State of the parties at Westminster

(Last updated: 8th February 2010)

The graph below shows the current distribution of the 646 seats in the House of Commons. These MPs gained their seats at the 2005 general election or in by–elections held since then.

Chart showing Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons

Labour	346
Conservative	193
Liberal Democrat	63
Democratic Unionist	8
Scottish National	7
Sinn Fein	5 … do not take their seats
Plaid Cymru	3
SDLP	3
Respect	1
Ulster Unionist	1
Independent	8
Independent Lab	1
Ind Conservative	1
Speaker & Deputies	4
Vacant seat(s)	2 … North West Leicestershire, Strangford
Total seats … 646

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