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Party or groupSeats Labour0 Conservative0 Liberal Democrat0 DUP0 SNP0 Sinn Féin[1]0 Plaid Cymru0 SDLP0 UUP0 Independent[2]0 Respect0 Health Concern0 Speaker and deputies[3]0 Vacant[4]0 Total650 Government working majority[5]0

  1. Sinn Féin contests UK general elections but does not take the seats; therefore, its MPs do not vote or speak in the House of Commons.
  2. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  3. Do not normally vote.
  4. Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a by-election or general election.
    • Working majority [r]: In a parliamentary democracy, the number of politicians in the governing party minus those of all other parties combined, excluding those that do not normally vote. [e]