Template:UKHouseofCommonsStateoftheParties-tablerows

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Party or group Seats
Conservative 305[1]
Liberal Democrat 57
Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group 362
Labour 255[2]
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[3] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
Green 1
Alliance[5] 1
Independent[6] 2[7]
Speaker and deputies[8] 4
Total 650
Government working majority[9] 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. One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.
  2. Two Labour MPs act as Deputy Speakers, so do not vote.
  3. 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.
  4. One MP has been suspended from the parliamentary party due to an expenses scandal but remains a Labour member.
  5. Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.
  6. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  7. Lady Sylvia Hermon and Eric Illsley.
  8. 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]