Can A Resigned Mp Stand Again?

[chakka35]

If an MP resigns by taking one of the public offices set up for that purpose is he permitted by law to stand in the subsequent bye-election/

[SeaJayPea]

Didn't David Davis do just that a few years ago, in some sort of protest against Tory leadership?

[SeaJayPea]

He did. See below. (Copied from Wikipedia)

"On 12 June 2008, in a surprise and controversial move, Davis announced his intention to resign as an MP, and was immediately replaced as Shadow Home Secretary. This was in order to force a by-election in his seat, for which he intended to seek re-election by mounting a specific campaign designed to provoke wider public debate about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. Following his formal resignation as an MP on 18 June 2008,[2] he officially became the Conservative candidate in the resulting by-election and won it on 10 July 2008."

[chakka35]

Thank you, SeaJayPea. Just want I wanted.
I wonder what CJP stands for. Carol Jo Prentice? Charles John Prescott?

[gollob]

Very true although neither Labour nor Liberal Democrats put up a candidate
Dick Taverne in 1973 resigned as the Labour MP for Lincoln and also the Labour Party. He won the By-Election but lost in the General Election.

[SeaJayPea]

Well, the C's Chris, but as there's already a far more famous Chris than me on here, I just use the seajaypea.

[Peter Pedant]

was common years ago

When a minister resigned from the Cabinet, he would also resign his seat in parliament and the resulting by election would serve as a way of judging his performance.

Practice ceased around 1820 - I should be able to tell you who was the last to do it.

Also would you believe, there was some sort of audit and the out going ,mininster could be charged (money) you know for ;stuff'

Banks (Kingston Lacy - there were a string of them, one was a botanist and another fled the country for being gay) was surcharged £1000 when he resigned in the opening years of the century (yes the nneteenth century).

[mikey4444]

If this is about a certain Lib Dem shyster that is the news at present, than I am not sure who would vote for him again ! To paraphrase a famous Guardian headline of a few years ago ::::

He lied and lied and lied and lied ?