BAFF sends our best wishes to all previous Members of Parliament of any party who had served in HM Forces, and either retired or failed to win their contest at the recent General Election.
Following the General Election, Forces|Net have provided a list of new or returning MPs who have served in the armed forces. We've added one name, Angus MacDonald, whose election count was completed after publication of the Forces News article.
Mr MacDonald's election makes a total of 36 MPs, which - as Forces|Net say - is actually a reduction on the 2019 election, which saw 50 MPs with some armed forces background.
Conservative Party (17)
Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) - Officer, Royal Navy
Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) - Captain, Royal Tank Regiment
Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon) - Captain, Royal Yorkshire Regiment
David Davis (Goole and Pocklington) - Reservist, Special Air Service
David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East) - JNCO, Royal Marines
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) - Surgeon, Royal Navy
James Cleverly (Braintree) - Officer, Royal Artillery
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) - Royal Naval Reserve
Lincoln Jopp MC (Spelthorne) - Commanding Officer, Scots Guards
Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford) - Lieutenant, Royal Anglian Regiment
Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley) - Major, Royal Army Medical Corps
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) - Major, Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) - Honourable Artillery Company
Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) - Captain, Scots Guards
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) - Lieutenant, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire) - JNCO, Royal Green Jackets
Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling) - Lieutenant Colonel, Intelligence Corps
Labour Party (13)
Al Carns (Birmingham Selly Oak) - Colonel, Royal Marines
Alex Ballinger (Halesowen) - Officer, Royal Marines, two tours of Afghanistan
Bayo Alaba (Southend East & Rochford) - JNCO, Parachute Regiment, Army Reserve
Calvin Bailey (Leyton & Wanstead) - Pilot, Royal Air Force
Clive Lewis (Norwich South) - Officer, 7 Rifles, Army Reserve, tour of Afghanistan
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley North) - Major, Parachute Regiment
Fred Thomas (Plymouth Moor View) - Captain, Royal Marines
Helena Dollimore (Hastings & Rye) - Reservist
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Suffolk Coastal) - Reservist
Louise Jones (North East Derbyshire) - Officer, Intelligence Corps
Mike Tapp (Dover) - Analyst, Intelligence Corps, three tours
Paul Foster (South Ribble) - British Army, 15 years' service
Will Stone (Swindon North) - JNCO, The Rifles
Liberal Democrats (six)
Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury) - Royal Air Force, 25 years' service
Dr Mike Martin (Tunbridge Wells) - Army, multiple tours of Afghanistan
Helen Maguire (Epson and Ewell) - Captain, Royal Military Police
Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and East) - Private, Army Reserve
Richard Foord (Honiton and Sidmouth) - Major, Adjutant General's Corps, Educational and Training Services
Angus MacDonald (Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) - Lieutenant, Queen's Own Highlanders
Democratic Unionist Party (one)
Jim Shannon (Strangford) - JNCO, Ulster Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, Army Reserve