Sessional Information Digest: 1997-98
SECTION E1
STATE OF THE PARTIES
| |
| After the General Election, 1 May 1997 |
| |
| Labour | 418 | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3 |
| | (Messrs Hume, Mallon & McGrady) |
| Conservative | 165 |
| | Ulster Democratic Unionist Party | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | (Messrs Paisley & Robinson) |
| |
| Ulster Unionists | 10 | Sinn Fein | 2 |
| (Messrs Beggs, Donaldson, Forsythe, | | (Messrs Adams & McGuinness)* |
| Maginnis, Ross, Smyth, Taylor, Thompson, |
| Trimble, Walker) | | United Kingdom Unionist | 1 |
| | (Mr R McCartney) |
| Scottish National Party | 6 |
| (Messrs Morgan, Salmond, Swinney, Welsh | | Independent | 1 |
| & Mrs Ewing & Cunningham) | | (Mr M Bell) |
| |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | The Speaker | 1 |
| (Messrs Dafis, I W Jones, Llwyd & Wigley) |
| | | ___ |
| |
| | | 659 |
| | | ___ |
| |
| Government majority: 177 |
| |
| |
| The total number of women MPs is 120: |
| Lab 101, Con 13, LD 3, SNP 2, Speaker 1 |
| |
| |
| At the Opening of the Session, 14 May 1997 |
| |
| |
| Labour | 417 | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3 |
| | (Messrs Hume, Mallon & McGrady) |
| Conservative | 162 |
| | Ulster Democratic Unionist Party | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | (Messrs Paisley & Robinson) |
| |
| Ulster Unionists | 10 | Sinn Fein | 2 |
| (Messrs Beggs, Donaldson, Forsythe, | | (Messrs Adams & McGuinness)* |
| Maginnis, Ross, Smyth, Taylor, Thompson, |
| Trimble, Walker) | | United Kingdom Unionist | 1 |
| | (Mr R McCartney) |
| Scottish National Party | 6 |
| (Messrs Morgan, Salmond, Swinney, Welsh | | Independent | 1 |
| & Mrs Ewing & Cunningham) | | (Mr M Bell) |
| |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | The Speaker and 3 Deputies† | 4 |
| (Messrs Dafis, I W Jones, Llwyd & Wigley) | | (CWM Sir Alan Haselhurst, 1stDCWM |
| | Michael Martin, 2nd DCWM Michael Lord) |
| |
| | Vacant seat (Uxbridge) | 1 |
| |
| | | ___ |
| |
| | | 659 |
| | | ___ |
| Government majority: 180 |
| |
| The total number of women MPs is 120: |
| Lab 101, Con 13, LD 3, SNP 2, Speaker 1 |
| |
| |
| At Prorogation, 19 November 1998 |
| |
| Labour | 417 | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3 |
| | (Messrs Hume, Mallon & McGrady) |
| Conservative | 162 |
| | Ulster Democratic Unionist Party | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | (Messrs Paisley & Robinson) |
| |
| Ulster Unionists | 10 | Sinn Fein | 2 |
| (Messrs Beggs, Donaldson, Forsythe, | | (Messrs Adams & McGuinness)* |
| Maginnis, Ross, Smyth, Taylor, Thompson, |
| Trimble, Walker) | | United Kingdom Unionist | 1 |
| | (Mr R McCartney) |
| Scottish National Party | 6 |
| (Messrs Morgan, Salmond, Swinney, Welsh, | | Independent | 1 |
| Mrs Ewing & Cunningham) | | (Mr M Bell) |
| |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | Scottish Labour | 1 |
| (Messrs Dafis, I W Jones, Llwyd & Wigley) | | (Mr T Graham) |
| |
| | The Speaker and 3 Deputies† | 4 |
| | (CWM Sir Alan Haselhurst, 1stDCWM |
| | Michael Martin, 2nd DCWM Michael Lord) |
| |
|
|
| | | ___ |
| |
| | | 659 |
| | | ___ |
| Government majority: 179 |
| |
| |
| The total number of women MPs is 121: |
| Lab 101, Con 14, LD 3, SNP 2, Speaker 1 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| * have not taken their seats |
| † Do not normally vote |
| CWM: Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 1st DCWM: 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 2nd DCWM: 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| |
SECTION E2
BY-ELECTIONS AND NEW MPs SINCE THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MAY 1997
| By | New | Date of | Maiden |
| Vacancy | Cause | Election | Member | Introduction | Speech |
| |
| |
| Uxbridge | Death of | 31.7.97 | John | 29.10.97 | 10.11.97 |
| Sir Michael Shersby | | Randall (Con) |
| (Con) (8.5.97) |
| |
| Paisley | Death of | 6.11.97 | Douglas | 12.11.97 | 16.12.97 |
| Mr Gordon McMaster | | Alexander (Lab) |
| (Lab) (28.7.97) |
| |
| Beckenham | Resignation of | 20.11.97 | Jacqui | 26.11.97 | * |
| Mr Piers Merchant | | Lait (Con) |
| (Con) (21.10.97) |
| |
| Winchester | Successful | 20.11.97 | Mark | 25.11.97 | * |
| Election Petition | | Oaten (LD) |
| (Writ moved |
| 28.10.97) |
*Jacqui Lait and Mark Oaten have both sat in the House previously
Jacqui Lait made her Maiden Speech on 8.6.92
SECTION E3
MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
|
|
Party |
UK Parliamentary
Constituency |
| |
|
Dr Ian Paisley |
DUP |
Antrim North
|
|
Mr Peter Robinson |
DUP |
Belfast East
|
|
Mr Gerry Adams |
SF |
Belfast West
|
|
Mr John Hume |
SDLP |
Foyle
|
|
Mr Martin McGuinness |
SF |
Ulster Mid
|
|
Mr Seamus Mallon |
SDLP |
Newry and Armagh
|
|
Rt Hon David Trimble |
UU |
Upper Bann
|
|
Mr Edward McGrady |
SDLP |
Down South
|
|
Mr Robert McCartney QC |
UKU |
Down North
|
|
Rt Hon John Taylor |
UU |
Strangford |
SECTION E4
MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
| Name | UK Constituency and Party | European Constituency |
| |
| Mr John Hume | Foyle (SDLP) | Northern Ireland (one of three seats) |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York, (Con) | North Essex and South Suffolk |
| Dr Ian Paisley | Antrim North, (DUP) | Northern Ireland (one of three seats) |
SECTION E5
DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLIES
THE ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY
AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE)
| Substitutes |
| |
| Mr Donald Anderson MP (Leader) (Lab) | Mr Menzies Campbell MP (LD) |
| Mr Frank Cook MP (Lab) | Ms Ann Clwyd MP (Lab) |
| Mr Terry Davis MP (Lab) | Mr Harry Cohen MP (Lab) |
| Rt Hon Sir Peter Emery MP (Con) | Mrs Lin Golding MP (Lab) |
| Mr Bruce George MP (Lab) | Rt Hon Lord Jopling (Con) |
| Mr David Heath MP (LD) |
| Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith MP (Con) |
| Mr Andrew Mackinlay MP (Lab) |
| Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (Con) |
| Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab) |
| Mr Ernie Ross MP (Lab) |
| |
NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY
| Mr Donald Anderson MP (Leader) |
| Mr Hugh Bayley MP | Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith MP |
| Mr Menzies Campbell MP | Lord Kennet |
| Mr Harry Cohen MP | Alice Mahon MP |
| Mr Frank Cook MP | Mr Michael Mates MP |
| Rt Hon Sir Peter Emery MP | Mr John Smith MP |
| Mr Bruce George MP | Rachel Squire MP |
| Lord Gladwyn of Clee | Mr Peter Viggers MP |
| Mr Mike Hancock MP | Rt Hon Alan Williams MP |
| Mrs Sylvia Heal MP |
COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION
| Substitutes |
| Mr Terry Davis MP (Leader) | Lord Steel of Aikwood |
| Mr David Atkinson MP | Mr Michael Colvin MP |
| Sir Sydney Chapman MP | Mrs Ann Cryer MP |
| Mr Tom Cox MP | Earl of Dundee |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe MP | Mr Christopher Gill MP |
| Mr Bill Etherington MP | Lord Grenfell |
| Mr Paul Flynn MP | Mr Mike Hancock MP |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe MP | Ms Jenny Jones MP |
| Lord Kirkhill | Lord Judd |
| Mr Kevin McNamara MP | Dr Doug Naysmith MP |
| Mr Jim Marshall MP | Mr Eric Pickles MP |
| Lord Newall | Mr Gwyn Prosser MP |
| Mr Edward O'Hara MP | Angela Smith MP |
| Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede | Miss Geraldine Smith MP |
| Lord Russell-Johnston | Mr David Taylor MP |
| Mr John Taylor MP | Dr Rudi Vis MP |
| Mr John Townend MP | Mr David Wilshire MP |
| Mr Jimmy Wray |
SECTION E6
COMPLETE LIST OF MAIDEN SPEECHES MADE IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS
SINCE THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1 MAY 1997
New Members elected in 1997 who have served in a previous Parliament are not included
Details of those made by Members elected at By-Elections see Section E2
| Name and Party | Constituency | Date |
| |
| Alexander, Douglas (Lab) | Paisley, South | 16.12.97 |
| Allan, Richard (LD) | Sheffield, Hallam | 19.5.97 |
| Atherton, Candy (Lab) | Falmouth and Camborne | 11.6.97 |
| Atkins, Charlotte (Lab) | Staffordshire Moorlands | 3.7.97 |
| Baker, Norman (LD) | Lewes | 14.5.97 |
| Ballard, Jackie (LD) | Taunton | 17.6.97 |
| Beard, Nigel (Lab) | Bexleyheath and Crayford | 10.7.97 |
| Begg, Anne (Lab) | Aberdeen South | 21.5.97 |
| Bell, Martin (Ind) | Tatton | 20.5.97 |
| Bercow, John (Con) | Buckingham | 4.7.97 |
| Best, Harold (Lab) | Leeds North West | 25.6.97 |
| Blackman, Liz (Lab) | Erewash | 21.5.97 |
| Blears, Hazel (Lab) | Salford | 19.5.97 |
| Blizzard, Bob (Lab) | Waveney | 10.6.97 |
| Blunt, Crispin (Con) | Reigate | 9.6.97 |
| Borrow, David (Lab) | South Ribble | 3.7.97 |
| Bradley, Peter (Lab) | Wrekin, The | 17.6.97 |
| Bradshaw, Ben (Lab) | Exeter | 4.7.97 |
| Brady, Graham (Con) | Altrincham and Sale West | 2.6.97 |
| Brake, Tom (LD) | Carshalton and Wallington | 10.6.97 |
| Brand, Peter (LD) | Isle of Wight | 19.5.97 |
| Breed, Colin (LD) | South East Cornwall | 24.6.97 |
| Brinton, Helen (Lab) | Peterborough | 20.5.97 |
| Brown Russell (Lab) | Dumfries | 7.7.97 |
| Browne, Desmond (Lab) | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 20.6.97 |
| Buck, Karen (Lab) | Regent's Park and Kensington North | 17.6.97 |
| Burgon, Colin (Lab) | Elmet | 22.7.97 |
| Burnett, John (LD) | Torridge and West Devon | 3.7.97 |
| Burstow, Paul (LD) | Sutton and Cheam | 16.5.97 |
| Butler, Christine (Lab) | Castle Point | 17.12.97 |
| Cable, Vincent (LD) | Twickenham | 11.6.97 |
| Campbell, Alan (Lab) | Tynemouth | 2.6.97 |
| Caplin, Ivor (Lab) | Hove | 11.6.97 |
| Casale, Roger (Lab) | Wimbledon | 10.11.97 |
| Caton, Martin (Lab) | Gower | 4.6.97 |
| Cawsey, Ian (Lab) | Brigg and Goole | 11.6.97 |
| Chaytor, David (Lab) | Bury North | 17.6.97 |
| Clark, Lynda (Lab) | Edinburgh, Pentlands | 21.5.97 |
| Clark, Paul (Lab) | Gillingham | 19.11.97 |
| Clarke, Charles (Lab) | Norwich South | 15.5.97 |
| Clarke, Tony (Lab) | Northampton South | 29.7.97 |
| Coaker, Vernon (Lab) | Gedling | 10.6.97 |
| Coleman, Iain (Lab) | Hammersmith and Fulham | 17.6.97 |
| Collins, Tim (Con) | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 24.6.97 |
| Colman, Tony (Lab) | Putney | 6.6.97 |
| Cooper, Yvette (Lab) | Pontefract and Castleford | 2.7.97 |
| Cotter, Brian (LD) | Weston-Super-Mare | 2.7.97 |
| Cranston, Ross (Lab) | Dudley North | 21.5.97 |
| Crausby, David (Lab) | Bolton North East | 17.7.97 |
| Cryer, Ann (Lab) | Keighley | 16.5.97 |
| Cryer, John (Lab) | Hornchurch | 16.5.97 |
| Curtis-Thomas, Claire (Lab) | Crosby | 31.7.97 |
| Darvill, Keith (Lab) | Upminster | 10.7.97 |
| Davey, Edward (LD) | Kingston and Surbiton | 6.6.97 |
| Davey, Valerie (Lab) | Bristol West | 17.6.97 |
| Davies, Geraint (Lab) | Croydon Central | 11.6.97 |
| Dawson, Hilton (Lab) | Lancaster and Wyre | 11.6.97 |
| Dean, Janet (Lab) | Burton | 30.7.97 |
| Dismore, Andrew (Lab) | Hendon | 6.6.97 |
| Dobbin, Jim (Lab) | Heywood and Middleton | 30.7.97 |
| Donaldson, Jeffrey (UU) | Lagan Valley | 20.5.97 |
| Drew, David (Lab) | Stroud | 17.6.97 |
| Drown, Julia (Lab) | South Swindon | 15.5.97 |
| Eagle, Maria (Lab) | Liverpool, Garston | 17.6.97 |
| Efford, Clive (Lab) | Eltham | 25.6.97 |
| Ellman, Louise (Lab) | Liverpool, Riverside | 9.6.97 |
| Fitzpatrick, Jim (Lab) | Poplar and Canning Town | 27.6.97 |
| Fitzsimons, Lorna (Lab) | Rochdale | 21.5.97 |
| Flight, Howard (Con) | Arundel and South Downs | 11.6.97 |
| Flint, Caroline (Lab) | Don Valley | 2.6.97 |
| Follett, Barbara (Lab) | Stevenage | 2.6.97 |
| Foster, Michael (Lab) | Hastings and Rye | 21.11.97 |
| Foster, Michael J (Lab) | Worcester | 2.6.97 |
| Fraser, Christopher (Con) | Mid Dorset and North Poole | 4.7.97 |
| Gardiner, Barry (Lab) | Brent North | 4.7.97 |
| George, Andrew (LD) | St Ives | 22.5.97 |
| Gibb, Nick (Con) | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 4.7.97 |
| Gibson, Ian (Lab) | Norwich North | 17.6.97 |
| Gilroy, Linda (Lab) | Plymouth, Sutton | 27.10.97 |
| Goggins, Paul (Lab) | Wythenshawe and Sale East | 20.5.97 |
| Gordon, Eileen (Lab) | Romford | 6.6.97 |
| Gorrie, Donald (LD) | Edinburgh West | 21.5.97 |
| Gray, James (Con) | North Wiltshire | 11.6.97 |
| Green, Damian (Con) | Ashford | 20.5.97 |
| Grieve, Dominic (Con) | Beaconsfield | 21.5.97 |
| Griffiths, Jane (Lab) | Reading East | 2.6.97 |
| Grogan, John (Lab) | Selby | 7.7.97 |
| Hall, Patrick (Lab) | Bedford | 30.7.97 |
| Hamilton, Fabian (Lab) | Leeds North East | 23.6.97 |
| Hammond, Philip (Con) | Runnymede and Weybridge | 17.6.97 |
| Harris, Evan (LD) | Oxford West and Abingdon | 21.5.97 |
| Hayes, John (Con) | South Holland and The Deepings | 2.6.97 |
| Healey, John (Lab) | Wentworth | 19.5.97 |
| Heath, David (LD) | Somerton and Frome | 21.5.97 |
| Henderson, Ivan (Lab) | Harwich | 17.11.97 |
| Hepburn, Stephen (Lab) | Jarrow | 21.5.97 |
| Hesford, Stephen (Lab) | Wirral West | 3.7.97 |
| Hewitt, Patricia (Lab) | Leicester West | 3.7.97 |
| Hope, Phil (Lab) | Corby | 14.5.97 |
| Hopkins, Kelvin (Lab) | Luton North | 28.11.97 |
| Hoyle, Lindsay (Lab) | Chorley | 21.5.97 |
| Hughes, Beverley (Lab) | Stretford and Urmston | 17.6.97 |
| Humble, Joan (Lab) | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | 9.6.97 |
| Hurst, Alan (Lab) | Braintree | 15.5.97 |
| Iddon, Brian (Lab) | Bolton South East | 21.5.97 |
| Johnson, Alan (Lab) | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | 1.7.96 |
| Johnson, Melanie (Lab) | Welwyn Hatfield | 20.5.97 |
| Jones, Fiona (Lab) | Newark | 22.1.98 |
| Jones, Helen (Lab) | Warrington North | 18.6.97 |
| Jones, Jenny (Lab) | Wolverhampton South West | 7.11.97 |
| Keeble, Sally (Lab) | Northampton North | 23.6.97 |
| Keen, Ann (Lab) | Brentford and Isleworth | 2.7.97 |
| Keetch, Paul (LD) | Hereford | 2.6.97 |
| Kelly, Ruth (Lab) | Bolton West | 20.5.97 |
| Kemp, Fraser (Lab) | Houghton and Washington East | 19.5.97 |
| Kidney, David (Lab) | Stafford | 14.5.97 |
| King,Andy (Lab) | Rugby and Kenilworth | 17.7.97 |
| King, Oona (Lab) | Bethnal Green and Bow | 1.7.97 |
| Kingham,Tess (Lab) | Gloucester | 30.7.97 |
| Kirkbride, Julie (Con) | Bromsgrove | 4.7.97 |
| Ladyman, Stephen (Lab) | South Thanet | 19.6.97 |
| Laing, Eleanor (Con) | Epping Forest | 4.7.97 |
| Lansley, Andrew (Con) | South Cambridgeshire | 21.5.97 |
| Lawrence, Jackie (Lab) | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 18.6.97 |
| Laxton, Bob (Lab) | Derby North | 13.11.97 |
| Lepper, David (Lab) | Brighton, Pavilion | 19.6.97 |
| Leslie, Christopher (Lab) | Shipley | 15.5.97 |
| Letwin, Oliver (Con) | West Dorset | 10.6.97 |
| Levitt, Tom (Lab) | High Peak | 15.5.97 |
| Lewis, Ivan (Lab) | Bury South | 7.7.97 |
| Lewis, Julian (Con) | New Forest East | 20.5.97 |
| Linton, Martin (Lab) | Battersea | 19.5.97 |
| Lock, David (Lab) | Wyre Forest | 25.6.97 |
| Loughton,Tim (Con) | East Worthing and Shoreham | 2.6.97 |
| Love, Andy (Lab) | Edmonton | 4.6.97 |
| Mactaggart, Fiona (Lab) | Slough | 10.6.97 |
| Mallaber, Judy (Lab) | Amber Valley | 20.5.97 |
| Marsden, Gordon (Lab) | Blackpool South | 4.11.97 |
| Marsden, Paul (Lab) | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 21.5.97 |
| Marshall-Andrews, Robert (Lab) | Medway | 11.6.97 |
| May, Theresa (Con) | Maidenhead | 2.6.97 |
| McCabe, Steve (Lab) | Birmingham, Hall Green | 2.6.97 |
| McCafferty, Chris (Lab) | Calder Valley | 21.11.97 |
| McDonagh, Siobhain (Lab) | Mitcham and Morden | 17.6.97 |
| McDonnell, John (Lab) | Hayes and Harlington | 6.6.97 |
| McGuire, Anne (Lab) | Stirling | 22.5.97 |
| McIntosh, Anne (Con) | Vale of York | 4.6.97 |
| McIsaac, Shona (Lab) | Cleethorpes | 2.6.97 |
| McKenna, Rosemary (Lab) | Cumbenauld and Kilsyth | 21.5.97 |
| McNulty, Tony (Lab) | Harrow East | 15.5.97 |
| McWalter, Tony (Lab) | Hemel Hempstead | 25.6.97 |
| Merron, Gillian (Lab) | Lincoln | 3.7.97 |
| Moffatt, Laura (Lab) | Crawley | 28.10.97 |
| Moore, Michael (LD) | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 4.6.97 |
| Moran, Margaret (Lab) | Luton South | 10.6.97 |
| Morgan, Alasdair (SNP) | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 16.5.97 |
| Morgan, Julie (Lab) | Cardiff North | 22.5.97 |
| Mountford, Kali (Lab) | Colne Valley | 21.5.97 |
| Murphy, Denis (Lab) | Wansbeck | 11.6.97 |
| Murphy, Jim (Lab) | Eastwood | 2.7.97 |
| Naysmith, Douglas (Lab) | Bristol North West | 16.12.97 |
| Norman, Archie (Con) | Tunbridge Wells | 3.7.97 |
| Norris, Dan (Lab) | Wansdyke | 28.11.97 |
| Oaten, Mark (LD) | Winchester | 4.6.97 |
| Opik, Lembit (LD) | Montgomeryshire | 21.5.97 |
| Organ, Diana (Lab) | Forest of Dean | 2.6.97 |
| Osborne, Sandra (Lab) | Ayr | 9.7.97 |
| Palmer, Nick (Lab) | Broxtowe | 1.7.97 |
| Paterson, Owen (Con) | North Shropshire | 10.7.97 |
| Perham, Linda (Lab) | Ilford North | 6.6.97 |
| Plaskitt, James (Lab) | Warwick and Leamington | 3.7.97 |
| Pollard, Kerry (Lab) | St Albans | 29.10.97 |
| Pond, Chris (Lab) | Gravesham | 19.5.97 |
| Pound, Stephen (Lab) | Ealing North | 10.11.97 |
| Prior, David (Con) | North Norfolk | 2.7.97 |
| Prosser, Gwyn (Lab) | Dover | 11.11.97 |
| Quinn, Lawrie (Lab) | Scarborough and Whitby | 19.6.97 |
| Rammell, Bill (Lab) | Harlow | 9.6.97 |
| Randall, John (Con) | Uxbridge | 10.11.97 |
| Rapson, Syd (Lab) | Portsmouth North | 27.6.97 |
| Reed, Andrew (Lab) | Loughborough | 2.6.97 |
| Robertson, Lawrence (Con) | Tewkesbury | 21.5.97 |
| Roy, Frank (Lab) | Motherwell and Wishaw | 2.7.97 |
| Ruane, Chris (Lab) | Vale of Clwyd | 25.7.97 |
| Ruffley, David (Con) | Bury St Edmunds | 7.7.97 |
| Russell, Bob (LD) | Colchester | 19.5.97 |
| Russell, Christine (Lab) | Chester, City of | 1.7.97 |
| Ryan, Joan (Lab) | Enfield North | 2.7.97 |
| St Aubyn, Nick (Con) | Guildford | 2.6.97 |
| Salter, Martin (Lab) | Reading West | 30.7.97 |
| Sanders, Adrian (LD) | Torbay | 16.5.97 |
| Sarwar, Mohammad (Lab) | Glasgow, Govan | 14.1.97 |
| Savidge, Malcolm (Lab) | Aberdeen North | 21.5.97 |
| Sawford, Phil (Lab) | Kettering | 28.7.97 |
| Shaw, Jonathon (Lab) | Chatham and Aylesford | 28.10.97 |
| Shipley, Debra (Lab) | Stourbridge | 11.6.97 |
| Simpson, Keith (Con) | Mid Norfolk | 2.6.97 |
| Singh, Marsha (Lab) | Bradford West | 20.11.97 |
| Smith, Angela (Lab) | Basildon | 11.6.97 |
| Smith, Geraldine (Lab) | Morecambe and Lunesdale | 10.7.97 |
| Smith, Jacqui (Lab) | Redditch | 2.7.97 |
| Smith, Robert (LD) | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 22.5.97 |
| Southworth, Helen (Lab) | Warrington South | 25.6.97 |
| Spelman, Caroline (Con) | Meriden | 19.6.97 |
| Starkey, Phyllis (Lab) | Milton Keynes South West | 22.5.97 |
| Stewart, David (Lab) | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 21.5.97 |
| Stewart, Ian (Lab) | Eccles | 3.12.97 |
| Stinchcombe, Paul (Lab) | Wellingborough | 20.6.97 |
| Stoate, Howard (Lab) | Dartford | 25.6.97 |
| Stringer, Graham (Lab) | Manchester, Blackley | 11.6.97 |
| Stuart, Gisela (Lab) | Birmingham, Edgbaston | 15.5.97 |
| Stunell, Andrew (LD) | Hazel Grove | 21.5.97 |
| Swayne, Desmond (Con) | New Forest West | 19.5.97 |
| Swinney, John (SNP) | North Tayside | 9.6.97 |
| Syms, Robert (Con) | Poole | 2.6.97 |
| Taylor, Dari (Lab) | Stockton South | 24.7.97 |
| Taylor, David (Lab) | North West Leicestershire | 19.5.97 |
| Thomas, Gareth (Lab) | Clwyd West | 16.5.97 |
| Thomas, Gareth R (Lab) | Harrow West | 17.6.97 |
| Thompson, William (UU) | West Tyrone | 26.6.97 |
| Todd, Mark (Lab) | South Derbyshire | 19.5.97 |
| Tonge, Jenny (LD) | Richmond Park | 9.6.97 |
| Truswell, Paul (Lab) | Pudsey | 17.6.97 |
| Turner, Desmond (Lab) | Brighton, Kemptown | 15.5.97 |
| Turner, George (Lab) | North West Norfolk | 7.7.97 |
| Twigg, Derek (Lab) | Halton | 10.6.97 |
| Twigg, Stephen (Lab) | Enfield, Southgate | 16.5.97 |
| Tyrie, Andrew (Con) | Chichester | 18.6.97 |
| Vis, Rudi (Lab) | Finchley and Golders Green | 28.7.97 |
| Walter, Robert (Con) | North Dorset | 9.6.97 |
| Ward, Claire (Lab) | Watford | 27.6.97 |
| Watts, Dave (Lab) | St Helens North | 17.6.97 |
| Webb, Steve (LD) | Northavon | 20.6.97 |
| Whitehead, Alan (Lab) | Southampton, Test | 10.6.97 |
| White, Brian (Lab) | North East Milton Keynes | 14.5.97 |
| Williams, Betty (Lab) | Conwy | 3.6.97 |
| Willis, Phil (LD) | Harrogate and Knaresborough | 20.5.97 |
| Wills, Michael (Lab) | North Swindon | 15.5.97 |
| Winterton, Rosie (Lab) | Doncaster Central | 17.6.97 |
| Woodward, Shaun (Con) | Witney | 2.7.97 |
| Wood, Mike (Lab) | Batley and Spen | 11.11.97 |
| Woolas, Phil (Lab) | Oldham East and Saddleworth | 7.7.97 |
| Wright, Tony (Lab) | Great Yarmouth | 3.12.97 |
| Wyatt, Derek (Lab) | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | 27.6.97 |
Gerry Adams (SF) & Martin McGuiness (SF) have not taken their seats. Gerry Adams was a Member of the 1987-1992 Parliament, but did not take his seat, therefore did not make a Maiden Speech at that time
The first Maiden Speech by the 1997 intake was by Norman Baker on 14.5.97
The last Maiden Speech by the 1997 intake was by Fiona Jones on 22.1.98
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