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Weekly Information Bulletin: 26th May 2007
State of the Parties in the House of Commons |
Labour | 352 | Social Democratic Labour Party (Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady) | 3 |
Conservative | 196 | Independent Labour Clare Short | 1 |
Liberal Democrat | 63 | Independent Dr Richard Taylor Dai Davies | 2 |
Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru (SNP - Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil & Hosie / PC - Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams) | 9 | Respect George Galloway | 1 |
Democratic Unionist Party (Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson) | 9 | The Speaker and 3 Deputies (Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM) | 4 (Do not normally vote) |
Ulster Unionist (Lady Hermon) | 1 | Vacant seats | 0 |
Sinn Fein (Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew) | 5 (Have not taken their seats and cannot vote) | Total number of seats Current working Government Majority (352 Labour MPs less 285 of all other parties - excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein) | 646 67 |
The total number of women MPs is 126
(Lab 95; Con 17; LD 9; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1; Ind Lab 1)
CWM: Chairman of Ways and Means
1st DCWM: 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
2nd DCWM: 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Vacancy | Cause | By -Election | New Member | Date of introduction | Maiden Speech |
Cheadle | Death of Patsy Calton (LD) (29.5.2005) | 14.7.2005 | Mark Hunter (LD) | 19.7.2005 | 21.7.2005 |
Livingston | Death of Robin Cook (Lab) (6.8.2005) | 29.9.2005 | Jim Devine (Lab) | 10.10.2005 | 25.10.2005 |
Dunfermline and West Fife | Death of Rachel Squire (Lab) (5.1.2006) | 9.2.2006 | Willie Rennie (LD) | 13.2.2006 | 1.3.2006 |
Blaenau Gwent | Death of Peter Law (Ind) (25.4.2006) | 29.6.2006 | Dai Davies (Ind) | 4.7.2006 | 20.7.2006 |
Bromley & Chislehurst | Death of Eric Forth (Con) (18.5.2006) | 29.6.2006 | Bob Neill (Con) | 3.7.2006 | 19.7.2006 |
LABOUR PARTY 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 9OE Tel: 08705 900200 http://www.labour.org.uk | SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY 107 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4NW Tel: 0131-525 8900 http://www.snp.org | CONSERVATIVE PARTY Conservative Central Office 25 Victoria Street London SW1H 0DL Tel: 020-7222 9000 http://www.conservatives.com |
PLAID CYMRU 18 Park Grove Cardiff CF1 3BN Tel: 029 20-646000 http://www.plaidcymru.org | LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 4 Cowley Street London SW1P 3NB Tel: 020-7222 7999 http://www.libdems.org.uk | SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC & LABOUR PARTY Cranmore House 121 Ormeau Road Belfast BT7 1SH Tel: 028 90-247700 http://www.sdlp.ie/ |
SINN FEIN Sinn Fein 53 Falls Road Belfast BT12 4PD Tel: 02890 223000 http://www.sinnfein.ie | ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY Cunningham House 429 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 2LN Tel: 02890 765500 http://www.uup.org | DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY 91 Dundela Avenue Belfast BT4 3BU Tel: 028 90-471155 http://www.dup.org.uk |
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