Sessional Information Digest: 2005 - 06
Section E - Part 1
State of the Parties
State of the Parties
After the General Election, 5 May 2005
Labour
| 354
| Social Democratic Labour Party
(Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady)
| 3 |
Conservative
| 195
| Independent
(Dr Richard Taylor
Peter Law)
| 2 |
Liberal Democrat
| 62
| Respect
(George Galloway)
| 1 |
Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru
(SNP - Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil & Hosie / PC - Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams)
| 9
| The Speaker and 3 Deputies
(Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM) +
| 4 |
Democratic Unionist Party
(Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson)
| 9
| Vacant seats (South Staffordshire)
| 1 |
Ulster Unionist
(Lady Hermon)
| 1
| | |
Sinn Fein
(Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew)*
| 5
| Total number of seats
| 646
|
| | Working Government Majority
(354 Labour MPs less 282 of all other parties - excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein)
| 72 |
The total number of women MPs is 128
(Lab 97; Con 17, LD 10; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1)
* have not taken their seats
+ Do not normally vote
CWM: Chairman of Ways and Means
1st DCWM: 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
2nd DCWM: 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
At Prorogation, 8 November 2006
Labour
| 352
| Social Democratic Labour Party
(Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady)
| 3 |
Conservative
| 196
| Independent Labour
(Clare Short)
| 1 |
Liberal Democrat
| 63
| Independent
(Dr Richard Taylor
Dai Davies)
| 2 |
Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru
(SNP - Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil & Hosie / PC - Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams)
| 9
| Respect
(George Galloway)
| 1 |
Democratic Unionist Party
(Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson)
| 9
| The Speaker and 3 Deputies
(Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM) +
| 4 (Do not normally vote) |
Ulster Unionist
(Lady Hermon)
| 1
| | |
Sinn Fein
(Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew)*
| 5 (Have not taken their seats and cannot vote)
| Total number of seats
| 646
|
| | Working Government Majority
(352 Labour MPs less 285 of all other parties - excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein)
| 67 |
Total number of women MPs = 126
(Lab 95; Con 17, LD 9; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1; Ind Lab 1)
* have not taken their seats
+ Do not normally vote
CWM: Chairman of Ways and Means
1st DCWM: 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
2nd DCWM: 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Section E - Part 2
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)
| 19.7.2005
| 21.7.2005 |
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)
| 13.2.2006
| 1.3.2006 |
Blaenau Gwent
| Death of Peter Law (Ind) (25.4.2006)
| 29.6.2006
| Dai Davies (Ind)
| 4.7.2006
| 20.7.2006 |
Bromley & Chislehurst
| Death of Eric Forth (Con)
(18.5.2006)
| 29.6.2006
| Bob Neill (Con)
| 3.7.2006
| 19.7.2006 |
Section E - Part 3
Members of the House of Commons who are also Members of other
Parliaments and Assemblies
Northern Ireland Assembly
MP
| Party
| Westminster
constituency
| Northern Ireland
Assembly seat |
Adams, Gerry
| SF
| Belfast West
| Belfast West |
Campbell, Gregory
| DUP
| Londonderry East
| East Londonderry |
Dodds, Nigel
| DUP
| Belfast North
| Belfast North
|
Doherty, Pat
| SF
| West Tyrone
| West Tyrone
|
Donaldson, Jeffrey
| DUP
| Lagan Valley
| Lagan Valley
|
Durkan, Mark
| SDLP
| Foyle
| Foyle
|
Gildernew, Michelle
| SF
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone
|
McCrea, William
| DUP
| Mid Ulster
| Mid Ulster
|
McDonnell, Alisdair
| SDLP
| Belfast South
| Belfast South
|
McGuinness, Martin
| SF
| South Antrim
| Mid Ulster |
Murphy, Conor
| SF
| Newry & Armagh
| Newry & Armagh
|
Paisley, Rev Ian
| DUP
| North Antrim
| North Antrim
|
Robinson, Peter
| DUP
| Belfast East
| Belfast East
|
Robinson, Iris
| DUP
| Strangford
| Strangford
|
Simpson, David
| DUP
| Upper Bann
| Upper Bann
|
Wilson, Sammy
| DUP
| East Antrim
| East Antrim
|
Welsh Assembly
MP
| Party
| Westminster
constituency
| National Assembly
for Wales |
Davies, David
| Con
| Monmouth
| Monmouth
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Section E - Part 4
Delegations to International Assemblies
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
| Substitutes |
Mr Tony Lloyd MP (Lab) (Leader)
Rt Hon Hugh Bayley MP (Lab)
Peter Bottomley MP (Con)
Mr Simon Burns MP (Con)
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP (LD)
Mr Wayne David MP (Lab)
Rt Hon Bruce George MP (Lab)
Linda Gilroy MP (Lab)
Mr David Heath MP (LD)
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon (Lab)
Mr Andrew Mackinlay MP (Lab)
Earl of Northesk (Con)
Ann Winterton MP (Con)
| Mike Gapes MP (Lab)
Mr Greg Knight MP (Con)
Sandra Osborne MP (Lab)
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab)
Mr John Randall MP (Con)
Paul Rowen MP (LD) |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly
Rt Hon Bruce George MP (Lab) (Leader)
Mr Hugh Bayley MP (Lab)
Peter Bottomley MP (Con)
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP (LD)
Mr Michael Clapham MP (Lab)
Derek Conway MP (Con)
Frank Cook MP (Lab)
Mr David Crausby MP (Lab)
Mr Jimmy Hood MP (Lab)
| Rt Hon Lord Jopling (Con)
Mr Paul Keetch MP (LD)
Ann McKechin MP (Lab)
Rt Hon Dr Denis MacShane MP (Lab)
Rt Hon Michael Mates MP (Con)
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab)
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP (Con)
Lord Sewel CBE (Lab)
Mr Peter Viggers MP (Con) |
Council of Europe and Western European Union
| Substitutes |
Mr Tony Lloyd MP(Lab) (Leader)
Lord Burlison (Lab)
Mr Christopher Chope OBE MP (Con)
Mr Bill Etherington MP (Lab)
Mr Paul Flynn MP (Lab)
Baroness Hooper (Con)
Mr Michael Hancock CBE MP (LD)
Baroness Knight of Collingtree (Con)
Christine McCafferty MP (Lab)
Mr Humfrey Malins MP (Con)
Mr Alan Meale MP (Lab)
Mr Edward O'Hara MP (Lab)
Lord Russell-Johnston (LD)
Miss Geraldine Smith MP (Lab)
Lord Tomlinson (Lab)
Dr Rudi Vis MP (Lab)
Mr David Wilshire MP (Con)
Mr Robert Walter MP (Con)
| Mr John Austin MP (Lab)
Mr Nigel Dodds OBE MP (DUP)
Mr Nigel Evans MP (Con)
Mr David Evennett MP (Con)
Dr Ian Gibson MP (Lab)
Mr Christopher Fraser MP (Con)
Mr John Greenway (Con)
Nick Harvey MP (LD)
Mr Doug Henderson MP (Lab)
Mr Bob Laxton MP (Lab)
Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Lab)
Rt Hon Dr Denis MacShane MP (Lab)
Mr David Marshall MP (Lab)
Mr Gordon Prentice MP (Lab)
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab)
Mrs Betty Williams MP (Lab)
Angela Watkinson MP (Con)
Jenny Willott MP (LD)
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Section E - Part 5
Maiden Speeches Made in the House of Commons Since the
General Election of 5 May 2005
New Members elected in 2005 who served in a previous Parliament are not included.
Details of maiden speeches made by Members elected at by-elections since the General Election are included in Section E2.
Name and Party
| Constituency
| Date |
Afriyie, Adam (Con)
| Windsor
| 23. 5. 05 |
Alexander, Danny (LD)
| Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey
| 19. 5. 05 |
Anderson, David (Lab)
| Blaydon
| 25. 5. 05 |
Austin, Ian (Lab)
| Dudley, North
| 23. 5. 05 |
Balls, Ed (Lab)
| Normanton
| 25. 5. 05 |
| | |
Banks, Gordon (Lab)
| Ochil and South Perthshire
| 25. 5. 05 |
Barlow, Celia (Lab)
| Hove
| 17. 5. 05 |
Benyon, Richard (Con)
| Newbury
| 23. 5. 05 |
Binley, Brian (Con)
| Northampton South
| 25. 5. 05 |
Blackman-Woods, Roberta (Lab)
| City of Durham
| 24. 5. 05 |
| | |
Bone, Peter (Con)
| Wellingborough
| 7. 6. 05 |
Brokenshire, James (Con)
| Hornchurch
| 9. 6. 05 |
Brown, Lyn (Lab)
| West Ham
| 23. 5. 05 |
Browne, Jeremy (LD)
| Taunton
| 26. 5. 05 |
Burrowes, David (Con)
| Enfield Southgate
| 20. 6. 05 |
| | |
Burt, Lorely (LD)
| Solihull
| 23. 5. 05 |
Butler, Dawn (Lab)
| Brent, South
| 24. 5. 05 |
Carswell Douglas (Con)
| Harwich
| 28. 6. 05 |
Clark, Greg (Con)
| Tunbridge Wells
| 9. 6. 05 |
Clark, Katy (Lab)
| North Ayrshire & Arran
| 7. 6. 05 |
| | |
Clegg, Nick (LD)
| Sheffield, Hallam
| 24. 5. 05 |
Cooper, Rosie (Lab)
| West Lancashire
| 24. 5. 05 |
Cox, Geoffrey (Con)
| Torridge and West Devon
| 28. 6. 05 |
Crabb, Stephen (Con)
| Preseli Pembrokeshire
| 25. 5. 05 |
Creagh, Mary (Lab)
| Wakefield
| 25. 5. 05 |
| | |
Davies, David T. C. (Con)
| Monmouth
| 18. 5. 05 |
Davies, Philip (Con)
| Shipley
| 7. 6. 05 |
Dorries, Nadine (Con)
| Mid-Bedfordshire
| 25. 5. 05 |
Duddridge, James (Con)
| Rochford & Southend East
| 9. 6. 05 |
Dunne, Philip (Con)
| Ludlow
| 8. 6. 05 |
| | |
Durkan, Mark (SDLP)
| Foyle
| 30. 6. 05 |
Ellwood, Tobias (Con)
| Bournemouth East
| 19. 5. 05 |
Farron, Tim (LD)
| Westmorland and Lonsdale
| 25. 5. 05 |
Featherstone, Lynne (LD)
| Hornsey and Wood Green
| 24. 5. 05 |
Flello, Robert (Lab)
| Stoke-on-Trent South
| 19. 5. 05 |
| | |
Gauke, David (Con)
| South West Hertfordshire
| 9. 6. 05 |
Goldsworthy, Julia (LD)
| Falmouth and Cambourne
| 19. 5. 05 |
Goodman, Helen (Lab)
| Bishop Auckland
| 25. 5. 05 |
Goodwill, Robert (Con)
| Scarborough & Whitby
| 6. 6. 05 |
Gove, Michael (Con)
| Surrey Heath
| 7. 6. 05 |
| | |
Greening, Justine (Con)
| Putney
| 26. 5. 05 |
Griffith, Nia (Lab)
| Llanelli
| 19. 5. 05 |
Gwynne Andrew (Lab)
| Denton and Reddish
| 23. 5. 05 |
Hammond, Stephen (Con)
| Wimbledon
| 19. 5. 05 |
Hands, Greg (Con)
| Hammersmith and Fulham
| 26. 5. 05 |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Harper, Mark (Con)
| Forest of Dean
| 24. 5. 05 |
Hemming, John (LD)
| Birmingham Yardley
| 19. 5. 05 |
Herbert, Nick (Con)
| Arundel & South Downs
| 6. 6. 05 |
Hillier, Meg (Lab)
| Hackney South and Shoreditch
| 24. 5. 05 |
Hodgson, Sharon (Lab)
| Gateshead East and Washington West
| 25. 5. 05 |
| | |
Hollobone, Philip (Con)
| Kettering
| 24. 5. 05 |
Holloway, Adam (Con)
| Gravesham
| 28. 6. 05 |
Horwood, Martin (LD)
| Cheltenham
| 24. 5. 05 |
Hosie, Stewart (SNP)
| Dundee East
| 23. 5. 05 |
Howarth, David (LD)
| Cambridge
| 19. 5. 05 |
| | |
Huhne, Chris (LD)
| Eastleigh
| 17. 5. 05 |
Hunt, Jeremy (Con)
| South-West Surrey
| 24. 5. 05 |
Hurd, Nick (Con)
| Ruislip Northwood
| 15. 6. 05 |
Jackson, Stewart (Con)
| Peterborough
| 6. 6. 05 |
James, Sian C. (Lab)
| Swansea, East
| 24. 5. 05 |
| | |
Johnson, Diana R (Lab)
| Kingston upon Hull North
| 24. 5. 05 |
Jones, David (Con)
| Clwyd, West
| 23. 5. 05 |
Kawczynski, Daniel (Con)
| Shrewsbury & Atcham
| 23. 5. 05 |
Keeley, Barbara (Lab)
| Worsley
| 25. 5. 05 |
Khan, Sadiq (Lab)
| Tooting
| 23. 5. 05 |
| | |
Kramer, Susan (LD)
| Richmond Park
| 23. 5. 05 |
Lancaster, Mark (Con)
| North East Milton Keynes
| 6. 6. 05 |
Law, Peter (Ind)
| Blaenau Gwent
| 16. 6. 05 |
Leech, John (LD)
| Manchester, Withington
| 25. 5. 05 |
McCarthy, Kerry (Lab)
| Bristol East
| 7. 6. 05 |
| | |
McCarthy-Fry, Sarah (Lab)
| Portsmouth, North
| 23. 5. 05 |
McDonnell, Alasdair (SDLP)
| Belfast South
| 15. 6. 05 |
McFadden, Pat (Lab)
| Wolverhampton, South-East
| 25. 5. 05 |
McGovern, Jim (Lab)
| Dundee West
| 24. 5. 05 |
MacNeil, Angus (SNP)
| Na h-Eileanan an Iar
| 26. 5. 05 |
| | |
Main, Ann (Con)
| St. Albans
| 23. 5. 05 |
Malik, Shahid (Lab)
| Dewsbury
| 21. 6. 05 |
Miliband, Edward (Lab)
| Doncaster North
| 23. 5. 05 |
Miller, Maria (Con)
| Basingstoke
| 9. 6. 05 |
Milton, Anne (Con)
| Guildford
| 24. 5. 05 |
| | |
Morden, Jessica (Lab)
| Newport East
| 7. 6. 05 |
Moon, Madeleine (Lab)
| Bridgend
| 23. 5. 05 |
Mulholland, Greg (LD)
| Leeds, North-West
| 26. 5. 05 |
Mundell, David (Con)
| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
| 24. 5. 05 |
Newmark, Brooks (Con)
| Braintree
| 7. 6. 05 |
| | |
Pelling, Andrew (Con)
| Croydon Central
| 15. 6. 05 |
Penning, Mike (Con)
| Hemel Hempstead
| 24. 5. 05 |
Penrose, John (Con)
| Weston-Super-Mare
| 6. 6. 05 |
Pritchard, Mark (Con)
| The Wrekin
| 26. 5. 05 |
Reed, Jamie (Lab)
| Copeland
| 21. 6. 05 |
| | |
Riordan, Linda (Lab)
| Halifax
| 18. 5. 05 |
Rogerson, Mr Dan (LD)
| North Cornwall
| 18. 5. 05 |
Rowen, Paul (LD)
| Rochdale
| 23. 5. 05 |
Scott, Lee (Con)
| Ilford North
| 6. 6. 05 |
Seabeck, Alison (Lab)
| Plymouth, Devonport
| 25. 5. 05 |
| | |
Shapps, Grant (Con)
| Welwyn Hatfield
| 26. 5. 05 |
Simpson, David (DUP)
| Upper Bann
| 24. 5. 05 |
Slaughter, Andrew (Lab)
| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
| 23. 6. 05 |
Smith, Angela C (Lab)
| Sheffield, Hillsborough
| 24. 5. 05 |
Snelgrove, Anne (Lab)
| South Swindon
| 19. 5. 05 |
| | |
Soulsby, Sir Peter (Lab)
| Leicester South
| 18. 5. 05 |
Swinson, Jo (LD)
| East Dunbartonshire
| 26. 5. 05 |
Stuart, Graham (Con)
| Beverley & Holderness
| 7. 6. 05 |
Thornberry, Emily (Lab)
| Islington, South and Finsbury
| 24. 5. 05 |
Usher, Kitty (Lab)
| Burnley
| 19. 5. 05 |
| | |
Vaizey, Edward (Con)
| Wantage
| 8. 6. 05 |
Vara, Shailesh (Con)
| North West Cambridgeshire
| 20. 7. 05 |
Villiers, Theresa (Con)
| Chipping Barnet
| 6. 6. 05 |
Walker, Charles (Con)
| Broxbourne
| 26. 5. 05 |
Wallace, Ben (Con)
| Lancaster and Wyre
| 24. 5. 05 |
| | |
Waltho, Lynda (Lab)
| Stourbridge
| 20. 6. 05 |
Williams, Mark (LD)
| Ceredigion
| 25. 5. 05 |
Williams, Stephen (LD)
| Bristol, West
| 25. 5. 05 |
Willott, Jenny (LD)
| Cardiff, Central
| 26. 5. 05 |
Wilson, Rob (Con)
| Reading, East
| 23. 5. 05 |
Wilson, Sammy (DUP)
| East Antrim
| 18. 5. 05 |
Wright, Jeremy (Con)
| Rugby & Kenilworth
| 6. 6. 05 |
Conor Murphy (Sinn Fein) has not taken his seat and therefore has not made a Maiden Speech.
The first Maiden Speech of the 2005 intake was by Celia Barlow on 17.5.2005.
The last Maiden Speech of the 2005 intake was by Shailesh Vara on 20.7.2005.
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