Farewell to William Hague - and the 85 other MPs standing down
William Hague is standing down as an MP after an illustrious 25 year career in the House of Commons.
Looking back on his time in politics, in an interview with the BBC's Norman Smith, the former foreign secretary and Conservative Party leader said he had few regrets, other than losing the 2001 general election.
"I'm not one for having a lot of regrets but I do regret that we didn't get things back together again faster in the Conservative Party," he added.
But Mr Hague is far from alone in seeking a new role, away from the famous green benches, after 7 May's general election.
A total of 86 MPs have announced their intention to stand down, according to BBC Analysis and Research.
It might sound like a lot, out of 650 MPs, but it is a long way short of the total in 2010, when 149 MPs headed for the exit in the biggest Commons clear-out in history, in the wake of the expenses scandal.
A total of 17 former cabinet ministers - 12 Labour and five Conservative - are standing down at this election.
The departure of Mr Hague, Sir George Young and Stephen Dorrell takes the number of John Major cabinet survivors down to three: Ken Clarke, Peter Lilley, (who both served under Margaret Thatcher as well) and John Redwood.
Three female Conservative MPs, all elected in 2010, have announced they will retire. This constitutes 6% of female Tory MPs. In all, seven of the 2010 Tory intake will stand down after a single term.
High profile Tory retirees include former health secretary Andrew Lansley, Sir George Young and Sir Peter Tapsell, the Father of the House, who was first elected to the Commons in 1959. He has clocked up 54 years on the green benches, with a two year break from the Commons in the mid-1960s, making him one of the longest-serving MPs in British history.
Former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rikfind, who now sits as an independent. after having the Tory Whip withdrawn, is also standing down.
The retirements on the Labour side leave only three members of Tony Blair's first cabinet - Nick Brown, Margaret Beckett and Harriet Harman - in the Commons, assuming they manage to retain their seats.
High profile Labour retirees include former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ex-cabinet ministers Alistair Darling, David Blunkett and Dame Tessa Jowell.
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who has had the Labour whip suspended, and who now sits as an independent, is also standing down.
Eleven women, 16% of Labour's female MPs are standing down, although in contrast to the Conservatives, they are all long-serving MPs.
A total of 10 Liberal Democrats, including two women, are standing down. Retirees include former leader Sir Menzies Campbell and former minister Jeremy Browne.
Here is the full list of MPs standing down in 2015:
Stephen O'Brien, Eddisbury
Francis Maude, Horsham
Mark Hoban, Fareham
Sir Hugh Robertson, Faversham and Mid Kent
Robert Walter, North Dorset
Stephen Dorrell, Charnwood
Sir Richard Shepherd, Aldridge Brownhills
Andrew Robathan, South Leicestershire
Sir Tony Baldry, Banbury
Chris Kelly, Dudley South
Brooks Newmark, Braintree
Mark Simmonds, Boston and Skegness
David Ruffley, Bury St Edmunds
Dan Byles, North Warwickshire
Andrew Lansley, South Cambridgeshire
Greg Barker, Bexhill and Battle
David Willetts, Havant
William Hague, Richmond
Sir John Randall, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
James Clappison, Hertsmere
Mike Weatherley, Hove
Sir Peter Tapsell, Louth and Horncastle
Aidan Burley, Cannock Chase
Tim Yeo, South Suffolk (deselected)
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Kensington (whip withdrawn)
Sir George Young, North West Hampshire
Laura Sandys, South Thanet
Jessica Lee, Erewash
Lorraine Fullbrook, Ribble South
Brian Binley, Northampton North
Sir Jim Paice, South East Cambridgeshire
Charles Hendry, Wealden
Jonathan Evans, Cardiff North
Richard Ottaway, Croydon South
Peter Luff, Mid Worcestershire
Sir John Stanley, Tonbridge and Malling
James Arbuthnot, North East Hampshire
Linda Riordan, Halifax
Paul Murphy, Torfaen
Andy Love, Edmonton
Dave Watts, St Helens North
Sir Hugh Bayley, York Central
Gordon Brown, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Alistair Darling, Edinburgh South West
Frank Dobson, Holborn and St Pancras
Sir Tony Cunningham, Workington
David Blunkett, Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough
Joe Benton, Bootle
Peter Hain, Neath
Gerry Sutcliffe, Bradford South
Austin Mitchell, Great Grimsby
David Heyes, Ashton-under-Lyne
Mike Wood, Batley and Spen
Sian James, Swansea East
Hazel Blears, Salford and Eccles
Meg Munn, Sheffield Heeley
Anne McGuire, Stirling
Andrew Miller, Ellesmere Port & Neston
Hywel Francis, Aberavon
Dame Tessa Jowell, Dulwich and West Norwood
Joan Walley, Stoke on Trent North
Shaun Woodward, St Helen's South
Lindsay Roy, Glenrothes
Jack Straw, Blackburn (whip withdrawn)
Frank Doran, Aberdeen North
George Mudie, Leeds East
Nick Raynsford, Greenwich and Woolwich
Dame Joan Ruddock, Lewisham Deptford
Bob Ainsworth, Coventry North East
Martin Caton, Gower
Dawn Primarolo, Bristol South
John Denham, Southampton Itchen
Jackson, Glenda, Hampstead & Kilburn
Dai Havard, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Jeremy Browne, Taunton Deane
Ian Swales, Redcar
Don Foster, Bath
David Heath, Somerton and Frome
Sir Menzies Campbell, North East Fife
Sir Andrew Stunell, Hazel Grove
Sarah Teather, Brent Central
Sir Malcolm Bruce, Gordon
Sir Alan Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Annette Brooke, Mid Dorset and North Poole
Elfyn Llwyd, Dwyfor Meirionnyd
Eric Joyce, Falkirk (formerly Labour)