Template:UKHouseofCommonsStateoftheParties-tablerows

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Party or group Seats
Conservative 305
Liberal Democrat 57
Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group 362
Labour 255[1]
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[2] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
Green 1
Alliance[4] 1
Independent[5] 2[6]
Speaker and deputies[7] 4
Total 650
Government working majority[8] 83<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; includes any suspended MPs; does not include the Speaker and Speaker's Deputies (who do not usually vote) or Sinn Fein (which does not take the seats).
  1. Two Labour MPs act as Deputy Speakers so do not vote.
  2. Sinn Féin contests UK general elections but does not take the seats; therefore, its MPs do not vote or speak in the House of Commons.
  3. One MP has been suspended from the parliamentary party due to an expenses scandal but remains a Labour member.
  4. Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation; not counted as an opposition party in this table.
  5. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  6. Lady Sylvia Hermon and Eric Illsley.
  7. Do not normally vote.
    • Working majority [r]: In a parliamentary democracy, the number of politicians in the governing party minus those of all other parties combined, excluding those that do not normally vote. [e]