Geoff Hoon to stand down as MP at election

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7023278.ece

This former defense secretary is resign from Parliament when the elections are called this year. He had been an MP since 1992. Hoon, along with fellow MP Patricia Hewitt, launched a failed coup earlier in the year, and are still dealing with the fallout from angry activists.

They called for a secret vote on Brown's leadership, but met humiliation and defeat when they only receives support for a couple Labour MPs.

He quit "Government" last June, but expressed a wish to be UK's EU commissioner. He did not receive support from Brown.