Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

Each party had its own selection process. The processes used by Labour and the Conservatives were described by PoliticsHome as "secretive" and "controversial".{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-06-01 |title=The Fraught Process Behind Who Gets To Run To Be An MP |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/general-election-labour-conservative-selections-mp |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Politics Home |language=en}}

In June 2022, former Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick launched a Twitter account called Tomorrow's MPs, documenting the selection process of parties candidates in the runup to the next general election.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-05-10 |title='I've always thought there was a streak of Stalinism about the Scottish Labour Party' |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23513757.meet-man-shining-light-britains-hidden-elections/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=HeraldScotland |language=en}}

On 5 April 2023, Home Secretary and Fareham MP Suella Braverman defeated Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond by a majority of local party members of 77 to 54, to be preselected for the new seat of Fareham and Waterlooville.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Braverman wins 'Battle of Waterlooville' in selection for proposed new Hampshire constituency |url=https://news.sky.com/story/braverman-wins-battle-of-waterlooville-in-selection-for-proposed-new-hampshire-constituency-12850830 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Sky News |language=en}} Drummond later won the contest to be selected for Winchester, a seat far more likely to be gained by the Liberal Democrats.

On 17 April 2023, Chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands announced the first 19 seats that would open selections.{{#invoke:cite web||last=MP |first=Greg Hands |date=2023-04-17 |title=Greg Hands: The plans for parliamentary seat selections that we're announcing today |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/04/17/greg-hands-the-plans-for-parliamentary-seat-selection-that-were-announcing-today/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}} The seats were listed by ConservativeHome as Bicester and Woodstock, Calder Valley, Camborne and Redruth, Canterbury, Coventry South, Earley and Woodley, Eltham and Chislehurst, Hazel Grove, Hove and Portslade, Isle of Wight East, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, Milton Keynes South, Norwich North, Selby, South Cambridgeshire, South West Devon, Tamworth, West Bromwich and West Lancashire.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Atkinson |first=William |date=2023-04-17 |title=ConHome exclusive. The first 19 seats opening candidate selections from today. |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/04/17/conhome-exclusive-the-first-19-seats-opening-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}}

On 29 May, the Conservative Campaign Headquarters announced the next 24 seats that would open selections: Altrincham and Sale West, Bishop Auckland, Bromsgrove, Broxbourne, Chippenham, Coventry North West, Eastleigh, Esher and Walton, Exeter East and Exmouth, Halifax, Hendon, Henley, Mid Bedfordshire, Newport West and Islwyn, Norwich South, Reigate, Rugby, Scarborough and Whitby, South Shropshire, Stevenage, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Walsall and Bloxwich, West Suffolk and Wolverhampton West.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Atkinson |first=William |date=2023-05-30 |title=The next 24 seats opening Conservative candidate selections |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/05/30/the-next-24-seats-opening-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}}

On 2 June 2023, Bromsgrove Conservatives began their selection process for a candidate.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Bromsgrove Conservative Party starts its search for its next Parliamentary candidate for the next general election |url=https://bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/bromsgrove-conservative-party-starts-its-search-for-its-next-parliamentary-candidate-for-the-next-general-election/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Bromsgrove Standard |language=en}}

On 12 June, Boris Johnson resigned as an MP, triggering a by-election.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-06-09 |title=Nadine Dorries: Former minister stands down as Tory MP |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65860564 |access-date=2023-06-10}}{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-06-09 |title=Why did Boris Johnson resign? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65863730 |access-date=2023-06-10}} The same day, Nigel Adams also resigned as an MP.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-06-10 |title=Third by-election for Tories as Boris Johnson ally quits |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/65866187 |access-date=2023-06-10}} On 19 June, David Warburton gave up his seat in Parliament.{{#invoke:cite web||date=19 June 2023 |title=Warburton formally quits as MP over cocaine use and harassment allegations |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-sunak-frome-commons-government-simon-hart-b2360090.html |website=The Independent |language=en}}

On 11 August, the Conservatives opened selections for 26 seats: Alyn and Deeside, Bridlington and The Wolds, Bristol North West, Bury South, Clwyd North, Colchester, Crawley, Croydon East, Doncaster North, Dorking and Horley, Frome and East Somerset, Glastonbury and Somerton, Heywood and Middleton North, Huntingdon, Leeds East, Leeds West and Pudsey, Mid Cheshire, North West Leicestershire, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Richmond Park, Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Southampton Itchen, St Albans, Wakefield and Rothwell, Waveney Valley and Wirral West.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Atkinson |first=William |date=2023-08-11 |title=The next twenty-six seats opening for candidate selections |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/08/11/the-next-twenty-six-seats-opening-for-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}}

Nadine Dorries announced her intentions to resign and officially resigned on 29 August.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Adu |first=Aletha |authorlink=Aletha Adu |date=2023-06-14 |title=Nadine Dorries refuses to resign officially until No 10 explains her lack of peerage |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/14/nadine-dorries-failure-to-resign-officially-as-mp-frustrates-sunaks-attempt-to-reset-tories |access-date=2023-06-17 |issn=0261-3077}} Chris Pincher left Parliament on 7 September.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Tory MP Chris Pincher resigns after suspension from Commons over groping allegations |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mp-chris-pincher-resigns-after-suspension-from-commons-over-groping-allegations-12956582 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Sky News |date=2023-09-07}}

On 22 September, nominations opened in 10 seats: Bath, Bolton South and Walkden, Bridgend, Coventry South, Lancaster and Wyre, Norwich North, Telford, West Bromwich, Westmorland and Lonsdale and Wimbledon.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Atkinson |first=William |date=2023-09-22 |title=The next ten seats opening for candidate selections |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/09/22/the-next-ten-seats-opening-for-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}}

On 30 September 2023, The Telegraph reported that the Conservatives had only selected 65 candidates out of their target of 100 before the Conservative Party Conference.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Pritchard |first=Will |date=2023-09-30 |title=Tories fall short of 100 election candidates needed for conference deadline |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/30/conservative-party-general-election-candidates-greg-hands/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |issn=0307-1235}}

On 13 October 2023, nominations opened in 18 seats: Bristol North East, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Chester North and Neston, City of Durham, Croydon West, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Gower, Hampstead and Highgate, Harrow West, Leicester East, Mid Cheshire, Nottingham East, Oxford West and Abingdon, Queens Park and Maida Vale, Wirral West, Wolverhampton South East and Wolverhampton West.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Atkinson |first=William |date=2023-10-13 |title=The next eighteen seats opening for candidate selections |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/10/13/the-next-eighteen-seats-opening-for-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Conservative Home |language=en-GB}}

On 23 November 2023, Nick Rose, who had been the candidate for Norwich North, resigned.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-11-22 |title=Conservative Norwich North candidate resigns after trans comments |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2z7663p16o |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}

In late 2023, two candidates were removed after MI5 warned in 2021 that they were potential Chinese spies.{{cite news |last=Adu |first=Aletha |authorlink=Aletha Adu|date=2023-09-13 |title=Tory party 'acted swiftly' to block would-be MPs after MI5 warnings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/tory-party-acted-swiftly-to-block-would-be-mps-after-mi5-warnings |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615132922/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/tory-party-acted-swiftly-to-block-would-be-mps-after-mi5-warnings |url-status=live }} In April 2024, the selection process was internally criticised by party members for "purging Brexit-backing candidates".{{cite web |date=2024-04-06 |title=Tories accused of purging 'high quality' candidates who back Brexit |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-party-brexit-rishi-sunak-election-b2524379.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422133428/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-party-brexit-rishi-sunak-election-b2524379.html |url-status=live }} The preferred selection of One Nation Conservatives by the party leadership over right-wing candidates was reported on.{{Cite news |last1=Rayner |first1=Gordon |last2=Pearson |first2=Allison |date=2024-04-05 |title=True blue Tories 'banned from standing in the general election' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/05/true-blue-tories-banned-standing-general-election/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} This included the former Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party and Conservative MEP David Campbell Bannerman who was blocked in South Norfolk.{{Cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |date=2023-07-27 |title=Sunak under pressure to block ex-Ukip deputy from potential Tory candidacy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/27/rishi-sunak-under-pressure-block-ex-ukip-david-campbell-bannerman-potential-tory-candidacy |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615132922/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/27/rishi-sunak-under-pressure-block-ex-ukip-david-campbell-bannerman-potential-tory-candidacy |url-status=live }}

On 28 May 2024, it was reported that the Conservatives had 183 candidates to select.{{Cite web |last=Bracken |first=William |date=2024-05-27 |title=Conservatives trail behind the other parties with 183 candidates still to select |url=https://www.politics.co.uk/news-feature/2024/05/27/141853/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Politics.co.uk |language=en-US |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528145646/https://www.politics.co.uk/news-feature/2024/05/27/141853/ |url-status=live }}

On 28 May 2024, presenter Iain Dale announced that he would be stepping back from his LBC radio show to run as a Conservative candidate in the election,{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-28 |title=Iain Dale to step down from LBC to put himself forward to be selected as a candidate for MP in the General Election |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/iain-dale-step-down-lbc-selected-candidate-general-election/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=LBC |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529152344/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/iain-dale-step-down-lbc-selected-candidate-general-election/ |url-status=live }} hoping to stand in the seat of Tunbridge Wells, where he lives.{{Cite web |last=Crick |first=Micheal |date=2024-05-28 |title=Twitter |url=https://x.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1795578227140030532 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |quote=apparwntly[sic] he's hoping to contest the selection in Tunbridge Wells on Friday |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133010/https://x.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1795578227140030532 |url-status=live }} However on 31 May he announced that he had decided not to put his name on the shortlist after comments he had made about Tunbridge Wells, two years earlier, emerged online. In the clip he had said that he didn't like living in the town he was running in.{{Cite news |title=Iain Dale abandons bid to run for Tory MP in Tunbridge Wells after saying he 'never liked' town |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=31 May 2024 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/31/iain-dale-withdraws-race-conservative-mp/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531214030/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/31/iain-dale-withdraws-race-conservative-mp/ |url-status=live |last1=Hymas |first1=Charles }}{{Cite web |title=Iain Dale withdraws from bid to be Tory candidate for Tunbridge Wells |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/iain-dale-withdraws-from-bid-to-be-tory-candidate-for-tunbridge-wells/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=LBC |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615132924/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/iain-dale-withdraws-from-bid-to-be-tory-candidate-for-tunbridge-wells/ |url-status=live }} Dale defended himself by stating that "there is a context to it, but nobody's interested in context or nuance in these situations".{{Cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |last2= |first2= |date=2024-05-31 |title=Iain Dale quits bid to run for Tories over Tunbridge Wells comments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/31/iain-dale-quits-bid-election-tories-tunbridge-wells-past-comments |access-date=2024-05-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615132923/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/31/iain-dale-quits-bid-election-tories-tunbridge-wells-past-comments |url-status=live }}

By 7 June, the Conservatives had filled all seats with candidates in Great Britain except for Rotherham.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=No Conservative candidate fielded in Rotherham |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c877068x382o |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608181107/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c877068x382o |url-status=live }} Laila Cunningham was originally selected as the Conservative candidate for the seat, but withdrew shortly before the nominations deadline. As the party did not field a replacement, it is the only seat in Great Britain aside from the Speaker's seat of Chorley in which no Conservative candidate was nominated.{{cite news |last=Gutterdige |first=Nick |date=7 June 2024 |title=Conservatives fail to field candidate in Rotherham |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/07/tory-withdrawal-rotherham-labour-cunningham-election-reform/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 June 2024 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607220748/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/07/tory-withdrawal-rotherham-labour-cunningham-election-reform/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2021, the local parties in East Ham and West Ham were suspended following allegations of electoral fraud, disbanding the internal selections committee.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |date=2021-03-12 |title=Labour suspends East Ham and West Ham constituency parties |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/12/labour-suspends-east-ham-and-west-ham-constituency-parties |access-date=2023-06-15 |issn=0261-3077}} This was a precursor to contentious selections across East London, between centrist supporters of Keir Starmer and Momentum-backed supporters of former leader Jeremy Corbyn.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2022-09-25 |title=Labour Party: The battle of the east London centrists |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62989980 |access-date=2023-06-15}}

The Labour Party selected many prospective parliamentary candidates throughout 2022.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |title=Six more Labour parliamentary candidates selected over the weekend |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/11/six-more-labour-parliamentary-candidates-selected-over-the-weekend/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=LabourList |date=21 November 2022 |language=en-GB}}{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |title=Six key takeaways from the first stage of Labour parliamentary selections |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/08/six-key-takeaways-from-the-first-stage-of-labour-parliamentary-selections/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=LabourList |date=9 August 2022 |language=en-GB}}{{#invoke:cite web||last=Jones |first=Morgan |date=2022-10-17 |title=London Labour: Parliamentary candidate selection round up |url=https://www.onlondon.co.uk/london-labour-parliamentary-candidate-selection-round-up/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=OnLondon |language=en-GB}}

In July 2022, a trigger ballot was held in Ilford South to determine whether MP Sam Tarry should face reselection; Tarry lost the vote by 57.5% to 42.5%.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Tarry instructs law firm over 'allegations of irregularity' in trigger ballot process |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/08/tarry-instructs-law-firm-over-allegations-of-irregularity-in-trigger-ballot-process/ |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=Labour List |date=30 August 2022}} On 10 October 2022 a reselection vote was held, which Tarry lost to local council leader Jas Athwal by 361 votes to 499.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=10 October 2022 |title=Sam Tarry deselected as MP by Ilford South Labour members |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/10/sam-tarry-deselection-bid-ilford-south-constituency}} In late 2022, councillor Dominic Beck stood down as Labour PPC for Rother Valley.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2022-12-23 |title=Dominic Beck stands down as Labour candidate for Rother Valley |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/12/dominic-beck-stands-down-as-labour-candidate-for-rother-valley/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=LabourList {{!}} Latest UK Labour Party news, analysis and comment |language=en-GB}}

By 1 January 2023, a total of 77 Constituency Labour Parties had selected prospective parliamentary candidates.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2023-01-01 |title=Six key takeaways after a second stage of Labour parliamentary selections |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/01/six-key-takeaways-after-a-second-stage-of-labour-parliamentary-selections/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}

In February 2023, BBC News reported that local Labour parties were being overruled over parliamentary selections by "a clique in London".{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-02-10 |title=Claims 'London clique' selecting Labour general election candidates |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64595772 |access-date=2023-09-03}} Nine members of the selection committee in Bolton North East Parliamentary Labour Party resigned after the national party imposed a shortlist on them.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-02-15 |title=Nine Labour party members quit roles over 'London clique' selection process |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/23321676.bolton-labour-party-members-quit-roles-london-clique-selection/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=The Bolton News |language=en}} The main contention was over the fact that Leigh Drennan, the chair of North West Labour, was not shortlisted despite being endorsed by Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gee |first=Chris |date=2023-02-14 |title=Labour party members quit roles saying 'London clique' selecting MP candidate |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/nine-labour-party-members-quit-26237663 |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}

In March 2023, Labour's national executive committee resolved not to endorse Jeremy Corbyn for Islington North in the next general election, preventing him from seeking re-election as a Labour candidate.{{#invoke:cite web||last1=Jones |first1=Morgan |date=28 March 2023 |title=NEC motion to block Corbyn as Labour candidate passes by 22 votes to 12 |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/03/nec-motion-to-block-corbyn-as-labour-candidate-passes-by-22-votes-to-12/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=Labour List}} Labour later chose Praful Nargund as their candidate, which was shortly followed by Corbyn announcing his intention to run as an independent in the constituency.

On 23 May 2023, eleven members of the Copeland local Labour Party executive resigned following the decision of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party not to longlist local councillor Joseph Ghayouba for selection.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2023-05-23 |title=Copeland CLP officers quit en masse after councillor left off selection longlist |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/05/copeland-clp-parliamentary-selection-joseph-ghayouba/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} Local officials said it showed a "shameless disregard for democracy" by Labour's national ruling body.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-05-23 |title=Labour accused of stopping Copeland councillor standing as MP |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-65684052 |access-date=2023-05-25}} On 6 June 2023, former Copeland PPC Gillian Troughton withdrew from the selection in Whitehaven and Workington, describing the selection process as "frustrating and ultimately disenfranchising".{{#invoke:cite web||first1=Katie |last1=Neame |first2=Tom |last2=Belger |date=2023-06-06 |title=Anger grows as 'Workington man' – and woman – denied selection vote |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/06/selection-parliament-workington-man-copeland-clp-local-mp-candidate-list/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}

On 26 May 2023, the Wirral West Constituency Labour Party was suspended by the national party, following complaints.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-05-26 |title=Wirral West Constituency Labour Party suspended |url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23550765.wirral-west-constituency-labour-party-suspended/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Wirral Globe |language=en}} This was the same week that the local MP Margaret Greenwood announced that she was standing down at the next general election.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2023-05-26 |title=Wirral West CLP suspended in same week local MP announces resignation |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/05/wirral-west-clp-suspension-margaret-greenwood/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} As Wirral South was abolished, incumbent MP Alison McGovern challenged neighbouring MP Mick Whitley for the nomination in Birkenhead.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-05-23 |title=Wirral boundary changes prompt Birkenhead Labour candidate fight |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65681496 |access-date=2023-06-15}} Whitley was deselected on 16 June 2023.{{#invoke:cite web||last1=Thorp |first1=Liam |last2=Barnes |first2=Edward |date=2023-06-16 |title=Alison McGovern beats Mick Whitley to Birkenhead Labour nomination |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/alison-mcgovern-defeats-mick-whitley-27140674 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}

On 7 June 2023, MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Gerald Jones defeated MP for Cynon Valley Beth Winter for his party's selection to become the Labour candidate for the new parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, which will be contested at the 2024 general election.{{#invoke:cite web||date=7 June 2023 |title=Welsh Labour: Frontbench MP beats left-winger in seat battle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-65760166 |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} The seat was renamed from Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon in the final recommendations.{{#invoke:cite book||url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/sites/bcomm/files/review/E02859434_Boundary%20Commission%20Wales%202023_English_Web%20Accessible_V03.pdf |title=2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies – The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales |date=28 June 2023 |publisher=Boundary Commission for Wales}}

From 15 to 16 July, 100 Labour PPCs were given a weekend for a crash course in "message discipline, media training and the art of campaigning" in Stratford-upon-Avon.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Adu |first1=Aletha |author-link1=Aletha Adu|last2=Quinn |first2=Ben |date=2023-07-14 |title='Laser-focused on winning': Labour gathers top prospective MPs for campaign training |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/14/laser-focused-on-winning-labour-gathers-top-prospective-mps-for-campaign-training |access-date=2023-09-06 |issn=0261-3077}}

On 27 July 2023, Labour opened selections for 94 "non-priority" parliamentary seats.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2023-07-27 |title=Labour opens selection processes for 94 "non-priority" parliamentary seats |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/07/labour-selections-parliamentary-candidates-non-priority-general-election/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} On 31 August 2023, Labour suspended the CLP in Leicester East amid the process of selecting a new candidate to replace Claudia Webbe.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-08-31 |title=Labour suspends entire Leicester East constituency branch |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66671986 |access-date=2023-09-25}}

On 5 September 2023, Labour suspended its leadership team in the Bolton North East constituency following a disagreement over the selection of a prospective parliamentary candidate.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Gee |first=Chris |date=8 September 2023 |title=Bolton North East: Labour suspends leadership team in key seat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66755995 |access-date=9 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

On 8 December 2023, Labour opened selections for 211 'non-battleground' parliamentary seats.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Belger |first=Tom |date=2023-12-08 |title=Labour selections: Full list of 211 'non-battleground' seats now open to applications |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/12/labour-seats-candidate-selections-apply-constituencies/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=LabourList {{!}} Latest UK Labour Party news, analysis and comment |language=en-GB}}

In March 2024, Joel Bodmer withdrew from the selection process in Croydon East alleging abuse.{{Cite web |last1=Belger |first1=Tom |last2=Green |first2=Daniel |date=2024-03-13 |title=Candidate quits over 'abuse' as Croydon East selection resumes after data breach |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/03/croydon-east-selection-labour-suspected-data-breach/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318183347/https://labourlist.org/2024/03/croydon-east-selection-labour-suspected-data-breach/ |url-status=live }} This was following an unauthorised breach of data.{{Cite web |last=Belger |first=Tom |date=2024-03-06 |title=Croydon selections: Unauthorised database changes may have stopped members receiving messages |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/03/labour-selection-candidate-croydon-east-clp-constituency/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318183347/https://labourlist.org/2024/03/labour-selection-candidate-croydon-east-clp-constituency/ |url-status=live }}

By 22 May 2024, LabourList reported that approximately 100 seats did not have Labour candidates announced yet.{{Cite web |last1=Belger |first1=Tom |last2=Neame |first2=Katie |last3=Green |first3=Daniel |date=2024-05-22 |title=Revealed: Member anger as around 100 Labour candidates still not unveiled |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/05/labour-party-candidate-selections-general-election-2024-non-battleground-seats/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526100831/https://labourlist.org/2024/05/labour-party-candidate-selections-general-election-2024-non-battleground-seats/ |url-status=live }}

On 31 May 2024, Faiza Shaheen was removed as the candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green.{{Cite news |title=Labour candidate shocked after being blocked from standing as candidate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-69075181 |access-date=2024-06-03 |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603135919/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-69075181 |url-status=live }} There was media speculation over the future of Diane Abbott, but she confirmed she would be standing.{{Cite web |title=Diane Abbott confirms she will run as Labour candidate in general election |url=https://news.sky.com/story/diane-abbott-confirms-she-will-run-as-labour-candidate-in-general-election-13146971 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615132923/https://news.sky.com/story/diane-abbott-confirms-she-will-run-as-labour-candidate-in-general-election-13146971 |url-status=live }}

By 7 June, Labour had filled all seats in Great Britain (except that held by the Speaker) with candidates.{{Cite web |last=Consultancy |first=LabourList and Headland |date=2024-05-29 |title=Labour general election candidate map: See aspiring MPs nationwide with swing needed and current MP and polling |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/05/general-election-2024-labour-candidates-mps-who-where-map/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605143748/https://labourlist.org/2024/05/general-election-2024-labour-candidates-mps-who-where-map/ |url-status=live }}

President of the Liberal Democrats Mark Pack lists prospective parliamentary candidates on his website.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Pack |first=Mark |date=2023-05-10 |title=Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates |url=https://www.markpack.org.uk/167842/liberal-democrat-prospective-parliamentary-candidates/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Mark Pack |language=en-GB}}

In March 2024, Liberal Democrat PPC for South Shropshire Chris Naylor stood down due to ill health.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=Shropshire election steps down due to health issues |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c84jgjkp9djo |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314140257/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c84jgjkp9djo |url-status=live }}

By 7 June, the Liberal Democrats had filled all seats with candidates in Great Britain except for Manchester Rusholme and Chorley.{{Cite news |title=Manchester Rusholme – UK General election 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001353 |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608181108/https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001353 |url-status=live }}

SNP MPs are not automatically reselected to stand, the party has a full open reselection process. To be nominated to take part in a selection contest a party member requires either a nomination by their local campaigns committee, or 50 local branch members.{{#invoke:cite news||date=2023-10-02 |title=SNP MPs face challengers in selection battles |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66947728 |access-date=2023-10-02}}

On 25 August 2023, Patrick Grady was not approved as a candidate for the 2024 general election. Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss ultimately won the selection contest in his seat of Glasgow North.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Boothman |first=John |date=2023-09-07 |title=Disgraced SNP MP Patrick Grady not selected for next election |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disgraced-snp-mp-patrick-grady-not-selected-for-next-election-37g8sv2d5 |access-date=2023-09-07 |issn=0140-0460}} East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP Lisa Cameron criticised the "party hierarchy" when she faced a reselection challenge, like many sitting members, per the party rules, claiming she had spoken out about Grady.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Boothman |first1=John |last2=Andrews |first2=Kieran |date=2023-09-23 |title=SNP MP 'shunned' after criticising party's handling of sex claims |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-mp-shunned-after-criticising-partys-handling-of-sex-claims-rq3kxbwgn |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0140-0460}} She claimed she had been ostracised by the party leadership{{#invoke:cite web||last=McCurdy |first=Rebecca |date=2023-09-23 |title=Robertson defends SNP selection process amid MP's claims she was 'ostracised' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/angus-robertson-snp-cameron-mps-westminster-b1109002.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} and threatened to resign and call by-election in protest.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Stevens |first=John |date=2023-09-22 |title=SNP risks by-election as MP says she was shunned for challenging sex pest |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-risks-another-election-mp-31004335 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} Cameron was challenged by Grant Costello, a digital manager for the SNP's Westminster group who lives in the constituency. Costello was endorsed by MSPs Christina McKelvie and Collette Stevenson. Ultimately, on 12 October 2023, Cameron — a social conservative — left the SNP altogether and defected to the Conservatives, two hours before the two weeks of voting was due to conclude. Grant Costello, who was leading in the voting,{{#invoke:cite news||last=Gordon |first=Tom |date=2023-10-12 |title=Lisa Cameron's defection has deeper roots than SNP deselection threat |work=The Herald|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23852441.lisa-camerons-defection-deeper-roots-snp-deselection-threat/ |access-date=2023-12-13}} won the selection for SNP candidate for the new seat of East Kilbride and Strathaven. Cameron was reportedly not standing for Parliament again.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Sitting MSP backs challenger to SNP incumbent Dr Lisa Cameron in Westminster selection battle |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/sitting-msp-backs-challenger-to-snp-incumbent-dr-lisa-cameron-in-westminster-selection-battle-4349884 |website=Scotsman|date=27 September 2023 }}{{#invoke:cite news||last=Mnyanda |first=Lukanyo |date=2023-10-12 |title=Humza Yousaf's problems mount as SNP MP defects to Conservatives |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f6ba0e79-91ed-4d06-8d77-87bd3bd31052 |access-date=2023-10-13}} The same day 8 other candidates were also announced.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-10-12 |title=SNP reveal nine candidates set to contest General Election – see the list |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23851851.snp-reveal-nine-candidates-set-contest-general-election/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=The National |language=en}}

Argyll and Bute MP Brendan O'Hara was challenged for reselection by Helensburgh councillor Math Campbell-Sturgess.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Quinn |first=Andrew |date=2023-09-22 |title=Former SNP Westminster chief whip Brendan O'Hara faces challenge for seat |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/former-snp-westminster-chief-whip-31005975 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} In Glasgow East, David Linden won a selection contest against neighbouring MP Alison Thewliss, whose constituency was split into seven.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Andrews |first=Kieran |date=2023-10-02 |title=SNP 'civil war spills over' as frontbenchers fight for Glasgow East |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-civil-war-as-frontbench-mps-fight-for-glasgow-east-55d35bvnh |access-date=2023-10-02 |issn=0140-0460}}

In Falkirk, two SNP councillors Gary Bouse and Paul Garner launched their campaign to succeed John McNally.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Buchanan |first=Jill |date=28 September 2023 |title=SNP candidate: Another Falkirk councillor puts his name forward for Westminster seat, along with SNP staffer |url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politics/snp-candidate-another-falkirk-councillor-puts-his-name-forward-for-westminster-seat-along-with-snp-staffer-4352237 |website=Falkirk Herald}} Toni Giugliano was cleared of breaking selection rules.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24004077.snp-falkirk-party-clears-toni-giugliano-rule-breach/|title=SNP Falkirk selection row: Party HQ clears candidate of rule breach|date=21 December 2023|website=The Herald|access-date=8 March 2024|archive-date=8 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308233632/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24004077.snp-falkirk-party-clears-toni-giugliano-rule-breach/|url-status=live}}

On the eve of the 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election Mhairi Black reportedly threatened to quit the SNP.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Kenealy |first=Edel |date=2023-10-06 |title=Mhairi Black's SNP alleged ultimatum to get councillor on General Election list |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/renfrewshire/mhairi-black-reportedly-threatens-quit-31125220 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} This was over her wishes to be succeeded as SNP candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South by her senior adviser Robert Innes.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Boothman |first=John |date=2023-10-07 |title=Mhairi Black 'threatened to quit as SNP MP' over choice of successor |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mhairi-black-threatened-to-quit-as-snp-mp-over-choice-of-successor-mvdsqllb3 |access-date=2023-10-07 |issn=0140-0460}} Jacqueline Cameron, the depute leader of Renfrewshire Council stood against him.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Thomson |first=Jack |date=2022-09-07 |title=Council depute leader hopes to inspire young women considering political career |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/renfrewshire/renfrewshire-council-depute-leader-hopes-27927497 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} On 26 October 2023, Cameron was declared selected by 60%.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023-10-26 |title=Mhairi Black 'quit' candidate loses his general election bid |url=https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,mhairi-black-quit-candidate-loses-his-general-election-bid |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Holyrood Website |language=en}}

By April 2024, candidates had been selected for all 57 new constituencies.{{cite news| last=Elliards| first=Xander| date=10 April 2024| title=SNP confirm every General Election candidate – see full list| url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24244724.snp-confirm-every-general-election-candidate---see-full-list/| work=The National (Scotland)| location=| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528132658/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24244724.snp-confirm-every-general-election-candidate---see-full-list/| archive-date=28 May 2024| access-date=28 May 2024| url-status=live}}

The Green Party of England and Wales confirmed in January 2024 that it aims to field candidates in all 575 constituencies in England and Wales.{{Citation |title=Greens to stand throughout England and Wales at next general election |work=BBC News |date=8 January 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67914916 |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=en}}

The Green Party of England and Wales nominated a candidate in 574 of the 575 constituencies in England and Wales, including Chorley where the Speaker is standing to defend his seat without opposition from the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems, or Reform. The only constituency in England and Wales where the Greens are not standing a candidate of their own is Heywood and North Middleton, where they endorsed independent candidate Chris Furlong.{{Cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our candidates |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604064404/https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23453322.heywood-greens-back-former-labour-councillors-bid-become-mp/ |title=Greens back former Labour councillor's bid to become MP at next general election |date=14 April 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608130110/https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23453322.heywood-greens-back-former-labour-councillors-bid-become-mp/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/downloads/file/2388/statement-of-persons-nominated-heywood-and-middleton-north |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608130112/https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/downloads/file/2388/statement-of-persons-nominated-heywood-and-middleton-north |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.chorley.gov.uk/media/3390/Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Polling-Locations-2024/pdf/Persons_Nominated_and_Notice_of_Poll_and_Polling_Locations_2024.pdf?m=1717778284623 |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608130111/https://www.chorley.gov.uk/media/3390/Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Polling-Locations-2024/pdf/Persons_Nominated_and_Notice_of_Poll_and_Polling_Locations_2024.pdf?m=1717778284623 |url-status=live }}

The Scottish Greens stood a record number of candidates, a candidate in 44 of 57 constituencies in Scotland.{{Cite web |url=https://greens.scot/news/scottish-greens-to-stand-record-44-candidates-in-general-election |title=Scottish Greens to stand record 44 candidates in general election |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133426/https://greens.scot/news/scottish-greens-to-stand-record-44-candidates-in-general-election |url-status=live }}

The Green Party Northern Ireland also stood in a record number of seats in Northern Ireland, a candidate in 11 of 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgglge642ro |title=Northern Ireland general election: 136 candidates to stand |date=7 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608130111/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgglge642ro |url-status=live }}

Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth was named as the candidate for Ynys Môn.{{#invoke:cite web||last=NationCymru |date=2022-09-26 |title=Rhun ap Iorwerth confirmed as Plaid Cymru's Ynys Môn General Election candidate |url=https://nation.cymru/news/rhun-ap-iorwerth-confirmed-as-plaid-cymrus-ynys-mon-general-election-candidate/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}} In October 2023 he was replaced as candidate by Llinos Medi.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Mansfield |first=Mark |date=2023-10-03 |title=Llinos Medi confirmed as Plaid Cymru's candidate for Ynys Môn at next general election. |url=https://nation.cymru/news/llinos-medi-confirmed-as-plaid-cyrmus-candidate-for-ynys-mon-at-next-general-election/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

For the 2019 general election, the Brexit Party (the former name of Reform UK) did not stand candidates in seats where the Conservative party won in 2017.{{Cite news |date=2019-11-11 |title=General election 2019: Brexit Party will not stand in Tory seats |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50377396 |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111231641/https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50377396 |url-status=live }} Leader Richard Tice ruled out a similar arrangement for this election,{{Cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=2024-02-16 |title=Reform leader rejects an election pact with Conservatives |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/16/reform-uk-richard-tice-rishi-sunak-election-pact-reject/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524105551/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/16/reform-uk-richard-tice-rishi-sunak-election-pact-reject/ |url-status=live }} and stated his party's intention to stand in 630 seats.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-23 |title=Reform UK leader Richard Tice to stand in Boston and Skegness |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-69053311 |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182953/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-69053311 |url-status=live }}

The party pulled some of its prospective candidates for controversial social media comments.{{cite news |last=Adu |first=Aletha |authorlink=Aletha Adu |date=2024-04-08 |title=Reform UK says it published candidates list early so media could help vet it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/08/reform-uk-published-candidates-list-early-media-help-vet |access-date=2024-04-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133426/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/08/reform-uk-published-candidates-list-early-media-help-vet |url-status=live }} However, it also gave its support to other parliamentary candidates that are standing for the party that have spread conspiracy theories.{{cite news |last1= Rawlinson |first1= Kevin |last2= Ahmed |first2= Aneesa |date= 2 May 2024 |title= Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/reform-uk-backs-candidates-who-promoted-online-conspiracy-theories |work= The Guardian |access-date= 9 May 2024 |archive-date= 15 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133427/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/reform-uk-backs-candidates-who-promoted-online-conspiracy-theories |url-status= live }}

After media speculation on the question, honorary president and former leader Nigel Farage declared he would not be standing as a candidate.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-23 |title=Nigel Farage rules out standing for Reform UK in general election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69052837 |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523085530/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69052837 |url-status=live }} Farage later announced on 3 June that, contrary to his statement earlier in the campaign, he would stand for Parliament in Clacton, and that he had resumed leadership of Reform UK. He also said that Labour would win the election.{{Cite web |title=General election live: Nigel Farage to stand in election and become leader of Reform UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69082668 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=BBC News |date=2 June 2024 |language=en-gb |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603013928/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69082668 |url-status=live }}

Since January 2024, it was reported that Reform UK had pulled over 100 candidates.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=Reform UK removes more than 100 General Election candidates since January – analysis |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24345744.general-election-reform-uk-removes-100-candidates-january/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The National |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610170003/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24345744.general-election-reform-uk-removes-100-candidates-january/ |url-status=live }} Just before the deadline they were 80 candidates short of the total they intended to reach.{{Cite web |last1=Hastings |first1=Rob |last2=Parsley |first2=David |date=2024-06-04 |title=Reform more than 80 candidates short, despite Farage grabbing the headlines |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/reform-uk-more-80-candidates-short-nigel-farage-3091154 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610165958/https://inews.co.uk/news/reform-uk-more-80-candidates-short-nigel-farage-3091154 |url-status=live }}

During his victory speech following the 2024 Rochdale by-election, George Galloway claimed his Workers Party had 59 candidates ready to contest a general election.{{#invoke:cite web||date=2024-03-01 |title=Watch: George Galloway victory speech in full as The Workers Party win Rochdale by-election |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/watch-george-galloway-victory-speech-071817797.html |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}} Later, in a tweet from 2 March Galloway confirmed that this total increased to 79.{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Ben |date=2024-03-04 |title=Galloway win makes Workers party a focus for far-left challenges to Labour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/04/george-galloway-workers-party-far-left-challenges-to-labour |access-date=2024-03-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133428/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/04/george-galloway-workers-party-far-left-challenges-to-labour |url-status=live }} As of June the party listed over 250 candidates, and also supporting a number of independent candidates, most notably Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North, Faiza Shaheen in Chingford and Woodford Green, and Andrew Feinstein in Holborn and St Pancras.{{Cite web |title=General election 2024 |url=https://workerspartybritain.org/general-election-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Workers Party of Britain |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525221323/https://workerspartybritain.org/general-election-2024/ |url-status=live }}

Sinn Féin did not contest four constituencies; Belfast East, Belfast South and Mid Down, Lagan Valley and North Down.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Sinn Féin not running in four NI general election constituencies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqee94582d5o |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608084219/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqee94582d5o |url-status=live }}

The Democratic Unionist Party did not contest Fermanagh and South Tyrone, instead endorsing Ulster Unionist Party candidate Diana Armstrong.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=DUP stand aside in Fermanagh and South Tyrone |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11l20wglzo |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531013005/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11l20wglzo |url-status=live }} The DUP stood aside in North Down in order to support the bid of independent unionist candidate Alex Easton, who had stood unsuccessfully for the DUP for the seat in 2017 and 2019.

The Ulster Unionist Party stood candidates, denied any electoral pacts and explained their lack of a candidate in Belfast North as being down to a lack of party infrastructure on the ground in the constituency.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=General Election: UUP's Doug Beattie denies pact with DUP |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg203y6w9o |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608183138/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg203y6w9o |url-status=live }}

Gina Miller's True and Fair party planned to contest a small number of constituencies.{{Cite web |last=Ricketts |first=David |title=Gina Miller unveils plan for True & Fair political party |url=https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/gina-miller-unveils-plans-for-true-fair-political-party-20210927 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Financial News |language=en-GB |archive-date=13 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313154635/https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/gina-miller-unveils-plans-for-true-fair-political-party-20210927 |url-status=live }}

The British Democrats confirmed three parliamentary candidates in the 2024 general election.{{cite web|url=https://x.com/BritishDems/status/1794412256102674495|title=British Democrats Prospective Parliamentary Candidates Chris Bateman and Lawrence Rustem |website=Twitter|date=25 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526140850/https://x.com/BritishDems/status/1794412256102674495 |url-status=live}}

The Christian Peoples Alliance stated they aimed to stand in 100 seats.{{cite web |title=Home – Christian Peoples Alliance |url=https://cpaparty.net/ |website=cpaparty.net |access-date=6 June 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531153723/https://cpaparty.net/ |url-status=live }} After the close of nominations they had 22 candidates.

The English Democrats, Heritage Party, Climate Party, Transform, TUSC, Liberal Party, UK Independence Party, the Animal Welfare Party, Official Monster Raving Loony Party and the Communist Party of Britain ran candidates.

The Wessex Regionalists announced they would not stand candidates, citing the strong likelihood of a Labour victory leaving little interest in alternative parties.{{cite web |last1=Robins |first1=David |title=WR at 50 |url=https://www.wessexregionalists.info/2024/06/01/wr-at-50/ |website=Wessex Regionalists |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=1 June 2024}}

Jeremy Corbyn stood as an independent in Islington North.{{Cite news |last=Rkaina |first=Sam |date=2024-05-24 |title=Jeremy Corbyn expelled from Labour Party after confirming he will stand as independent in general election |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-islington-general-candidate-mp-b2550779.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526195757/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-islington-general-candidate-mp-b2550779.html |url-status=live }} Other sitting MPs who stood as independents (rather than within the party they represented at the 2019 General Election) included Andrew Bridgen, Angus MacNeil, and Claudia Webbe.

On 5 June, former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen, who had been deselected in Chingford and Woodford Green due to her social media history which the party alleged displayed a history of downplaying antisemitism, announced her independent candidacy.{{Cite web |title=Faiza Shaheen: Former Labour candidate to stand as independent |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmm6kgg753o |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=BBC News |date=5 June 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605212559/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmm6kgg753o |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Candidates of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency}}

The proportion of female candidates decreased to 30%.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Number of women parliamentary candidates sinks to 30 per cent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/women-parliamentary-candidates-snap-election-b2561337.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}} In Northern Ireland, one third of the candidates are women.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Women make up one-third of candidates in upcoming election |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/women-make-up-one-third-of-candidates-in-upcoming-election-XAYRM67DXZE3VIOP4KI3H34GKE/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}

{{main|List of MPs who stood down at the 2024 United Kingdom general election}}

By 7 June 2024, a total of 132 Members of Parliament announced their intention not to stand for re-election. Four MPs — Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams, Chris Skidmore (all Conservative) and Chris Pincher (independent, elected as Conservative) — announced their intention not to stand again but later resigned from Parliament before the election and are not included in the figures below. This general election marks the first time that no sitting MPs from the Liberal Democrats stood down since their formation in 1988.{{Cite web |title='Infighting and stupidity': Johnson loyalist and ex-culture sec Nadine Dorries to quit as MP at next election |url=https://news.sky.com/story/infighting-and-stupidity-johnson-loyalist-and-ex-culture-sec-nadine-dorries-to-quit-as-mp-at-next-election-12807052 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209194155/https://news.sky.com/story/infighting-and-stupidity-johnson-loyalist-and-ex-culture-sec-nadine-dorries-to-quit-as-mp-at-next-election-12807052 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Nadine Dorries: Former minister stands down as Tory MP |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65860564 |date=9 June 2023 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=BBC News |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611094846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65860564 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=9 April 2022 |title=Nigel Adams: Selby and Ainsty MP to stand down at election |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-61051163 |access-date=9 April 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409132117/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-61051163 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams to stand down as MP with 'immediate effect' triggering third by-election |url=https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-ally-nigel-adams-to-stand-down-as-mp-with-immediate-effect-triggering-third-by-election-12899994 |date=10 June 2023 |access-date=11 June 2023 |website=Sky News |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611014844/https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-ally-nigel-adams-to-stand-down-as-mp-with-immediate-effect-triggering-third-by-election-12899994 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=MP Chris Pincher quits after losing groping appeal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66739410 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 September 2023 |date=7 September 2023 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907083700/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66739410 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Chris Skidmore: Tory MP quits over new oil and gas licences |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67895246 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 January 2024 |date=5 January 2024 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106000901/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67895246 |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Preselection|Deselection of Labour MPs}}

Some sitting MPs were not selected by their party to recontest their seat (or a successor seat). Options available to these MPs included standing down, challenging their non-selection, seeking selection for another seat, and contesting the election under a different banner.

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A number of prospective candidates had support withdrawn from their party before the election:

A number of prospective parliamentary candidates withdrew before the election was called. Candidates suspended or attempting to withdraw their candidacy after 7 June 2024 will still appear on their respective ballot papers but will no longer receive their party's support.

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Due to boundary changes, most MPs standing for re-election sought to represent a seat at least slightly different from their present seat. However, in some cases sitting MPs secured selection to stand in a substantially or completely different seat from their present seat. They may happen because their seat is marginal and likely to be lost by their party, losing preselection to another candidate, boundary changes abolished their present seat or their present seat was redrawn in an unfavourable way in boundary changes.

| Pudsey

| 2010

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Daventry

| Andrew's former seat of Pudsey was split across two new seats, which are Leeds North West and Leeds West and Pudsey. However, Andrew is instead contesting Daventry in Northamptonshire, which is unrelated to his former seat. He had initially announced he would not stand for re-election but subsequently reversed his decision.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

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| {{sortname|Simon|Baynes}}

| Clwyd South

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour |Conservative Party (UK)}}

| North Shropshire

| Selected for North Shropshire after his previous seat was abolished in boundary changes. North Shropshire, which the Liberal Democrats gained in a 2021 by-election, contains none of Baynes' present seat.{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/2023/07/22/north-shropshire-conservatives-choose-their-candidate-for-the-general-election/|title=North Shropshire Conservatives choose their candidate for the General Election|author=Robertson, Dominic|date=22 July 2023|work=Shropshire Star|access-date=22 July 2023|archive-date=22 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722191848/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/2023/07/22/north-shropshire-conservatives-choose-their-candidate-for-the-general-election/|url-status=live}}

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|Chris Clarkson

|Heywood and Middleton

|2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Stratford-on-Avon

|Initially announced he would not stand for re-election. Selected for Stratford-on-Avon in June 2024.{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1797734322541355251?s=46&t=R9Zd0Y0RASFd7_tc7lkxbQ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615134849/https://x.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1797734322541355251?s=46&t=R9Zd0Y0RASFd7_tc7lkxbQ |url-status=live }}

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| {{sortname|Mims|Davies}}

| Mid Sussex{{efn|name=Mims|Previously served as the MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019.}}

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| East Grinstead and Uckfield

| Selected for East Grinstead and Uckfield due to boundary changes in her former seat.{{cite web |title=General Election: Mid Sussex MP Mims Davies adopted as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for new East Grinstead and Uckfield seat |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-mid-sussex-mp-mims-davies-adopted-as-conservative-parliamentary-candidate-for-new-east-grinstead-and-uckfield-seat-4163403 |website=Sussex Express |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=30 May 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417174443/https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-mid-sussex-mp-mims-davies-adopted-as-conservative-parliamentary-candidate-for-new-east-grinstead-and-uckfield-seat-4163403 |url-status=live }}

|-

| {{sortname|Flick|Drummond}}

| Meon Valley

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Winchester

| Selected for Winchester in July 2023 as her previous seat was abolished. The reconfigured Winchester seat contains about 25% of the Meon Valley seat. Drummond sought selection for the proposed Fareham and Waterlooville seat, which contains a larger proportion of her former seat and is forecast to be much safer for the Conservatives than Winchester (a key Liberal Democrat target), but was defeated by Suella Braverman, the MP for Fareham and then–Home Secretary.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

|-

| {{sortname|Damien|Egan}}

| Kingswood

| 2024

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Bristol North East

| Selected for Bristol North East in July 2023. Elected in the 2024 Kingswood by-election triggered by the resignation of Chris Skidmore in January 2024; Kingswood was abolished in the general election, with Bristol North East absorbing the western third of the old seat.

|-

|Mary Glindon

|North Tyneside

|2010

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

|Selected for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend due to boundary changes in her previous seat.{{Cite web |title=North Tyneside Labour MP Mary Glindon to stand in Newcastle East and Wallsend seat at next general election |date=22 January 2024 |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/north-tyneside-labour-mp-mary-glindon-to-stand-in-newcastle-east-and-wallsend-seat-at-next-general-election-4488467 |access-date=23 January 2024 |publisher=Northumberland Gazette |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123021755/https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/north-tyneside-labour-mp-mary-glindon-to-stand-in-newcastle-east-and-wallsend-seat-at-next-general-election-4488467 |url-status=live }}

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| Richard Holden

| North West Durham

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Basildon and Billericay

| Conservative Party Chairman Holden's seat was abolished in the boundary changes. He was selected for Basildon and Billericay shortly before the close of nominations on 7 June.{{cite web |title=Growing backlash after Tory chair lands safe seat |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkkq4kx3l0o |website=BBC News |date=5 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615134520/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkkq4kx3l0o |url-status=live }}

|-

| {{sortname|Paul|Holmes|dab=Eastleigh MP}}

| Eastleigh

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Hamble Valley

| Selected to the new Hamble Valley seat. The new seat contains 48% of his former seat.{{cite web |title=Readoption for Hamble Valley at the Next General Election |url=https://www.voteholmes.co.uk/news/readoption-hamble-valley-next-general-election |website=Vote Holmes |date=11 May 2023 |access-date=25 September 2023 |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005180506/https://www.voteholmes.co.uk/news/readoption-hamble-valley-next-general-election |url-status=live }}

|-

| {{sortname|Neil|Hudson|dab=politician}}

| Penrith and The Border

| 2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Epping Forest

| Sought selection for the new seat of Penrith and Solway, losing to fellow MP Mark Jenkinson; he subsequently applied for the West Suffolk seat, losing to former political adviser Nick TimothyJamie Lopez, [https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/mark-jenkinson-picked-over-neil-26166289 "Mark Jenkinson picked over Neil Hudson as candidate for new Cumbria constituency"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315160642/https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/mark-jenkinson-picked-over-neil-26166289 |date=15 March 2023 }}, LancsLive, 6 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023. [https://cwherald.com/news/behind-closed-doors-were-megan-and-harry-to-blame-for-neil-hudsons-deselection/ "Behind closed doors: Were Meghan and Harry to blame for Neil Hudson's deselection?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210174655/https://cwherald.com/news/behind-closed-doors-were-megan-and-harry-to-blame-for-neil-hudsons-deselection/ |date=10 February 2023 }}, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, 10 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.Isaac Cooper, [https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23690391.former-advisor-selected-suffolk-seat-following-cumbrian-link/ "Former advisor selected for Suffolk seat following Cumbrian link"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829143054/https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23690391.former-advisor-selected-suffolk-seat-following-cumbrian-link/ |date=29 August 2023 }}, Cumberland News and Star, 1 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Selected for Epping Forest.

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| {{sortname|Eddie|Hughes|dab=British politician}}

| Walsall North

| 2017

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Tamworth

| Selected for Tamworth as his previous constituency was abolished, and the main successor seat of Walsall and Bloxwich was considered significantly more vulnerable to the Labour Party than Tamworth, where the incumbent MP Chris Pincher announced he would be standing down following a scandal.{{Cite web |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=19 June 2023 |title=Eddie Hughes become first 'displaced' MP to find new home |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/06/19/eddie-hughes-become-first-displaced-mp-to-find-new-home/ |access-date=19 June 2023 |website=Express & Star |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619130320/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/06/19/eddie-hughes-become-first-displaced-mp-to-find-new-home/ |url-status=live }} Pincher resigned in September 2023 and Labour's Sarah Edwards won the subsequent by-election; Hughes nevertheless since maintained his candidacy for this constituency.

|-

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Hunt}}

| South West Surrey

| 2005

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Godalming and Ash

| Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt was selected for the newly created Godalming and Ash constituency in January 2023,{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Daniel |date=23 January 2023 |title=Jeremy Hunt to leave Farnham and Haslemere: Tory MP to stand in new Godalming and Ash constituency |url=https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-to-leave-farnham-and-haslemere-tory-mp-to-stand-in-new-godalming-and-ash-constituency-591296/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=Farnham Herald |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029181503/https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-to-leave-farnham-and-haslemere-tory-mp-to-stand-in-new-godalming-and-ash-constituency-591296 |url-status=live }} as his former constituency was abolished. The western part of the existing seat, comprising the majority of the electorate and including the towns of Farnham and Haslemere was combined with parts of the District of East Hampshire to create the new Farnham and Bordon constituency. The Godalming and Ash seat comprises Godalming and the area of the North Downs to the south of the existing constituency.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-east/ |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709150508/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-east/ |url-status=live }}

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| {{sortname|Sarah|Jones|dab=politician}}

| Croydon Central

| 2017

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Croydon West

| Standing for election in the new safe seat of Croydon West (containing 11% of the to-be-abolished Croydon Central) rather than the more marginal Croydon East (contains 83% of Croydon Central).{{cite web|url=https://insidecroydon.com/2023/05/19/ribeiro-addy-is-shunted-aside-for-reeds-political-ambitions/|website=Inside Croydon|access-date=30 March 2024|date=19 May 2023|title=Ribeiro-Addy is shunted aside for Reed's political ambitions|archive-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117001419/https://insidecroydon.com/2023/05/19/ribeiro-addy-is-shunted-aside-for-reeds-political-ambitions/|url-status=live}}

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|Kenny MacAskill

|East Lothian

|2019

| {{Party name with colour|Alba Party}}

|Alloa and Grangemouth

|The Alba Party candidate is former MP George Kerevan. MacAskill stands in a different seat to the west of Edinburgh.

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| {{sortname|Alison|McGovern}}

| Wirral South

| 2010

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Birkenhead

| Selected for Birkenhead due the abolition of her present constituency, defeating incumbent MP for Birkenhead Mick Whitley in the selection process.{{Cite news |date=17 June 2023 |title=Wirral South MP Alison McGovern to stand for Birkenhead seat |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65933663 |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620071213/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65933663 |url-status=live }} The reconfigured Birkenhead contains a small part of her present seat.{{Cite web |date=16 June 2023 |title=Alison McGovern beats Mick Whitley in Birkenhead Labour nomination |url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23595424.alison-mcgovern-wins-birkenhead-labour-nomination/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=Wirral Globe |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620071213/https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23595424.alison-mcgovern-wins-birkenhead-labour-nomination/ |url-status=live }}

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|Kieran Mullan

|Crewe and Nantwich

|2019

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Bexhill and Battle

| Selected for the seat defeating special adviser Henry Newman.Heale, James. "[https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1797879604960788499 Kieran Mullan, the former MP for Crewe and Nantwich, last night won the Tory selection for Bexhill and Battle against Michael Gove's spad Henry Newman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615134702/https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1797879604960788499 |date=15 June 2024 }}", X. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

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| {{sortname|Douglas|Ross|dab=Scottish politician}}

| Moray

| 2017

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

| Standing in the new Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat (containing 26% of his current seat) instead of Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (containing 74% of his current seat).

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| {{sortname|Alec|Shelbrooke}}

| Elmet and Rothwell

| 2010

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Wetherby and Easingwold

|Selected for Wetherby and Easingwold due to his previous seat being abolished and broken up between four other seats. Wetherby and Easingwold took in the Harewood and Wetherby wards of Leeds, but is otherwise based in North Yorkshire rather than West Yorkshire.{{Cite news |date=7 April 2023 |title=Tories choose Alec Shelbrooke MP to stand in Wetherby and Easingwold |language=en-GB |work=Gazette & Herald |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/23442713.tories-choose-alec-shelbrooke-mp-stand-wetherby-easingwold/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |author=Greenwood, Darren |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514140541/https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/23442713.tories-choose-alec-shelbrooke-mp-stand-wetherby-easingwold/ |url-status=live }}

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| {{sortname|Iain|Stewart|dab=politician}}

| Milton Keynes South

| 2010

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Buckingham and Bletchley

| Selected for the new Buckingham and Bletchley seat, as his present seat was abolished.{{Cite web |last=Murrer |first=Sally |date=21 June 2023 |title=Milton Keynes MP will be shared with Buckingham under new boundary change |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-mp-will-be-shared-with-buckingham-under-new-boundary-changes-4192096 |website=Milton Keynes Citizen |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626125619/https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-mp-will-be-shared-with-buckingham-under-new-boundary-changes-4192096 |url-status=live }}

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| {{sortname|Alistair|Strathern}}

| Mid Bedfordshire

| 2023

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Hitchin

| Elected for Mid Bedfordshire at a by-election in October 2023. Announced in January 2024 that he would contest the new constituency of Hitchin which includes a small part of his previous seat around his home town of Shefford.{{cite web |title=New Labour MP denies doing 'chicken run' months after winning seat |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/labour-mp-alastair-strathern-chicken-run-mid-bedfordshire-nadine-dorries-b1134170.html |website=Evening Standard |date=23 January 2024 |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-date=9 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209040857/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/labour-mp-alastair-strathern-chicken-run-mid-bedfordshire-nadine-dorries-b1134170.html |url-status=live }}

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| {{sortname|Alison|Thewliss}}

| Glasgow Central

| 2015

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}

| Glasgow North

| Selected for Glasgow North due to her former seat being abolished.{{Cite web |date=12 October 2023 |title=SNP reveal nine candidates set to contest General Election – see the list |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23851851.snp-reveal-nine-candidates-set-contest-general-election/ |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=The National |language=en |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020030636/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23851851.snp-reveal-nine-candidates-set-contest-general-election/ |url-status=live }} This was after unsuccessfully challenging David Linden for the nomination in Glasgow East.{{Cite web |date=21 September 2023 |title=Senior SNP figures in battle over seat as Stephen Flynn ally challenged |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23804674.snps-alison-thewliss-challenge-david-linden-glasgow-seat/ |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=The National |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029161658/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23804674.snps-alison-thewliss-challenge-david-linden-glasgow-seat/ |url-status=live }}

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In some cases, incumbent MPs are standing against each other.

Of these MPs, MacAskill, Baynes and Hughes represented seats with no relation to the seat they are contesting. All others listed represented at least part of the seat they also contest. All of the Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs listed were elected at by-elections held during the 2019–24 Parliament.

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