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Weekly Information Bulletin
Weekly Information Bulletin: 23rd July 2011
State of the Parties in the House of Commons as at 22 July 2011
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Conservative |
305 |
Alliance (Naomi Long) |
1 |
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Labour |
256 |
Green (Caroline Lucas) |
1 |
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Liberal Democrat |
57 |
Independent (Lady Sylvia Hermon) |
1 |
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Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru (SNP – Messrs Robertson, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil, Hosie & Ms Whiteford/ PC – Messrs Llwyd, Edwards, H Williams) |
9 |
The Speaker and 3 Deputies (Rt Hon John Bercow, Mr Lindsay Hoyle CWM; Mr Nigel Evans, 1st DCWM; Dawn Primarolo, 2nd DCWM) |
4 (Do not normally vote) |
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Democratic Unionist Party (Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley Jr, Shannon, Simpson, Wilson) |
8 |
Vacant Seats: None |
0 |
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Sinn Fein (Messrs Doherty, Maskey, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew) |
5 (Have not taken their seats and cannot vote) |
Total number of seats |
650 |
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Social Democratic & Labour Party (Messrs Durkan, McDonnell & Ms Ritchie) |
3 |
Current working Government Majority (305 Conservative and 57 Liberal Democrat MPs less 279 of all other parties – excludes Speaker, Deputy Speakers and Sinn Fein) |
83 |
The total number of women MPs is 144: (Con 49; LD 7; Lab 82; Green 1; SNP 1; SDLP 1; SF 1; Alliance 1; Ind 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: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
By-Elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2010
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Vacancy |
Cause |
By –Election |
New Member |
Date of introduction |
Maiden Speech |
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Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Election was void |
13.01.2011 |
Debbie Abrahams |
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Belfast West |
Resignation of Mr Gerry Adams (SF) (26.01.11) |
09.06.2011 |
Paul Maskey |
– |
– |
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Barnsley Central |
Resignation of Eric Illsley (Ind) (08.02.11) |
03.03.2011 |
Dan Jarvis |
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Leicester South |
Resignation of Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab) (01.04.11) |
05.05.2011 |
Jonathan Ashworth |
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Inverclyde |
Death of David Cairns (Lab) (09.05.11) |
30.06.2011 |
Iain McKenzie |
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
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CONSERVATIVE PARTY Conservative Campaign Headquarters 30 Millbank London SW1P 4DP Tel: 020 7222 9000 |
LABOUR PARTY Eldon House Tel: 08705 900 200 |
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 4 Cowley Street London SW1P 3NB Tel: 020 7222 7999 |
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GREEN PARTY 56-64 Development House Leonard Street EC2A 4LT Tel: 020 7272 4474 |
PLAID CYMRU Tŷ Gwynfor, Marine Chambers Anson Court, Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4AL Tel: 029 2047 2272 |
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY Gordon Lamb House 3 Jackson’s Entry Edinburgh EH8 8PJ Tel: 0800 633 5432 |
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ALLIANCE PARTY 88 University Street Belfast, BT7 1HE Tel: 028 9032 4274 |
DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY 91 Dundela Avenue Belfast BT4 3BU Tel: 028 9047 1155 |
SINN FEIN Sinn Fein 53 Falls Road Belfast BT12 4PD Tel: 028 9034 7350 |
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SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC & LABOUR PARTY Cranmore House 121 Ormeau Road Belfast BT7 1SH Tel: 028 9024 7700 |
Individual Members of Parliament can be contacted at: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Tel: 020 7219 3000
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