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  <td>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]</td><td>306</td>
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]||306
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|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]||57
  <td>[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]</td><td>57</td>
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|Conservative-Liberal Democrat<br>[[coalition government|coalition]] group'''||'''363'''
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  <td>Conservative-Liberal Democrat<br>[[coalition government|coalition]] group'''</td><td>'''363'''</td>
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]||257 (258)<ref>One MP has been [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8691861.stm suspended from the parliamentary party] due to an expenses scandal but remains a Labour member.</ref>
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|[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]||8
  <td>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]</td><td>257 (258)<ref>One MP has been [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8691861.stm suspended from the parliamentary party] due to an expenses scandal but remains a Labour member.</ref></td>
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|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]||6
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  <td>[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]</td><td>8</td>
|[[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
  <td>[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]</td><td>6</td>
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|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]]||3
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  <td>[[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></td><td>5</td>
|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]||1
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|[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation; not counted as an opposition party in this table.</ref>||1
  <td>[[Plaid Cymru]]</td><td>3</td>
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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>||1
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|[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]] <!--and deputies--><ref>Do not normally vote.</ref>||1
  <td>[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]</td><td>1</td>
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  <td>[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation; not counted as an opposition party in this table.</ref></td><td>1</td>
|'''Total'''||650
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|'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref>||84<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; assumes that the Alliance Party abstains; 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).
  <td>[[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></td><td>1</td>
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  <td>[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]] <!--and deputies--><ref>Do not normally vote.</ref></td><td>1</td>
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  <td>'''Total'''</td><td>650</td>
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  <td>'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref></td><td>84<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; assumes that the Alliance Party abstains; 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).</td>
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Revision as of 00:15, 28 May 2010

Party or group Seats
Conservative 306
Liberal Democrat 57
Conservative-Liberal Democrat
coalition group		 363
Labour 257 (258)[1]
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[2] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
Green 1
Alliance[3] 1
Independent[4] 1
Speaker [5] 1
Total 650
Government working majority[6] 84<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; assumes that the Alliance Party abstains; 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. ↑ One MP has been suspended from the parliamentary party due to an expenses scandal but remains a Labour member.
  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. ↑ Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation; not counted as an opposition party in this table.
  4. ↑ Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  5. ↑ Do not normally vote.
  6. ↑
    • 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]
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