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Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Members of the House of Commons are technically forbidden from resigning. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used. An appointment to an "office of profit under The Crown" disqualifies an individual from sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP). As such, several such positions are maintained to allow MPs to resign.[1] Currently, the positions of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are used; historically several other offices have also been used.[1] The position was reworked in 1861 by William Ewart Gladstone, who was worried about the honour conferred by appointment to people such as Edwin James, who had fled to the United States over £10,000 in debt. As such, the letter was rewritten to omit any references to honour.
The Parliamentary Information Office has produced a list of those appointed to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds since 1850.[2] The current office holder is Patrick Mercer, former Independent Member of Parliament for Newark, who was appointed to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 30 April 2014.[3]
Appointees to the offices of Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds are alternated so that two MPs can resign at once (as happened on 22 October 2012). In situations in which more than two resign, such as the 1985 walkout of Ulster Unionist MPs, appointees are "fired" after a few hours to allow other resigning MPs to take their place.[1]
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1751 to 1800
Before 1770 (William de Grey), between 1775 and 1780 (Edward Meux Worsley to Sir William Lynch), and between 1782 and 1787 (John Buller to Sir George Duckett) the date given is that of the writ to replace the member who accepted the Stewardship.
1801 to 1849
Dates given in this section are of the writ to replace the member who accepted the Stewardship.
1850 to 1899
1900 to 1999
2000 to present
Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | |
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23 October 2000 | Betty Boothroyd | West Bromwich West | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Retiring Speaker of the House of Commons[63] |
22 June 2004 | Terry Davis | Birmingham Hodge Hill | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Appointed Secretary-General of the Council of Europe |
27 June 2007 | Tony Blair | Sedgefield | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Appointed Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East[64] |
18 June 2008 | David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Con | Seeking re-election in opposition to plans to allow people suspected of terrorist offences to be detained for up to 42 days.[65] He successfully requested to be released from the post on the same day to clear any ambiguity about his eligibility for re-election.[66] |
8 June 2009[67] | Ian Gibson | Norwich North | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Alleged misuse of allowances led to his being ruled ineligible for selection as a Labour candidate by an NEC panel;[68] |
13 January 2010[69] | Iris Robinson | Strangford | style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color"| | DUP | Ill health; followed allegations about her personal life[70] |
8 February 2011 | Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Pleaded guilty to false accounting in relation to claims for parliamentary expenses[71] |
2 March 2012[72] | Marsha Singh | Bradford West | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Ill health[73] |
22 October 2012[74] | Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Resigned to contest Police and Crime Commissioner election for South Wales Police Force Area[75] |
5 November 2012[76] | Denis MacShane | Rotherham | style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Lab | Resigned following revelations over his parliamentary expenses |
5 February 2013[77] | Chris Huhne | Eastleigh | style="background:Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"| | Lib Dem | Resigned after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice |
30 April 2014[78] | Patrick Mercer | Newark | style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Ind | Formerly Conservative, resigned the whip at the commencement of investigations on 31st May 2013[79]. Sought appointment to the Stewardship after being suspended from the commons following the completion of the investigation into improper lobbying |
See also
- List of Stewards of the Manor of East Hendred
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Hempholme
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings
References
Allgemein
- Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
Specific
- ^ a b c "The Chiltern Hundreds" (PDF). Factsheet P11 Procedure Series. House of Commons Information Office. August 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.hmtreasury.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/Three-Hundreds-of-Chiltern-69b4c.aspx
- ^ a b c d e f g h Parliamentary papers. Vol. Volume 62, Part 2.
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- ^ "No. 21125". The London Gazette. 9 August 1850.
- ^ Norgate, G. Le G. (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ Cochran, Peter (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Hobhouse, John Cam (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
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- ^ In the House of Commons Information Office publication Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850, Thomas Sexton is recorded as having taken the Chiltern Hundreds on 19 February 1895. However, this appears to be an error. The London Gazette lists him as having been returned for North Kerry at the general election in August 1895 (see London Gazette, Issue 26651 published on 9 August 1895, and the writ for the by-election was moved in April 1896 (see House of Commons Debates 14 April 1896 vol 39 c882). The date of his resignation is therefore listed here as 19 February 1896, rather than 1895.
- ^ "No. 27396". The London Gazette. 10 January 1902.
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- ^ "Four by-elections", The Times, 5 October 1946, p. 4.
- ^ "Two M.P.s to Resign", The Times, 11 October 1946, p. 8.
- ^ "Resignation of Sir A. Southby", The Times, 3 November 1947, p. 4.
- ^ "Minister of Pensions Vacating Office", The Times, 2 July 1948, p. 4.
- ^ "Mr. Lawson, M.P., Resigns", The Times, 21 December 1949, p. 4.
- ^ "Sir Stafford Cripps Resigns", The Times, 20 October 1950, p. 4.
- ^ "M.P. not to seek re-election", The Times, 10 April 1951, p. 7.
- ^ "'Father' of Commons to Retire", The Times, 5 July 1952, p. 6.
- ^ "Two M.P.s to Resign", The Times, 13 January 1953, p. 3.
- ^ "Mr. Edward Carson", The Times, 18 February 1953, p. 4.
- ^ "Two by-elections", The Times, 6 June 1953, p. 4.
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- ^ "Oxford DNB article:Law, Richard Kidston (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Conservative M.P.s' Resignations", The Times, 17 February 1954, p. 8.
- ^ "Chiltern Hundreds for Sir Sidney Marshall", The Times, 6 October 1954, p. 6.
- ^ "M.P. for Inverness to Resign", The Times, 3 December 1954, p. 8.
- ^ "Conservative M.P. To Resign", The Times, 28 April 1956, p. 6.
- ^ "Sir William Darling Resigns Seat", The Times, 4 May 1957, p 4.
- ^ "Sir Victor Raikes Resigns Seat", The Times, 9 November 1957, p. 3.
- ^ "Oxford DNB article:Maude, Angus (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
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- ^ "Oxford DNB article: Marquand, Hilary (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Chiltern Hundreds for Mr. Chetwynd", The Times, 23 January 1962, p. 10.
- ^ Bremner, Charles; Robertson, David (10 March 2006). "Times obituary: John Profumo". The Times of London. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Sir Peter Smithers, model for 007, dies at 92". The Financial Times Limited. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
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- ^ "Three Hundreds of Chiltern" (Press release). HM Treasury. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Iris Robinson formally resigns as Strangford MP" BBC News, 11 January 2010
- ^ "Expenses fraud Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley resigns" (Press release). BBC. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
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- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22727903