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Weekly Information Bulletin: 19th December 2009
State of the Parties in the House of Commons |
Labour | 350 | Ulster Unionist (Lady Sylvia Hermon) | 1 |
Conservative | 193 | Independent Labour (Rt Hon 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 (Rt Hon John Bercow, 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 126: (Lab 94; Con 18; 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
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 Rt Hon 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 Rt Hon 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 |
Norwich North | Resignation of Dr Ian Gibson (Lab) (8.6.2009) | 23.07.2009 | Chloe Smith (Con) | 12.10.2009 | 14.10.2009 |
Glasgow North East | Resignation of Rt Hon Michael Martin (SPK) (22.6.2009) | 12.11.2009 | Willie Bain (Lab) | 18.11.2009 | 25.11.2009 |
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.
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 |
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