| SHADBOLT | Invercargill's longest serving mayor, who lost his seat in 2022 (8) |
| GRANT | Mr Schapps, MP who lost his seat in the last election (5) |
| DALEY | Surname shared by Chicago's two longest-serving mayors |
| GEORGEGALLOWAY | Scottish politician who lost his seat five months after winning it in Rochdale (6,8) |
| HOKE | Congressman Martin ___, who lost his seat to Dennis Kucinich in 1996 |
| ABEBEAME | New York City mayor who was born in London |
| CHAIRMAN | He may well have gained his seat by election (8) |
| ANIMATES | I show the man to his seat and he gives life to the proceedings (8) |
| MONTCALM | The French commander who lost his life during the defence of Quebec in September 1759 (8) |
| ENDANGER | Threaten to finish park officer who lost his head (8) |
| USHER | He takes his seat in the Dail without ever being elected! (5) |
| REICHSTAG | Earl with his seat in wealthy, men-only parliament (9) |
| STROM | Lindsey took his seat in 2003 |
| PREVIEW | Minister, one in his seat, gets screening in advance (7) |
| BONO | U2 singer who lost his voice in Berlin in September (4) |
| COLEMANOLD | Five-term mayor who died in 1997 |
| PAUL | Erinsborough mayor who was tricked into thinking he had terminal cancer (4,8) |
| CATH | Former Governor-General and Auckland Mayor who died in 2021 (4,6) |
| TIZARD | Former Governor-General and Auckland Mayor who died in 2021 (4,6) |
| MARION | Washington, D.C., mayor who authored Mayor for Life (2014) (6) |
