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!Party or group!!Seats
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|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]||305<ref>One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.</ref>
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]||303<ref>One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.</ref>
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|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]||57
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]||56
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|''Conservative-Liberal Democrat [[coalition government|coalition]] group''||''362''
|''Conservative-Liberal Democrat [[coalition government|coalition]] group''||''359''
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|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]||253
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]||257<ref>Two Labour MPs act as Deputy Speakers, so do not vote.</ref>
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|[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]||8
|[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]||8
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|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]]||3
|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]]||3
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|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]||1
|[[UK Independence Party|UKIP]]||2
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|[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.</ref>||1
|[[Alliance Party|Alliance]]<ref>Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.</ref>||1
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|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]||1
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|[[Respect Party|Respect]]||1
|[[Respect Party|Respect]]||1
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|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.</ref>||3<ref>Lady [[Sylvia Hermon]], [[Denis MacShane]] and [[Eric Joyce]].</ref>
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.</ref>||3<ref>Lady [[Sylvia Hermon]], [[Eric Joyce]] and [[Mike Hancock]].</ref>
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|[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]] and deputies<ref>Do not normally vote; the Speaker is not a member of any party, while the Deputies can maintain membership but are not involved in party political activities.</ref>||4
|[[Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)|Speaker]]<ref>Does not normally vote; the Speaker and is not a member of any party,</ref>||1
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|Vacant<ref>Seats awaiting the election of a new MP in a [[by-election]] or general election.</ref>||2<ref>[[Gerry Adams]] resigned in January 2011 to contest a seat in the forthcoming [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] general election; [[Eric Illsley]] resigned the following month after an admission of expenses fraud.</ref>
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|'''Total'''||650
|'''Total'''||650
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|'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref>||83<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; includes any suspended MPs; does not include the Speaker and Speaker's Deputies (who do not usually vote) or Sinn Fein (which does not take the seats).
|'''Government [[working majority]]'''<ref>{{r|Working majority}}</ref>||75<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; includes any suspended MPs; does not include the Speaker and Speaker's Deputies (who do not usually vote) or Sinn Féin (which does not take the seats).

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Party or group Seats
Conservative 303[1]
Liberal Democrat 56
Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition group 359
Labour 257[2]
DUP 8
SNP 6
Sinn Féin[3] 5
Plaid Cymru 3
SDLP 3
UKIP 2
Alliance[4] 1
Green 1
Respect 1
Independent[5] 3[6]
Speaker[7] 1

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Total 650
Government working majority[8] 75<ref>Treats the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as a single group; includes any suspended MPs; does not include the Speaker and Speaker's Deputies (who do not usually vote) or Sinn Féin (which does not take the seats).
  1. One Conservative MP acts as a Deputy Speaker, so does not vote.
  2. Two Labour MPs act as Deputy Speakers, so do not vote.
  3. 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.
  4. Works closely with the Liberal Democrats, but is a separate organisation.
  5. Independent politicians stand for election on a variety of issues and so do not necessarily co-operate in the House of Commons.
  6. Lady Sylvia Hermon, Eric Joyce and Mike Hancock.
  7. Does not normally vote; the Speaker and is not a member of any party,
    • 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]