Armed Forces: Resignations

(asked on 5th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have left the armed forces from September 2015 to September 2020, by parliamentary constituency.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 12th October 2020

The information requested is shown in the table below:

Parliamentary Constituency

1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016

1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017

1 July 2017 - 30 June 2018

1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019

1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020

Total

16,080

14,980

14,860

14,880

14,310

Unknown*

8,260

480

470

470

520

Aberavon

-

-

~

-

-

Aberdeen North

10

10

10

~

10

Aldershot

190

420

440

340

270

Aldridge-Brownhills

-

~

-

-

-

Alyn and Deeside

10

~

~

10

~

Angus

40

80

70

70

60

Arfon

~

~

-

~

-

Argyll and Bute

120

230

300

320

290

Ashford

~

~

~

~

~

Ashton-under-Lyne

10

10

10

10

~

Aylesbury

100

250

260

270

290

Ayr

~

~

~

~

-

Banbury

20

60

80

90

60

Banff and Buchan

-

10

-

~

~

Barnsley Central

~

10

~

~

~

Barrow and Furness

-

~

~

10

~

Bath

~

10

10

~

~

Batley and Spen

~

-

~

-

-

Battersea

~

~

~

~

-

Bedford

10

~

~

-

~

Belfast East

20

~

10

10

10

Belfast North

-

~

~

~

-

Belfast South

10

10

~

10

10

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

~

10

~

~

~

Berwickshire

~

-

~

-

-

Berwick-upon-Tweed

20

30

30

40

40

Beverley and Holderness

20

40

70

80

40

Bexleyheath and Crayford

10

~

10

~

~

Birkenhead

10

~

~

~

10

Birmingham

50

60

70

70

80

Bishop Auckland

~

~

~

10

10

Blackburn

10

~

10

~

~

Blackpool South

~

-

~

-

-

Blaenau Gwent

~

~

-

~

~

Blyth Valley

10

~

~

10

10

Bolton South East

~

10

~

10

~

Bootle

~

~

~

~

~

Bournemouth East

~

~

-

~

-

Bournemouth West

~

-

-

~

~

Bracknell

20

60

50

50

70

Braintree

~

~

-

-

-

Brecon and Radnorshire

30

50

50

40

20

Brent North

~

~

~

~

~

Brentwood and Ongar

10

~

~

~

~

Bridgend

~

~

~

~

~

Brighton

10

10

~

10

~

Bristol North West

10

10

10

10

10

Bristol South

~

10

10

~

10

Bristol West

20

20

30

30

30

Broxtowe

90

180

130

120

100

Burton

~

~

~

-

-

Bury North

~

~

~

~

~

Bury St Edmunds

120

240

240

260

290

Caithness

~

-

-

~

~

Camborne and Redruth

-

~

~

~

~

Cambridge

~

10

~

~

~

Cannock Chase

~

~

~

10

10

Canterbury

10

10

10

10

~

Cardiff Central

40

20

20

20

20

Cardiff North

~

10

~

~

~

Cardiff South and Penarth

-

-

-

~

-

Carlisle

~

~

~

~

-

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

~

~

~

~

~

Central Ayrshire

10

10

10

~

10

Ceredigion

-

~

~

-

~

Channel Islands

-

~

~

~

~

Charnwood

-

~

-

-

-

Chatham and Aylesford

-

~

~

-

~

Chelmsford

~

10

10

~

~

Chelsea and Fulham

~

~

10

10

~

Cheltenham

10

20

30

20

30

Chesterfield

~

~

~

~

~

Chichester

30

80

60

80

60

Chippenham

20

60

30

50

40

Chipping Barnet

~

~

~

~

~

Chorley

~

10

~

~

~

Christchurch

-

-

-

~

~

Cities of London and Westminster

70

160

200

160

160

City of Chester

40

80

60

70

60

City of Durham

~

~

~

~

~

Clwyd West

10

~

10

~

~

Colchester

120

230

260

260

200

Corby

~

-

~

~

-

Coventry North West

~

~

~

~

~

Coventry South

10

10

~

10

10

Crawley

~

~

~

~

10

Croydon Central

10

10

~

~

~

Croydon North

~

~

~

~

~

Cumbernauld

~

~

~

~

~

Darlington

~

10

10

~

~

Derby North

~

10

10

~

~

Derby South

~

~

-

~

-

Devizes

510

1090

1040

1040

1000

Doncaster Central

10

10

10

10

10

Dudley North

~

~

~

~

~

Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

-

~

Dundee East

20

10

~

10

10

Dundee West

~

~

~

~

~

Dunfermline and West Fife

10

20

20

20

20

Ealing

~

~

~

~

-

Ealing Central and Acton

-

-

-

~

-

East Devon

160

260

350

310

580

East Hampshire

~

~

10

10

10

East Kilbride

~

~

~

~

~

East Surrey

-

-

-

~

-

East Yorkshire

~

~

~

-

-

Eastbourne

~

~

~

-

-

Edinburgh East

-

~

~

~

~

Edinburgh North and Leith

10

10

10

10

10

Edinburgh South

~

~

10

~

~

Edinburgh South West

40

120

120

120

100

Edinburgh West

~

~

40

40

20

Ellesmere Port and Neston

~

~

-

~

~

Epsom and Ewell

~

~

~

~

~

Exeter

20

20

20

20

10

Fareham

~

10

10

10

10

Feltham and Heston

30

50

60

40

20

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

-

~

~

~

~

Filton and Bradley Stoke

60

100

100

90

100

Folkestone and Hythe

~

10

10

~

~

Forest of Dean

30

50

80

70

40

Foyle

~

~

~

~

~

Fylde

30

80

60

60

30

Gainsborough

10

20

30

20

20

Garston and Halewood

~

10

~

~

~

Gateshead

10

20

~

10

10

Gedling

~

~

~

~

~

Glasgow Central

90

100

100

90

70

Glasgow East

10

10

10

~

~

Glasgow North

10

10

10

10

10

Glasgow North West

10

~

~

10

~

Glasgow South

~

10

~

~

~

Glasgow South West

10

10

10

10

10

Glenrothes

~

-

-

~

~

Gloucester

10

10

~

10

10

Gosport

70

160

200

180

150

Gower

~

~

~

~

-

Grantham and Stamford

20

20

20

30

30

Great Grimsby

10

~

~

~

10

Greenwich and Woolwich

50

70

90

90

110

Guildford

-

-

~

-

~

Hackney South and Shoreditch

10

10

10

10

10

Halton

-

~

-

~

~

Hammersmith

10

10

10

10

~

Hampstead and Kilburn

~

~

~

~

~

Harborough

~

~

~

~

~

Harrogate and Knaresborough

90

250

260

290

330

Hartlepool

~

~

~

-

~

Hendon

-

~

~

~

~

Henley

50

80

90

110

80

Hereford and South Herefordshire

~

~

-

~

-

Hertford and Stortford

~

~

-

-

~

Hexham

30

60

70

50

40

Hitchin and Harpenden

~

-

~

-

-

Holborn and St Pancras

20

40

30

40

20

Hornsey and Wood Green

~

10

~

~

~

Huddersfield

~

10

~

~

~

Ilford South

10

~

~

~

~

Inverness

30

60

60

70

50

Ipswich

10

10

~

~

10

Isle of Wight

~

-

-

-

-

Islington South and Finsbury

10

10

10

10

10

Jarrow

10

-

10

~

-

Kenilworth and Southam

~

10

10

10

10

Kingston and Surbiton

~

~

~

~

~

Kingston upon Hull North

~

~

~

~

-

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

20

20

10

10

10

Knowsley

~

10

10

10

10

Lagan Valley

30

100

110

120

90

Lanark and Hamilton East

~

~

-

~

~

Lancaster and Fleetwood

~

~

10

10

~

Leeds Central

20

20

20

30

10

Leeds North East

-

-

~

-

-

Leicester East

-

~

~

~

10

Leicester South

~

~

~

~

10

Lewisham East

~

10

20

10

10

Leyton and Wanstead

~

~

-

-

~

Lichfield

10

30

50

50

40

Lincoln

100

180

200

180

190

Linlithgow and East Falkirk

~

~

~

~

~

Liverpool

40

40

40

40

40

Livingston

10

~

~

10

10

Llanelli

-

~

-

-

-

Loughborough

~

-

10

~

~

Louth and Horncastle

40

150

130

140

140

Luton South

~

~

-

-

-

Maidenhead

-

~

-

-

-

Maidstone and The Weald

20

50

30

20

20

Manchester

20

20

20

20

20

Manchester Central

10

~

~

~

~

Mansfield

-

-

-

~

~

Meon Valley

10

30

30

30

30

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

-

~

~

~

~

Mid Bedfordshire

40

80

80

90

70

Mid Dorset and North Poole

-

-

~

-

-

Mid Norfolk

10

40

30

30

50

Middlesbrough

10

~

10

~

10

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

~

~

~

~

~

Midlothian

30

70

60

60

40

Milton Keynes North

~

~

~

~

~

Milton Keynes South

~

10

10

10

~

Mitcham and Morden

~

~

~

~

~

Mole Valley

~

10

10

~

~

Monmouth

~

~

~

~

10

Moray

100

200

210

180

200

Motherwell and Wishaw

~

~

~

~

~

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

~

~

-

-

-

New Forest East

30

50

60

30

50

Newark

~

-

~

-

-

Newbury

20

20

30

30

30

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

10

20

20

20

20

Newcastle upon Tyne East

20

10

10

10

20

Newcastle-under-Lyme

~

~

-

-

-

Newport West

10

10

10

10

10

Normanton

~

~

~

~

~

North Antrim

-

-

~

~

-

North Cornwall

~

~

10

~

~

North Devon

40

80

90

100

70

North Dorset

50

90

70

70

50

North Down

40

70

50

20

20

North Durham

~

-

-

~

~

North East Derbyshire

~

-

-

-

-

North East Fife

40

60

60

80

70

North East Hampshire

60

110

120

100

100

North East Somerset

10

10

20

10

10

North Herefordshire

40

80

80

110

80

North Norfolk

~

~

-

-

-

North Shropshire

40

90

80

90

70

North Thanet

~

10

10

~

10

North West Cambridgeshire

70

120

130

150

140

North West Durham

~

-

-

-

-

North West Hampshire

50

90

90

90

90

North West Norfolk

10

10

20

20

10

North Wiltshire

80

180

180

190

140

Northampton South

~

10

~

10

~

Norwich North

~

~

10

~

~

Norwich South

-

-

-

~

-

Nottingham East

-

~

~

~

-

Nottingham North

10

10

10

10

10

Nottingham South

~

-

-

~

~

Orkney and Shetland

~

~

-

-

-

Oxford East

~

~

10

~

~

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

10

~

~

~

~

Penrith and The Border

~

10

10

10

~

Perth and North Perthshire

10

10

~

10

10

Peterborough

~

-

~

~

~

Plymouth

270

520

540

520

440

Pontypridd

~

~

~

~

~

Poole

30

60

60

60

60

Poplar and Limehouse

10

10

10

10

10

Portsmouth North

70

100

80

90

80

Portsmouth South

240

520

490

560

490

Preseli Pembrokeshire

20

40

30

30

30

Preston

10

10

~

~

~

Pudsey

~

10

10

10

~

Putney

20

10

20

10

10

Reading East

-

-

~

-

-

Reading West

~

~

10

10

10

Redcar

-

-

-

~

-

Redditch

~

~

10

~

~

Reigate

~

-

-

-

~

Richmond (Yorks)

610

1240

1120

1060

1230

Rochester and Strood

20

40

40

50

30

Rochford and Southend East

~

-

-

-

-

Romsey and Southampton North

20

30

40

30

30

Rotherham

~

~

~

~

~

Rugby

20

60

50

60

20

Rushcliffe

-

-

~

~

10

Rutherglen and Hamilton West

~

-

-

~

-

Rutland and Melton

80

190

160

190

120

Saffron Walden

40

70

50

70

70

Salford and Eccles

10

10

~

10

10

Salisbury

20

30

20

30

20

Scarborough and Whitby

~

-

-

-

-

Scunthorpe

~

10

~

~

10

Sedgefield

10

10

10

~

~

Sefton Central

~

~

~

~

~

Sevenoaks

-

~

-

-

~

Sheffield

20

10

10

10

10

Sheffield Central

~

~

~

~

-

Shrewsbury and Atcham

30

50

10

~

~

Skipton and Ripon

40

80

110

120

100

Sleaford and North Hykeham

80

140

120

130

120

South Antrim

20

40

40

50

30

South Cambridgeshire

~

~

~

~

10

South Dorset

30

70

80

90

70

South Down

-

~

-

-

~

South East Cambridgeshire

-

~

~

~

~

South East Cornwall

90

180

170

210

240

South Northamptonshire

-

~

-

-

-

South Shields

10

~

~

~

~

South Swindon

10

10

10

~

20

South West Devon

20

40

50

40

30

South West Hertfordshire

50

90

80

80

80

South West Norfolk

60

110

120

160

140

South West Surrey

~

~

~

~

~

South West Wiltshire

50

120

110

120

120

Southampton

30

20

20

10

20

St Austell and Newquay

10

10

30

20

20

St Helens South and Whiston

~

~

~

~

~

St Ives

60

110

130

100

110

Stafford

50

130

130

140

110

Stevenage

-

-

-

-

~

Stirling

30

50

30

10

10

Stockport

~

-

-

-

~

Stockton North

~

~

~

10

~

Stockton South

~

-

-

-

-

Stoke-on-Trent Central

~

~

~

~

~

Stoke-on-Trent North

~

-

-

-

-

Stoke-on-Trent South

10

10

~

~

~

Stourbridge

~

~

~

~

-

Strangford

~

~

~

~

~

Streatham

~

10

10

10

~

Stretford and Urmston

10

-

~

-

~

Stroud

-

-

~

-

-

Suffolk Coastal

20

40

30

40

40

Sunderland Central

~

10

~

10

10

Surrey Heath

50

90

80

70

70

Sutton Coldfield

-

~

-

-

-

Swansea East

10

~

~

~

~

Swansea West

~

~

10

~

~

Taunton Deane

30

80

60

80

60

Telford

10

10

10

10

~

Tewkesbury

20

60

60

50

40

The Cotswolds

30

30

40

30

20

The Wrekin

50

80

130

150

120

Thirsk and Malton

40

60

60

60

60

Tooting

~

~

~

~

~

Torbay

~

~

~

~

~

Torfaen

~

~

~

~

10

Totnes

10

20

20

30

30

Truro and Falmouth

~

~

-

~

~

Tunbridge Wells

~

~

~

-

~

Twickenham

~

~

~

~

~

Tynemouth

~

10

~

~

~

Upper Bann

~

~

~

~

~

Uxbridge and South Ruislip

30

70

70

80

70

Vale of Clwyd

~

-

-

-

-

Vale of Glamorgan

40

70

70

60

70

Vauxhall

~

-

~

10

~

Wakefield

10

10

~

20

~

Walsall South

~

~

~

~

~

Wantage

80

150

120

130

140

Warley

~

~

~

~

10

Warrington North

10

~

~

~

10

Waveney

-

-

-

~

-

Wells

-

-

-

~

-

West Bromwich East

~

~

~

~

~

West Dorset

~

10

~

~

-

West Dunbartonshire

~

10

-

~

~

West Ham

~

~

~

~

10

West Suffolk

-

-

-

~

-

Wigan

10

~

-

~

~

Winchester

70

160

130

150

210

Windsor

40

110

120

120

80

Witney

160

290

280

320

320

Woking

280

480

470

410

500

Wokingham

~

~

-

~

~

Wolverhampton North East

10

10

10

10

10

Worcester

~

~

~

~

~

Workington

~

~

~

~

~

Wrexham

~

10

~

-

~

Wycombe

~

~

~

~

~

Wyre and Preston North

40

120

100

80

80

Wyre Forest

-

-

-

-

~

Yeovil

170

280

280

310

250

Ynys Mon

10

10

20

20

20

York Central

20

70

50

60

50

York Outer

20

20

20

20

20

* Unknown include personnel who did not have a recorded instance of Parliamentary Constituency prior to leaving the Armed Forces.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in ‘5’ rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. In order to protect personal information governed by Data Protection Legislation, numbers less than 5 have been supplemented with a tilde (~).

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