175 of the MPs defeated at the general election were Conservatives
While driving home from his constituency count on the morning after the election, one freshly defeated Tory MP recalled how he “burst into tears for the first time in years”.. “Once I spoke to my wife, I was able to feel okay about what had happened. My family were the thing that got me through it.”
Despite expecting to lose, the MP did say it felt “brutal” to go from a politician to a civilian overnight, adding: “You were someone whose opinion mattered the day before, and the day after, you realise your opinion doesn’t matter at all. You’re almost nobody.”he felt “sadness and great frustration” on election night. Despite losing only 10 per cent of the vote share – far below the average Tory swing – he lost his seat to Labour by 998 votes.
Like many defeated MPs, he spent the summer months on holiday with his family before getting involved in the Conservative leadership race – in his case, supporting the eventual winner, The Government shift has also held some Tories back. Another ex-MP said they had been turned away from a job in public affairs because “people want you to have a Labour contact book” and that there were “very few political jobs outside CCHQ for someone with Conservative links”.
While some of his former colleagues took time off, Warman said he entered job-hunting mode straight away.“Lots of people say you should take a holiday and regroup to work out what to do after. I was horrified,” he said. “How absurd to take a holiday from unemployment – it felt like rubbing in the fact that it wasn’t recess if you’re not going back.”
Warman, however, is hoping to find work related to his former ministerial role. “I’m lucky in that I’ve always been focused on one thing: technology. I only ever worked in one department, and I only ever made a fuss about one thing,” he said. Stafford, too, is not ruling out a return to the Commons. He said: “Four years is a long time, but it’s my duty. Rother Valley is where we live, and I want to keep the pressure on Labour, I want to make sure the projects I started are delivered.
But the ex-MP who broke down on election night has no hopes of a return, and hopes to start a new career in his home town. In addition to the winding up payment, former MPs defeated at the election are entitled to a loss of office payment equivalent to double the statutory redundancy rate.found that 216 of the 218 MPs who lost their seats in July were eligible for a loss of office payment ranging from £4,200 to the maximum payout of £42,000, with the total for these payments hitting just over £4m.
According to IPSA accounts, a total of £1.3m was paid in severance to the 147 MPs who left the Commons in 2019.All these MPs will get this loss of payment in addition to the £21,500 winding-up payment, and former ministers may also get additional payouts from their relevant departments.
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