Socialist Campaign Group

Founding members

Norman Atkinson

Tony Benn

Ron Brown

Dennis Canavan

Bob Cryer

Don Dixon

Stuart Holland

Les Huckfield

Bob Litherland

Joan Maynard

Willie McKelvey

Andy McMahon

Bob McTaggart

Michael Meacher

Ray Powell

Reg Race

Allan Roberts

Ernie Roberts

Ernie Ross

Dennis Skinner MP

John Tilley

Current members

Ronnie Campbell MP - announced that he will retire at the next General Election

Ian Mearns MP

Dennis Skinner MP

Deceased

The following died while still serving in Parliament:

Bob McTaggart (d. 1989)

Allan Roberts (d. 1990)

Pat Wall (d. 1990)

Eric Heffer (d. 1991)

Bob Cryer (d. 1994)

Bernie Grant (d. 2000)

Audrey Wise (d. 2000)

David Taylor (d. 2009)

Left Parliament

These members left Parliament voluntarily, either to retire or for new opportunities elsewhere:

Joan Maynard (1987)

Stuart Holland (1989, left Parliament to return to academia)

Bob Clay (1992)

Martin Flannery (1992)

Don Dixon (1997)

Mildred Gordon (1997)

Bob Litherland (1997)

Eddie Loyden (1997)

Willie McKelvey (1997)

Robert Parry (1997)

Tony Benn (2001)

Maria Fyfe (2001)

Tess Kingham (2001)

John McAllion (2001, resigned to focus on his duties as a Member of the Scottish Parliament)

Bill Michie (2001)

Tony Banks (2005)

Harry Barnes (2005)

Harold Best (2005)

Terence Lewis (2005)

Alice Mahon (2005)

Llew Smith (2005)

Jimmy Wray (2005)

Ernie Ross (2005)

John Austin (2010)

Michael Clapham (2010)

Harry Cohen (2010)

Ann Cryer (2010)

Bill Etherington (2010)

Neil Gerrard (2010)

Lynne Jones (2010)

Bob Marshall-Andrews (2010)

Alan Simpson (2010)

Martin Caton (2015)

David Hamilton (2015)

Austin Mitchell (2015)

Linda Riordan (2015)

Mike Wood (2015)

Constituencies abolished

These members left the Commons in 1983 following the abolition of their constituencies as a result of redrawing of boundaries:

Les Huckfield

Andrew McMahon

Reg Race

John Tilley

Lost seat in general election

These members lost their seats in general elections:

Bob Cryer (lost seat 1983, returned to Parliament 1987)

Eileen Gordon (lost seat 2001)

John Cryer MP (lost seat 2005, returned to Parliament in 2010)

Phil Sawford (lost seat 2005)

David Drew (lost seat 2010)

Katy Clark (lost seat 2015)

Expelled

The following members were expelled from the Labour Party:

Ron Brown (expelled in 1991 after he was convicted of criminal damage)

Terry Fields (expelled in 1991 for his membership of the Militant tendency)

Dave Nellist (expelled in 1991 for his membership of the Militant tendency)

Dennis Canavan (expelled in 2000 for running as an independent for the Scottish Parliament)

Ken Livingstone (expelled in 2000 for running as an independent for Mayor of London; later readmitted to the party)

Deselected

The following members were deselected by their Constituency Labour Parties:

Norman Atkinson (deselected 1987)

Ernie Roberts (deselected 1987)

John Hughes (deselected 1992)

Bob Wareing (deselected 2007)

Frank Cook (deselected 2008)

Ian Gibson (deselected 2009)

Defected

In 2005 Brian Sedgemore resigned the Labour Party whip and defected to the Liberal Democrats.

Resigned

The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1985 in a show of support for Neil Kinnock's reforms:

Kevin Barron

Derek Fatchett

The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1988 in protest at Tony Benn's decision to challenge Neil Kinnock for the Labour leadership that year:

Margaret Beckett MP

Jo Richardson

Joan Ruddock

Clare Short

Joan Walley MP

The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group at various points in time when they became front bench spokespersons or members of the government, which was seen as incompatible with membership of the Campaign Group:

Michael Meacher MP (joined the front bench 1983)

Ray Powell (joined the front bench 1983)

Mark Fisher (joined the front bench 1987)

Paul Boateng (joined the front bench 1989)

Gavin Strang (joined the front bench 1992)

Malcolm Chisholm (joined the government 1997)

Chris Mullin (joined the government 1997)

Dawn Primarolo MP (joined the government, but remained a member until 2000)

Dave Anderson MP (joined the government 2006)

John Cryer MP (elected Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party in 2012, considered a front bench role)

Jeremy Corbyn MP (elected party leader in 2015)

John McDonnell MP (joined the front bench in 2015)

Diane Abbott MP (served on the front bench 2010-2013, and from 2015)

Ian Lavery MP (joined the front bench in 2015)

Kelvin Hopkins MP (joined the front bench in 2016)

The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group for other reasons:

Alan Meale MP (resigned 1987)

Gerry Birmingham (resigned 1991)

Terry Patchett (resigned 1991)

Keith Vaz MP (resigned 1991)

Jimmy Hood MP (resigned 1997)