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Weekly Information Bulletin: 7th February 2009
State of the Parties in the House of Commons |
| Labour | 350 | Ulster Unionist (Lady Sylvia Hermon) | 1 |
| Conservative | 193 | Independent Labour (Clare Short) | 1 |
| Liberal Democrat | 63 | Independent Conservative (Derek Conway) | 1 |
| Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru (SNP - Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil, Hosie & Mason/ PC - Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams) | 10 | Independent (Dr Richard Taylor, Dai Davies, Andrew Pelling, Robert Wareing, Bob Spink) | 5 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson) | 9 | Respect (George Galloway) | 1 |
| Sinn Fein (Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew) | 5 (Have not taken their seats and cannot vote) | The Speaker and 3 Deputies (Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM) | 4 (Do not normally vote) |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party (Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady) | 3 | Vacant seats Total number of seats | 0 646 |
| Current working Government Majority (350 Labour MPs less 287 of all other parties - excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein) | 63 |
The total number of women MPs is 125: (Lab 94; Con 17; LD 9; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1; Ind Lab 1)
Abbreviations:
CWM - Chairman of Ways and Means
1st DCWM - 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
2nd DCWM - 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Further information about Members of Parliament by Party, Constituency and Region can be found on the parliamentary website at the following: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/directories.cfm
By-Elections and new MPs since the
General Election of May 2005
| 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) | 19.07.2005 | 21.07.2005 |
| 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) | 13.02.2006 | 01.03.2006 |
| Blaenau Gwent | Death of Peter Law (Ind) (25.4.2006) | 29.6.2006 | Dai Davies (Ind) | 04.07.2006 | 20.07.2006 |
| Bromley & Chislehurst | Death of Eric Forth (Con) (18.5.2006) | 29.6.2006 | Bob Neill (Con) | 03.07.2006 | 19.07.2006 |
| Sedgefield | Resignation of the Rt Hon Tony Blair (Lab) (27.6.2007) | 19.7.2007 | Phil Wilson (Lab) | 23.07.2007 | 08.10.2007 |
| Ealing Southall | Death of Piara Khabra (Lab) (19.6.2007) | 19.7.2007 | Virendra Kumar Sharma (Lab) | 23.07.2007 | 08.10.2007 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | Death of Gwyneth Dunwoody (Lab) (17.4.2008) | 22.05.2008 | Edward Timpson (Con) | 02.06.2008 | 16.06.2008 |
| Henley | Resignation of Boris Johnson (Con) (4.6.2008) | 26.06.2008 | John Howell (Con) | 30.06.2008 | 16.07.2008 |
| Haltemprice and Howden | Resignation of David Davis (Con) (18.6.2008) | 10.07.2008 | David Davis (Con) | 14.07.2008 | (5.11.1987) |
| Glasgow East | Resignation of David Marshall (Lab) (30.06.2008) | 24.07.2008 | John Mason (SNP) | 06.10.2008 | 13.10.2008 |
| Glenrothes | Death of John MacDougall (Lab) (12.8.2008) | 06.11.2008 | Lindsay Roy (Lab) | 12.11.2008 | 08.12.2008 |
Further information about the By-Election process can be found in the House of Commons Information Office Factsheet
M7 Parliamentary Elections on the parliamentary website at the following: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/factsheets.cfm
Political Party Contacts
| LABOUR PARTY 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0HA 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 Campaign Headquarters 30 Millbank London SW1P 4DP Tel: 020 7222 9000 http://www.conservatives.com |
| PLAID CYMRU 18 Park Grove Cardiff CF10 3BN Tel: 029 2064 6000 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 9024 7700 http://www.sdlp.ie/ |
| SINN FEIN Sinn Fein 53 Falls Road Belfast BT12 4PD Tel: 028 9022 3000 http://www.sinnfein.ie | ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY Cunningham House 429 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 2LN Tel: 028 9076 5500 http://www.uup.org | DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY 91 Dundela Avenue Belfast BT4 3BU Tel: 028 9052 1323 http://www.dup.org.uk |
Individual Members of Parliament can be contacted at: House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Tel: 020 7219 3000
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