Weekly Information Bulletin: 13th October 2007
State of the Parties
in the House of Commons as at 27 July 2007
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Labour
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353
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Social Democratic Labour Party
(Messrs Durkan, McDonnell, McGrady)
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3
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Conservative
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195
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Independent Labour
Clare Short
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1
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Liberal Democrat
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63
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Independent
Dr Richard Taylor
Dai Davies
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2
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Scottish National Party / Plaid Cymru
(SNP - Messrs Robertson, Salmond, Weir, Wishart, MacNeil & Hosie / PC - Messrs Llwyd, Price, H Williams)
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9
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Respect
George Galloway
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1
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Democratic Unionist Party
(Messrs Campbell, Dodds, Donaldson, McCrea, Paisley, P Robinson, Ms Iris Robinson, Simpson, Wilson)
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9
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The Speaker and 3 Deputies
(Sir Alan Haselhurst, CWM; Mrs Sylvia Heal, 1st DCWM; Sir Michael Lord, 2nd DCWM)
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4 (Do not normally vote)
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Ulster Unionist
(Lady Hermon)
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1
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Vacant seats
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0
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Sinn Fein
(Messrs Adams, Doherty, McGuinness, Murphy & Ms Gildernew)
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5 (Have not taken their seats and cannot vote)
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Total number of seats
Current working Government Majority
(353 Labour MPs less 284 of all other parties - excludes Speaker & Deputies and Sinn Fein)
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646
69
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The total number of women MPs is 126
(Lab 95; Con 17; LD 9; DU 1; SF 1; UU 1; DCWM 1; Ind Lab 1)
CWM: Chairman of Ways and Means
1st DCWM: 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
2nd DCWM: 2nd Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
By-Elections and new MPs since the General Election of May 2005
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Vacancy
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Cause
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By -Election
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New Member
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Date of
introduction
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Maiden
Speech
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Cheadle
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Death of Patsy Calton (LD) (29.5.2005)
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14.7.2005
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Mark Hunter (LD)
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19.7.2005
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21.7.2005
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Livingston
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Death of Robin Cook (Lab) (6.8.2005)
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29.9.2005
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Jim Devine (Lab)
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10.10.2005
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25.10.2005
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Dunfermline and West Fife
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Death of Rachel Squire (Lab) (5.1.2006)
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9.2.2006
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Willie Rennie (LD)
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13.2.2006
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1.3.2006
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Blaenau Gwent
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Death of Peter Law (Ind) (25.4.2006)
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29.6.2006
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Dai Davies (Ind)
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4.7.2006
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20.7.2006
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Bromley & Chislehurst
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Death of Eric Forth (Con)
(18.5.2006)
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29.6.2006
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Bob Neill (Con)
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3.7.2006
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19.7.2006
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Sedgefield
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Resignation of the Rt Hon Tony Blair (Lab)
(27.6.2007)
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19.7.2007
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Phil Wilson (Lab)
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-
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-
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Ealing Southall
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Death of Piara Khabra (Lab)
(19.6.2007)
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19.7.2007
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Virendra Kumar Sharma (Lab)
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-
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-
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Political Party Contacts
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LABOUR PARTY
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 9OE
Tel: 08705 900200
http://www.labour.org.uk
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SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY
107 McDonald Road
Edinburgh EH7 4NW
Tel: 0131-525 8900
http://www.snp.org
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CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Conservative Central Office
30 Millbank
London SW1P 4DP
Tel: 020-7222 9000
http://www.conservatives.com
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PLAID CYMRU
18 Park Grove
Cardiff CF1 3BN
Tel: 029 20-646000
http://www.plaidcymru.org
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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
4 Cowley Street
London SW1P 3NB
Tel: 020-7222 7999
http://www.libdems.org.uk
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SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC & LABOUR PARTY
Cranmore House
121 Ormeau Road
Belfast BT7 1SH
Tel: 028 90-247700
http://www.sdlp.ie/
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SINN FEIN
Sinn Fein
53 Falls Road
Belfast BT12 4PD
Tel: 02890 223000
http://www.sinnfein.ie
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ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY
Cunningham House
429 Holywood Road
Belfast
BT4 2LN
Tel: 02890 765500
http://www.uup.org
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DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY
91 Dundela Avenue
Belfast BT4 3BU
Tel: 028 90-471155
http://www.dup.org.uk
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