Template:2019–2024 UK House of Commons composition
This table relates to the composition of the House of Commons at the 2019 general election and its dissolution on 30 May 2024 and summarises the changes in party affiliation that took place during the 2019–2024 Parliament.
| Affiliation | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected in 2019[1] |
At dissolution in 2024[2][3][4][a] |
Difference | ||
| Conservative | 365 | 344 |  21
| |
| Labour[b] | 202 | 205 |  3
| |
| SNP | 48 | 43 | 5
| |
| Independent | 0 | 17[c] | 17
| |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 15 | 4
| |
| DUP | 8 | 7 | 1
| |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | 
| |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | 1
| |
| SDLP | 2 | 2 |
| |
| Alba | Did not exist | 2[d] | 2
| |
| Alliance (NI) | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Green (E&W) | 1 | 1 |
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| Speaker | 1 | 1 |
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| Reform UK[e] | 0 | 1 | 1
| |
| Workers Party | Did not exist | 1 | 1
| |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 |
| |
| Total | 650 | 650 |
| |
| Total voting[f] | 639 | 638 | 1[g]
| |
| Majority | 87 | 44[11] | 43
| |
Notes
[edit]- ^ On 29 May 2024, the UK Parliamentary website stated there were 345 Conservative MPs and 205 Labour MPs. However it describes Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Mark Logan as Labour and Conservative MPs respectively at the time of dissolution, despite Logan having defected from the Conservatives and Rusell-Moyle having lost the Labour Party whip prior to dissolution.[5][6]
- ^ Includes 24 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[7]
- ^ At the time of the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, eight of the independent MPs had been elected as Conservatives at the 2019 general election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and for the remainder of the 2019–2024 Parliament sat as an independent. The remaining nine independent MPs all came from the opposition benches.
- ^ Both of the Alba Party's MPs, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[8]
- ^ Known as the Brexit Party at the 2019 election.
- ^ In 2019-24, the seven members of Sinn Féin followed a policy of abstentionism. They did not swear into the house, and did not take part in its formal processes (to do so would have compelled a by-election).[9] The speaker and deputy speakers (at this Parliament's dissolution, three Conservative and one Labour) by convention exercise only a casting vote.[10]
- ^ Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con., Chair of Ways and Means) was on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con.) served as an additional acting deputy speaker from December 2022 until the end of the Parliament.
References
[edit]- ^ "Election 2019: Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "State of the parties". UK Parliament. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Jon Craig (30 May 2024). "Conservative Mark Logan defects to Labour - saying 'we need a new government'". Sky News. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Jennifer McKiernan and Charlotte Wright (29 May 2024). "Labour suspends MP Russell-Moyle over complaint". Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lloyd Russell-Moyle". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Mark Logan". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "About: Members of Parliament". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Webster, Laura (27 March 2021). "MP Kenny MacAskill quits SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba Party". The National. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Zodgekar, Ketaki; Baker, Finn (8 May 2024). "What is the government's current working majority?". Institute for Government. Retrieved 10 May 2024.