Template:UKHouseofCommonsStateoftheParties-tablerows

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Party or group Seats
Conservative 305[1]
Liberal Democrat 57
Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group 362
Labour 253
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[2] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
Green 1
Alliance[3] 1
Respect 1
Independent[4] 3[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).
  1. One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.
  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.
  4. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  5. Lady Sylvia Hermon, Denis MacShane and Eric Joyce.
  6. 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]