Jessica Lee MP steps down: 11 per cent of Tory women elected in 2010 have decided to leave Parliament

The Erewash MP’s departure raises serious question for the party on how to retain female MPs.

Toby Young’s Tories Before UKIP plan

In nearly every constituency, if not all of them, the best way to keep Labour out is to vote Conservative.

A quarter of the Tories’ new women MPs could stand down in 2015

Laura Sandys’ decision to resign is symptomatic of deep unhappiness among women MPs

Laura Sandys to stand down from South Thanet at the next election

One of the nicest people in politics prepares to leave Parliament.