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This table relates to the composition of the House of Commons after the 2024 UK general election and summarises the changes in party affiliation that took place during the 2024–present Parliament.

Affiliation Members
Elected
in 2024
[1]
Current[2] Differ­ence
Labour[a] 411[b] 402 Decrease 9
Conservative 121 121 Steady
Liberal Democrats 72 72 Steady
SNP 9 9 Steady
Independent 6 15[c] Increase 9
Sinn Féin 7 7 Steady
DUP 5 5 Steady
Reform UK 5 5 Steady
Green (E&W) 4 4 Steady
Plaid Cymru 4 4 Steady
SDLP 2 2 Steady
Alliance 1 1 Steady
TUV 1 1 Steady
UUP 1 1 Steady
Speaker 1 1 Steady
Vacant 0 0 Steady
Total 650 650 Steady
Total voting[d] 639 639 Steady
Majority of voting 181 165[6] Steady

For full details of changes during the 2024–present Parliament, see By-elections and Defections, suspensions and resignations.

Notes

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  1. ^ Includes 43 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[3]
  2. ^ Some media sources, such as BBC News, listed Labour's total as 412, by including the Speaker (who, to demonstrate his neutrality, had resigned his Labour Party membership on taking office).
  3. ^ Nine were elected as Labour MPs but seven of these have been suspended from the parliamentary party until December 2024. A further MP, Mike Amesbury, was suspended on 27 October 2024. Rosie Duffield resigned from the Labour Party on 28 September 2024. Five Independent MPs form the Independent Alliance technical group.
  4. ^ In the current (2024–present) Parliament, the seven members of Sinn Féin follow a policy of abstentionism. They do not swear into the house, and do not take part in its formal processes (doing so would also compel a by-election).[4] The Speaker and deputy speakers (two Conservative and one Labour) by convention exercise only a casting vote.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "UK General election 2024 Results". BBC News. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ Cracknell, Richard; Baker, Carl; Pollock, Loui (26 July 2024). "General election 2024 results – House of Commons Library". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  3. ^ "About: Members of Parliament". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  6. ^ Zodgekar, Ketaki; Baker, Finn (5 July 2024). "How big is the Labour government's majority?". Retrieved 24 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)