Template:UK House of Commons composition

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Affiliation Members
Elected in 2019[1] Current[2] Change
Conservative 365 346 Decrease 19
Labour[a] 202 201 Decrease 1
SNP 48 43 Decrease 5
Liberal Democrats 11 15 Increase 4
DUP 8 7 Decrease 1
Sinn Féin 7 7 Steady
Plaid Cymru 4 3 Decrease 1
SDLP 2 2 Steady
Alba N/A[b] 2[c] Increase 2
Green 1 1 Steady
Alliance 1 1 Steady
Workers Party N/A[b] 1 Increase 1
Reform UK 0 1 Increase 1
Speaker 1 1 Steady
Independent 0 18[d] Increase 18
Total 650 649 Decrease 1
Voting total[e] 639 637 Decrease 2[f]
Vacant 0 1 Increase 1
Government majority 87 49[2] Decrease 38
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For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see By-elections and Defections, suspensions and resignations.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Includes MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[3]
  2. ^ a b At the time of the 2019 election this party did not exist.
  3. ^ Both of the Alba Party's MPs were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[4]
  4. ^ Eight were elected as Conservative MPs at the 2019 general election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and now sits as an independent. The remaining 10 independent MPs all come from the opposition benches.
  5. ^ The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[5] the Speaker and deputy speakers (currently three Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[6]
  6. ^ Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con, Chair of Ways and Means) was on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con) has served as an additional acting Deputy Speaker since.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Election 2019: Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "State of the parties". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ "About". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ Webster, Laura (27 March 2021). "MP Kenny MacAskill quits SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba Party". The National. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 25 July 2018.[dead link]
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