Template:UKHouseofCommonsStateoftheParties-tablerows

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Party or group Seats
Conservative 303[1]
Liberal Democrat 56
Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group 359
Labour 257[2]
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[3] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
UKIP 2
Alliance[4] 1
Green 1
Respect 1
Independent[5] 3[6]
Speaker[7] 1
Total 650
Government working majority[8] 75<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 Féin (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. Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.
  5. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  6. Lady Sylvia Hermon, Eric Joyce and Mike Hancock.
  7. Does not vote except to break a tie; the Speaker is not a member of any party.
    • 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]