State of the parties at Westminster

Last updated: 22nd April 2008

The graph below shows the number of seats in the House of Commons currently held by each political party. These members of parliament gained their seats at the 2005 general election or in by–elections held since then. Details of Independent MPs are given in the table below.

The table below shows the same data in text form. Click on the party logos to visit party websites or, for a more complete list including parties that do not have elected MPs, visit the Political Links Directory.

			Devolved Government Europe Local Authorities London Assembly Northern Ireland Scottish Parliament Welsh Assembly Donations
	Labour	351 seats
	Conservative	192 seats
	Liberal Democrats	63 seats
	Democratic Unionist	9 seats
	Scottish National	6 seats
	Sinn Fein	5 seats (Do not vote)
	Plaid Cymru	3 seats
	Social Democratic & Labour	3 seats
	Respect	1 seat
	UK Independence	1 seat
	Ulster Unionist	1 seats
	Independent	3 seat
	Independent Labour	1 seat
	Independent Conservative	2 seat
	Speaker & 3 Deputies	4 seats (Do not normally vote)
	Vacant	1 seat