List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
In the United Kingdom's (UK) 2019 general election, 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency.
Fifty-eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Meeting place | Palace of Westminster | ||
Term | 17 December 2019 – | ||
Election | 2019 United Kingdom general election | ||
Government | Second Johnson ministry | ||
House of Commons | |||
Members | 650 | ||
Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | ||
Leader | Jacob Rees-Mogg | ||
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||
First Secretary of State | Dominic Raab | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Keir Starmer Jeremy Corbyn — until 4 April 2020 | ||
Third-party leader | Ian Blackford | ||
House of Lords | |||
Members | 776 | ||
Lord Speaker | The Lord Fowler | ||
Leader | The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | ||
Leader of the Opposition | The Baroness Smith of Basildon | ||
Third-party leader | The Lord Newby | ||
Crown-in-Parliament Queen Elizabeth II | |||
Sessions | |||
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The UK Parliament comprises the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Sovereign.[1] The new Parliament first met on 17 December 2019.[2][3] After the swearing in of members and the election of Speaker, the State Opening of Parliament took place on 19 December 2019.[4]
House of Commons composition
The Conservative Party gained a majority of seats in the election. The Scottish National Party increased their number of seats and the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Alliance Party returned to the House of Commons for the first time since their defeats in the 2017 and 2015 general elections respectively. The Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Democratic Unionists all suffered losses.
Affiliation | Members | ||
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Elected[5] | Current | ||
Conservative[lower-alpha 1] | 365 | 365 | |
Labour[lower-alpha 2] | 202 | 200 | |
SNP | 48 | 47 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 11 | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | |
SDLP | 2 | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | |
Speaker | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 650 | ||
Voting total[lower-alpha 3] | 639 | ||
Government majority[lower-alpha 4] | 85 | 85 |
For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see Defections and suspensions and By-elections.
List of MPs elected
24% of the members elected in the 2019 election were elected for the first time, or were not members of the previous parliament.
Defections and suspensions
The label under which MPs sit in the House of Commons can change if they leave or are suspended from or expelled by their party. When suspended, they effectively become independents.
Name | Date | From | To | Constituency | Reason | ||
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Neale Hanvey | 13 December 2019 | SNP | Independent | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Suspended as a candidate on 28 November 2019 due to potentially antisemitic language. Remained as SNP candidate on the ballot and elected as independent. Reinstated after an investigation.[11] | ||
29 May 2020 | Independent | SNP | |||||
Jonathan Edwards | 23 May 2020 | Plaid Cymru | Independent | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Whip withdrawn, following arrest on suspicion of assault.[12] | ||
Julian Lewis | 15 July 2020 | Conservative | Independent | New Forest East | Whip withdrawn after he was elected chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee against the Government's candidate.[13] Later reinstated unconditionally.[14] | ||
30 December 2020 | Independent | Conservative | |||||
Claudia Webbe | 28 September 2020 | Labour | Independent | Leicester East | Whip withdrawn, after charged with harassing a woman.[15] | ||
Margaret Ferrier | 1 October 2020 | SNP | Independent | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Whip withdrawn, after breaching COVID-19 rules.[16] | ||
Jeremy Corbyn | 29 October 2020 | Labour | Independent | Islington North | Whip withdrawn following Equality and Human Rights Commission report over antisemitism in the party and Corbyn's subsequent statement regarding it.[17] He was reinstated to the party on 17 November but the Parliamentary Whip was not restored.[18] | ||
Progression of government majority and party totals
The majority is calculated as above.
Date | Event | Working Majority[lower-alpha 4] | Con | Lab | SNP | LD | DUP | SF | PC | SDLP | Green | Alliance | Speaker | Independent | |
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13 December 2019 | Elected at general election | 87 | 365 | 202 | 48 | 11 | 8 | 7* | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Hanvey suspended from SNP | 47 | 1 | |||||||||||||
23 May 2020 | Edwards suspended from Plaid | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
29 May 2020 | Hanvey readmitted to SNP | 48 | 1 | ||||||||||||
15 July 2020 | Lewis suspended from Conservatives | 85 | 364 | 2 | |||||||||||
28 September 2020 | Webbe suspended from Labour | 201 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 October 2020 | Ferrier suspended from SNP | 47 | |||||||||||||
29 October 2020 | Corbyn suspended from Labour Parliamentary Party | 200 | 5 | ||||||||||||
17 November 2020 | Corbyn reinstated to Labour without PLP whip | ||||||||||||||
30 December 2020 | Lewis has whip reinstated | 87 | 365 | 4 |
Note: Sinn Féin MPs do not take up their seats in the House of Commons, therefore are unable to vote.
Notes
- Government of the United Kingdom.
- Labour, as the largest party not in government, takes the role of Official Opposition. The Co-operative Party is represented in the House of Commons by 26 Labour MPs sitting with the Labour and Co-operative designation.[6]
- Sinn Féin (7) abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[7] the Speaker and 3 Deputy Speakers (2 Conservative and 1 Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[8]
- This is the number of voting government MPs (Elected: 365, Current: 364) less the sum of all other voting MPs (Elected: 276, Current: 277).[7]
- MP originally elected as Labour Co-operative.
- MP originally elected as Labour.
- MP originally elected as Conservative.
- Seat gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives at the 2019 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.
- MP originally elected as Speaker.
- Hanvey was suspended by the SNP and disowned as a candidate on 28 November 2019, after the close of nominations, pending an investigation over alleged antisemitism. He was subsequently elected as an SNP MP, but will sit as an independent pending the result of the disciplinary process.[9]
References
- "What do MPs do?". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Orders Approved and Business Transacted at the Privy Councul held by the Quenn at Buckingham Palace on 6th November 2019" (PDF). The Privy Council Office. 6 November 2019.
- "Tuesday 17 December 2019". Hansard.
- "CHAMBER INFORMATION – ISSUE TWO" (PDF). parliament.uk. p. 2.
- "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "About the Party". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "Election 2019: SNP candidate axed over anti-Semitic posts elected". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- Frot, Mathilde (2 June 2020). "MP suspended after using antisemitic language on social media readmitted to SNP". Jewish News. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards arrested on suspicion of assault". BBC News. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- "Russia report: New intelligence committee chair loses Tory whip". BBC News. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- Waller, Jon (30 December 2020). "New Forest MP Lewis welcomed back to Tories after being axed for committee rebellion". Advertiser and Times. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- "Claudia Webbe: Leicester MP charged with harassment". BBC News. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- "Covid-positive MP Margaret Ferrier suspended over Parliament visit". BBC News. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour Party over antisemitism report reaction". Sky News. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- "Jeremy Corbyn will not return as Labour MP, says Sir Keir Starmer". BBC News. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.