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|''Conservative-Liberal Democrat [[coalition government|coalition]] group''||''362'' | |''Conservative-Liberal Democrat [[coalition government|coalition]] group''||''362'' | ||
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|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|| | |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]||256 | ||
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|[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]||8 | |[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]||8 | ||
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|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]||6 | |[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]||6 | ||
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|[[Sinn Féin]]<ref>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.</ref>|| | |[[Sinn Féin]]<ref>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.</ref>||5 | ||
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|[[Plaid Cymru]]||3 | |[[Plaid Cymru]]||3 | ||
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|[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.</ref>||1 | |[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.</ref>||1 | ||
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|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.</ref>|| | |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.</ref>||1<ref>Lady [[Sylvia Hermon]].</ref> | ||
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|[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]] and deputies<ref>Do not normally vote; the Speaker is not a member of any party, while the Deputies can maintain membership but are not involved in party political activities.</ref>||4 | |[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]] and deputies<ref>Do not normally vote; the Speaker is not a member of any party, while the Deputies can maintain membership but are not involved in party political activities.</ref>||4 | ||
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|Vacant<ref>Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a [[by-election]] or general election.</ref>||2<ref>[[Gerry Adams]] resigned in January 2011 to contest a seat in the forthcoming [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] general election; [[Eric Illsley]] resigned the following month after an admission of expenses fraud.</ref> | |Vacant<ref>Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a [[by-election]] or general election.</ref>||2<ref>[[Gerry Adams]] resigned in January 2011 to contest a seat in the forthcoming [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] general election; [[Eric Illsley]] resigned the following month after an admission of expenses fraud.</ref> | ||
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|'''Total'''||650 | |'''Total'''||650 | ||
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|'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref>||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). | |'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref>||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). | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 24 August 2011
| Party or group | Seats |
|---|---|
| Conservative | 305[1] |
| Liberal Democrat | 57 |
| Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group | 362 |
| Labour | 256 |
| DUP | 8 |
| SNP | 6 |
| Sinn Féin[2] | 5 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 |
| SDLP | 3 |
| Green | 1 |
| Alliance[3] | 1 |
| Independent[4] | 1[5] |
| Speaker and deputies[6] | 4 |
| Total | 650 |
| Government working majority[7] | 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). |
- ↑ One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.
- ↑ Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
- ↑ Lady Sylvia Hermon.
- ↑ Do not normally vote; the Speaker is not a member of any party, while the Deputies can maintain membership but are not involved in party political activities.
- ↑
- 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]