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On 2 March 1624, a resolution was passed by the House of Commons making it illegal for an MP to quit or wilfully give up their seat. Believing that officers of the Crown could not remain impartial, the House passed a resolution on 30 December 1680 stating that an MP who "shall accept any Office, or Place of Profit, from the Crown, without the Leave of this House ... shall be expelled [from] this House." However, MPs were able to hold Crown Stewardships until 1740, when Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn was deemed to have vacated his Commons seat after becoming Steward of the Lordship and Manor of Bromfield and Yale. [1] The practice of leaving the house when appointed as a minister of crown would result in a ministerial by-election until the early 20th century when this requirement was removed for most substantive offices. [ citation needed] Eric William Pulford (Leeds, 8 August 1915 - 30 July 2005) by Sim Branaghan, theguardian.com, 15 September 2005. Resignation after being handed draft results of investigation into allegations he misled Parliament over Partygate. [107] Politics – Blair resigns as Prime Minister". British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017 . Retrieved 23 January 2009. The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.Three Hundreds of Chiltern: John Mann". 28 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.

Independent Expert Panel parliamentary watchdog recommended he be suspended for "serious sexual misconduct". [103] Joyce Carey, OBE (30 March 1898 – 28 February 1993) was an English actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Millar, Mary S. (2004). "Oxford DNB article:Earle, Ralph Astruther (subscription needed)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol.1 (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/55742 . Retrieved 24 January 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) For the family's long-serving, loyal and true-blue butler Beecham, however, it all proves too much to handle... Additional details UK certificate U Duration 84 minutes UK release September 1949 Distributors Oxford DNB article:Labouchere, Henry (subscription needed)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/15838 . Retrieved 24 January 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Oxford DNB article:Maguire, John Francis (subscription needed)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/17792 . Retrieved 24 January 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Found the workload of Parliament to be incompatible with his legal work in Liverpool and his wife's long-term illness. [31] A number of other offices were subsequently used for resignation, but only the Chiltern Hundreds and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are still in use. [1] Appointees to the Chiltern Hundreds are alternated with the Manor of Northstead, allowing two MPs to resign at once. When more than two MPs resign, such as the 1985 walkout of Ulster Unionist MPs, appointees are dismissed after a few hours to allow other resigning MPs to take their place. [1] The Parliamentary Information Office has produced a list of those appointed to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds since 1850. [2] Key [ edit ] Party