State of the Parties in the House of Commons

as at 13 March 2009

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 on Members of Parliament by Party, Constituency and Region can be found on the Parliament website

at: 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

For further information on the By-Election process see HCIO Factsheet M7 produced by the

House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.

Political Party Contacts

LABOUR PARTY 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0HA Tel: 08705 900200 www.labour.org.uk	SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY 107 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4NW Tel: 0131 525 8900 www.snp.org	CONSERVATIVE PARTY Conservative Campaign Headquarters 30 Millbank London SW1P 4DP Tel: 020 7222 9000 www.conservatives.com
PLAID CYMRU 18 Park Grove Cardiff CF10 3BN Tel: 029 2064 6000 www.plaidcymru.org	LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 4 Cowley Street London SW1P 3NB Tel: 020 7222 7999 www.libdems.org.uk	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC & LABOUR PARTY Cranmore House 121 Ormeau Road Belfast BT7 1SH Tel: 028 9024 7700 www.sdlp.ie/
SINN FEIN Sinn Fein 53 Falls Road Belfast BT12 4PD Tel: 028 9022 3000 www.sinnfein.ie	ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY Cunningham House 429 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 2LN Tel: 028 9076 5500 www.uup.org	DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY 91 Dundela Avenue Belfast BT4 3BU Tel: 028 9052 1323 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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