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UK: 100 MPs to stand down at the next general election
Conservative Tim Loughton, who has represented East Worthing and Shoreham since 1997, became the 100th MP to announce he was leaving the Commons.
Most - 63 in all - are Tories, and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
That said, 56% of the 650 MPs (365) who won their seats in Boris Johnson's landslide general election victory in 2019 were Conservatives.
A total of 17 Labour MPs are also standing down, along with nine from the SNP, two from Sinn Fein, one from Plaid Cymru and one Green - the party's only MP, Caroline Lucas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68839793