Weekly Information Bulletin: 28th March 2009
State of the Parties in the House of Commons
as at 27 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
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| 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/
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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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