MPs for West Ham, Ealing Southall and Leyton and Wanstead will leave

Three more of London’s Labor MPs have announced plans to stand down at the general election.

John Cryer, the MP for Leyton and Wanstead and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party since 2015, said he wanted to spend more time with his young children ahead of an “extremely busy and demanding” future for the next government.

Ealing Southall MP Virendra Sharma also said in his resignation letter that after 50 years of service to the party in one form or another, it was time for a new chapter.

West Ham MP Lyn Brown’s decision to stand down from London leads to 14 London MPs stepping down ahead of the July 4 election.

Tuesday, Mrs. Brown said he would not participate in the 2024 elections “with the heaviest of hearts”.

The shadow minister for Africa, who has been an MP since 2005, added that her decision was influenced by “poor health, including serious conditions which had an increasing impact on my work”.

Mr Cryer, who was MP for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005, is married to Ellie Reeves, Labour’s deputy national campaign co-ordinator and MP for Lewisham West and Penge.

In an announcement to his constituents, Mr Cryer said: “This has been an extremely difficult decision, perhaps the most difficult I have ever had to make.

“It has been a huge privilege to have been an MP for the past 14 years.

“As you may know, I have two small children and I feel I should try to spend more time with them.”

Mr Sharma added that Labor had “gone from our worst result in a century to the fringes of government”.

In a letter to his home party, he said: “As a British-Indian and as a Hindu, as a Labor member, councilor and MP, I have never struggled to reconcile those different but complementary identities.”

The other London MPs who are resigning, along with their constituency (and party) – in order of announcement – are:

• Margaret Hodge, barking (work)
• Harriet Harman, Camberwell and Peckham (Labour)
• Jon Cruddas, Dagenham and Rainham (work)
• Matthew Offord, Hendon (Conservative)
• Stephen HammondWimbledon (conservative)
• Bob Stewart, Beckenham (Conservative)
• Karen Buck, Westminster North (Labour)
• Mike FreerFinchley and Golders Green (Conservative)
• Bob NeillBromley and Chislehurst (Conservative)
• Nicky Aitkencities of london and westminster (conservative)
• Paul ScullySutton and Cheam (Conservative)

Source: Library of the House of Commons