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left UKIP group to sit as an independent[219] | ||
Dafydd Elis-Thomas | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left Plaid Cymru party to support the Labour minority government. | |||
2017 | Neil McEvoy | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended from party group[220] | ||
Mark Reckless | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left UKIP group to sit as an independent within the Conservative Group | |||
Carl Sargeant | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Sargeant was suspended from Welsh Labour following allegations about his personal conduct.[221] | |||
2018 | Mandy Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left UKIP group to sit as an independent after criticising Neil Hamilton[222] | ||
Caroline Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left UKIP group to sit as an independent, stating the party had moved "to a more far-right position"[223] | |||
Jenny Rathbone | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended over remarks about Jewish people.[224] | |||
2019 | Jenny Rathbone | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Re-admitted[225] | ||
Michelle Brown | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left UKIP group to sit as an independent[226] | |||
Mark Reckless | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left Conservative Group on 'good terms' to sit as an independent[227] | |||
Caroline Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Brexit Party[228] | |||
Mandy Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Brexit Party[229] | |||
Mark Reckless | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Brexit Party | |||
David Rowlands | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Brexit Party | |||
Gareth Bennett | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Quit the Party[230] | |||
2020 | Nick Ramsay | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Arrested on 1 January 2020 and suspended from the Conservative group the following day.[231] | ||
Neil McEvoy | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Formed the Welsh National Party | |||
Gareth Bennett | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party[232] | |||
Nick Ramsay | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Re-admitted[233] | |||
Caroline Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left the Brexit Party due to their anti-devolution stance[234] | |||
Caroline Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Formed a new group: Independent Alliance for Reform[235] | |||
Mandy Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | ||||
David Rowlands | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | ||||
Mark Reckless | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party[236] | |||
2021 | Alun Davies | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended after allegedly being involved in alcohol drinking on the Senedd estate, that could have broken COVID restrictions.[237] | ||
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Re-admitted[238] | ||||
Nick Ramsay | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left the Conservative Group after being unhappy with the party's direction, and wanting to stand as an Independent in the Senedd election, after being deselected by the local group.[239] | |||
2021–2026 Senedd | ||||||
2022 | Rhys ab Owen | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended on 8 November 2022 pending an investigation by the Senedd's standards watchdog over an alleged breach of the code of conduct.[240] |
Date | Member | Before | After | Notes | ||
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1999–2003 Parliament | ||||||
2002 | Dorothy-Grace Elder | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned over disagreement over how the party was run[241] | ||
2003 | Margo MacDonald | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Ranked low on the party list for re-election so stood as an independent and was expelled from party; re-elected as an independent | ||
2003–2007 Parliament | ||||||
2004 | Campbell Martin | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Expelled from party and stood as an independent | ||
2005 | Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Expelled from the Party after causing a fire and resigned[242] | ||
Brian Monteith | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Had whip withdrawn over misconduct | |||
2006 | Rosemary Byrne | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Created new Party Solidarity | ||
Tommy Sheridan | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Created new Party Solidarity | |||
2007–2011 Parliament | ||||||
March 2011 | Hugh O'Donnell | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Quit party over its direction[243] | ||
2011–2016 Parliament | ||||||
April 2012 | Bill Walker | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Expelled from the SNP for allegedly not declaring the allegations cited in his uncontested divorce proceedings during the MSP vetting process.[244] | ||
October 2012 | John Finnie | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned over the party's decision to support NATO membership for an independent Scotland[245] | ||
Jean Urquhart | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned over the party's decision to support NATO membership for an independent Scotland[245] | |||
September 2014 | John Wilson | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned over the party's decision to support NATO membership for an independent Scotland[245] | ||
October 2014 | John Finnie | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Scottish Green Party, but continued to sit as an Independent MSP[246] | ||
December 2014 | John Wilson | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the Scottish Green Party, but continued to sit as an independent MSP[247] | ||
September 2015 | Jean Urquhart | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined the RISE, but continued to sit as an independent MSP[248] | ||
2016–2021 Parliament | ||||||
12 May 2016 | Ken Macintosh | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Elected Presiding Officer and consequently had to renounce his party affiliation.[249][250] | ||
15 November 2017 | Alex Rowley | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended by Labour due to allegations about his conduct.[251] | ||
16 November 2017 | Mark McDonald | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended by SNP due to allegations about his conduct. Left the SNP on 6 March 2018.[252] | ||
19 December 2017 | Alex Rowley | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Reinstated by Labour[253] | ||
February 2020 | Derek Mackay | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended by SNP for sending inappropriate messages to a 16-year-old boy[254] | ||
24 November 2020 | Michelle Ballantyne | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Left the Conservative Party due to disagreements over policy relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.[255] | ||
18 December 2020 | Andy Wightman | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned over policy differences[256] | ||
12 January 2021 | Michelle Ballantyne | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Became Scots chief of what is now Reform UK[257] after the name change from Brexit Party | ||
2021–2026 Parliament | ||||||
13 May 2021 | Alison Johnstone | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Elected Presiding Officer.[258] | ||
27 September 2023 | Fergus Ewing | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended for a week over rebellions against the government.[259] | ||
28 October 2023 | Ash Regan | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Defected to the Alba Party.[260] |
Date | Member | Before | After | Notes | |||
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1998–2003 Assembly | |||||||
1999 | Cedric Wilson | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with UKUP leader Robert McCartney, as they wanted to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement | |||
Patrick Roche | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with UKUP leader Robert McCartney, as they wanted to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement | ||||
Norman Boyd | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with UKUP leader Robert McCartney, as they wanted to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement | ||||
Roger Hutchinson | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with UKUP leader Robert McCartney, as they wanted to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement | ||||
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Expelled for accepting seats on two statutory committees, against party policy.[261] | |||||
November
2000 |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined DUP[262] | ||||
2003–2007 Assembly | |||||||
18 December 2003 | Jeffrey Donaldson | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreements over the Good Friday Agreement negotiations and the position taken by party leader David Trimble[263] | |||
Norah Beare | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |||||
Arlene Foster | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |||||
23 November 2005 | Francie Molloy | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended from the party due to publicly disagreeing with the policy on local government reform.[264] | |||
15 January 2007 | Geraldine Dougan | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned from party[265] | |||
2 February 2007 | Davy Hyland | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned from party[265] | |||
15 February 2007 | Paul Berry | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Stood as an independent but was not elected[266] | |||
18 February 2007 | George Ennis | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | ||||
2007–2011 Assembly | |||||||
29 November 2007 | Gerry McHugh | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Believed that "Fianna Fáil was the right party to bring about change in Northern Ireland". | |||
30 March 2010 | Major Alan MacFarland | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with the UUP's electoral pact with the Conservative Party | |||
3 June 2010 | Dawn Purvis | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Disagreed with direction of party[267] | |||
3 January 2011 | David McClarty | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned after being de-selected[268] | |||
2011–2016 Assembly | |||||||
27 January 2012 | David McNarry | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended from the UUP.[269] | |||
4 October 2012 | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joined UKIP.[269] | ||||
14 February 2013 | Basil McCrea | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Formed new party[270] | |||
John McCallister | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Formed new party[271] | ||||
10 July 2014 | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Response to allegations of impropriety against leader Basil McCrea[272] | ||||
2016–2017 Assembly | |||||||
18 December 2016 | Jonathan Bell | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended from the DUP following fallout with party leader[273] | |||
2017–2022 Assembly | |||||||
18 May 2018 | Jim Wells | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspending after attacking the leadership[274] | |||
3 March 2020 | Trevor Lunn | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Quit Alliance due to an 'irreconcilable internal problem'[275] | |||
1 July 2021 | Alex Easton | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned from the party[276] |
Date | Member | Before | After | Notes | ||
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2012–2016 Commissioners | ||||||
2014 | Olly Martins | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Suspended from the Labour Party and investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission after he disclosed confidential information about the death of a man in police custody.[277][278][279] | ||
2016–2021 Commissioners | ||||||
April 2019 | Jane Kennedy | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Resigned from the Labour Party alleging anti-semitism.[280] |
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