About 50 Labour seats are expected to be vacant by the time the party’s conference comes around. At least 24 are currently expecting to lose their MP through resignation and the number is to double as the exodus following the expenses scandal and the imminent regime change looms. A study by Commons Library officials estimates that, depending on the swing at the election, as many as 400 MPs will be first-timers at the next poll.
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