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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>[[Eric Illsley]] resigned in January 2011 after an admission of expenses fraud; [[Gerry Adams]] resigned in the same month to contest a seat in the forthcoming [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] general election.<ref> | |Vacant<ref>Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a [[by-election]] or general election.</ref>||2<ref>[[Eric Illsley]] resigned in January 2011 after an admission of expenses fraud; [[Gerry Adams]] resigned in the same month to contest a seat in the forthcoming [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] general election.</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 12:41, 21 February 2011
| Party or group | Seats |
|---|---|
| Conservative | 305[1] |
| Liberal Democrat | 57 |
| Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group | 362 |
| Labour | 254[2] |
| DUP | 8 |
| SNP | 6 |
| Sinn Féin[3] | 4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 |
| SDLP | 3 |
| Green | 1 |
| Alliance[4] | 1 |
| Independent[5] | 2[6] |
| Speaker and deputies[7] | 4 |
| Vacant[8] | 2[9] |
| Total | 650 |
| Government working majority[10] | 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.
- ↑ Two Labour MPs act as Deputy Speakers, so do not vote. Denis MacShane has been suspended from the parliamentary party, so is counted as an independent.
- ↑ 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 and Denis MacShane.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a by-election or general election.
- ↑ Eric Illsley resigned in January 2011 after an admission of expenses fraud; Gerry Adams resigned in the same month to contest a seat in the forthcoming Irish general election.
- ↑
- 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]