List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election
The fifty-fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom was the legislature of the United Kingdom following the 2010 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. Parliament, which consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons, was convened on 25 May 2010 at the Palace of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II. It was dissolved at the beginning of 30 March 2015, being 25 working days ahead of the 2015 general election on 7 May 2015.
Fifty-fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||||||
Term | 18 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | ||||||||
Election | 2010 United Kingdom general election | ||||||||
Government | Cameron–Clegg coalition | ||||||||
House of Commons | |||||||||
Members | 650 | ||||||||
Speaker | John Bercow | ||||||||
Leader | William Hague — Andrew Lansley – until reshuffle in 2014 — Sir George Young, Bt – until 4 September 2012 | ||||||||
Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||
Leader of the Opposition | Ed Miliband — Harriet Harman – acting until 25 September 2010 | ||||||||
Third-party leader | Nick Clegg - as Deputy Prime Minister | ||||||||
House of Lords | |||||||||
Members | 782 | ||||||||
Lord Speaker | Baroness D'Souza — Baroness Hayman – until 31 August 2011 | ||||||||
Leader | Baroness Stowell of Beeston — Lord Hill of Oareford – until 15 July 2014 — Lord Strathclyde – until 7 January 2013 | ||||||||
Leader of the Opposition | Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | ||||||||
Third-party leader | Lord Wallace of Tankerness — Lord McNally – until 15 October 2013 | ||||||||
Crown-in-Parliament | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||
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The election saw each of Parliament's 650 constituencies return one MP to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by David Cameron, became the single largest party, though without an overall majority. This resulted in a hung parliament. A coalition agreement was then formed following negotiations with the Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg. John Bercow resumed his role as Speaker of the House of Commons. In September 2010, Ed Miliband won a Labour Party leadership vote to succeed Gordon Brown as permanent Leader of the Opposition.
In the House of Lords, Baroness Hayman (ex-Labour) resumed her role as Lord Speaker until the end of her five-year term in 2011, after which she did not seek re-election in the house. Peers elected former Crossbencher Baroness D'Souza to replace her. From the start of this Parliament the Lords were "led" by Lord Strathclyde without an absolute majority on his Conservative benches. In January 2013 he stood down and was succeeded by Lord Hill of Oareford.
Notable newcomers in this general election included Liz Kendall, Guto Bebb, Gloria De Piero, Sajid Javid, Michael Dugher, Amber Rudd, Lisa Nandy, Damian Hinds, Anna Soubry, Heidi Alexander, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Alison McGovern, Chris Williamson, Owen Smith, Nicky Morgan, Tristram Hunt, Dan Poulter, Esther McVey, Priti Patel, Luciana Berger, Karen Bradley, Chuka Umunna, Louise Mensch, Dominic Raab, Tracey Crouch, Valerie Vaz and Caroline Lucas.
During the 2010–15 Parliament, John Bercow was the Speaker, David Cameron served as Prime Minister, and Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband served as Leader of the Opposition.
House of Commons composition (2010 and 2015)
These are graphical representations of the House of Commons showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2010 general election and before the 2015 general election:
This table shows the number of MPs in each party:
Affiliation | Members[1] | ||
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After 2010 general election | At dissolution of Parliament | ||
Conservative | 306 | 302 | |
Labour | 258 | 256 | |
Liberal Democrats | 57 | 56 | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | |
SNP | 6 | 6 | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | |
Independent |
0 | 4 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3 | 3 | |
SDLP | 3 | 3 | |
UKIP | 0 | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | |
Independent Unionist | 1 | 1 | |
Respect | 0 | 1 | |
Speaker |
1 | 1 | |
Total number of seats |
650 | 650 | |
Actual government majority |
83 | 73 |
Notes:
- The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sat together as a party group.
- Sinn Féin did not take its seats.
- This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected, ordered by constituency. As the constituency boundaries changed for this election, the "notional incumbent" column lists the party estimated to have won the seat at the 2005 election, had that election been conducted under the new boundaries.
Names of incumbents are listed where they stood for re-election; for details of defeated new candidates and the incumbent who stood down in those cases see individual constituency articles.
Changes and by-elections
After the general election, changes can occur in the composition of the House of Commons. This happens as a result of the election of Deputy Speakers, by-elections, defections, suspensions or removal of whip.
Technically, MPs cannot resign. However, they can effectively do so by requesting to be appointed as the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead or the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham, which vacates their seat.
The net outcome of all changes at the dissolution of Parliament resulted in four fewer Conservative MPs, two fewer Labour MPs, one fewer Liberal Democrat MP, four more independent MPs, the addition of one Respect MP and the addition of two UKIP MPs. This resulted in a reduction of the actual government majority from eighty-three to seventy-three. Both Respect and UKIP were previously unrepresented in the fifty-fifth Parliament. This was the first time that candidates standing for UKIP had been elected to the House of Commons.
Deputy Speakers
Although Deputy Speakers do not resign from their parties, they cease to vote (except to break ties) and they do not participate in party-political activity until the next election.
- Lindsay Hoyle (Lab, Chorley) was elected Chairman of Ways and Means.
- Nigel Evans (Con, Ribble Valley) was elected First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and held the position until his resignation on 10 September 2013.[4]
- Dawn Primarolo (Lab, Bristol South) was elected Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.
- Eleanor Laing (Con, Epping Forest) was elected First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means on 16 October 2013.[5]
By-elections
By-elections are held for seats that become vacant. If a vacancy is created within a certain period of time before the next general election, then a by-election may not be held, with that seat being left vacant for the remainder of the Parliament.[6]
Defections, suspensions and removal of whip
In some situations, the label which MPs sit in the House of Commons under can change. When this happens, MPs often become independents.
Name | Date | From | To | Constituency | Reason | ||
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Eric Illsley | 19 May 2010 | Labour | Independent | Barnsley Central | Withdrawn from Labour whip after being charged with false accounting as part of the parliamentary expenses scandal.[2] Resigned seat on 8 February 2011. | ||
Denis MacShane | 14 October 2010 | Labour | Independent | Rotherham | Suspended from Labour after police investigation.[13] | ||
4 July 2012 | Independent | Labour | Reinstated.[14] Resigned from Parliament on 2 November. | ||||
Eric Joyce | 23 February 2012 | Labour | Independent | Falkirk | Suspended from Labour after arrest on suspicion of assault.[15] Later resigned from Labour entirely. | ||
Nadine Dorries | 6 November 2012 | Conservative | Independent | Mid Bedfordshire | Suspended from the Conservatives after her unauthorised participation in a TV programme.[16] | ||
8 May 2013 | Independent | Conservative | Reinstated.[17] | ||||
Patrick Mercer | 31 May 2013 | Conservative | Independent | Newark | Resigned from Conservatives after being the subject of a journalistic sting exploring his conduct regarding lobbying companies.[18] Resigned seat on 29 April 2014.[19] | ||
Mike Hancock | 3 June 2013 | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Portsmouth South | Resigned whip ahead of court case involving sexual offence allegations.[19] Suspended from party on 22 January 2014[20] and resigned from it completely on 17 September.[21] | ||
David Ward | 17 July 2013 | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Bradford East | Suspended from party after questioning the existence of Israel and later refusing to apologise.[22][23] | ||
13 September 2013 | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Reinstated.[24] | ||||
Nigel Evans | 10 September 2013 | Conservative | Independent | Ribble Valley | Resigned as First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means after being charged with sexual offences. Did not seek return of the Conservative whip.[4] | ||
28 April 2014 | Independent | Conservative | Rejoined party after being cleared of all charges.[25] | ||||
Jack Straw | 22 February 2015 | Labour | Independent | Blackburn | Suspended from party after allegations that they offered access to policy-makers and ambassadors in return for payment.[26] | ||
Malcolm Rifkind | 23 February 2015 | Conservative | Independent | Kensington |
See also
- List of MPs for constituencies in Northern Ireland 2010–15
- List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland 2010–15
- List of MPs for constituencies in England 2010–15
- List of MPs for constituencies in Wales 2010–15
- List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2010–15
- Category:UK MPs 2010–2015
References
- "Current State of the Parties: Dissolution of Parliament". www.Parliament.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- "Labour MP charged over expenses". BBC News. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- "Labour suspends MP Eric Joyce after Commons 'assault'". BBC News. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Nigel Evans to carry on as independent MP despite sex charges". BBC News. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- "Conservative MP Eleanor Laing elected deputy Speaker". BBC News. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- "Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces by-election". BBC News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- Curtis, Polly (5 November 2010). "Phil Woolas immigration leaflets case: high court orders election re-run in Oldham East". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster. "House of Commons Hansard, 8 November 2010: Column 1". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2011.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Lib Dems slump to sixth as Labour win Barnsley poll". BBC News. 4 March 2011.
- Eaton, George (6 August 2012). "Labour is set for three by-election victories". New Statesman. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- "MP Bell dies after cancer battle". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- Watt, Holly (2 November 2012). "MPs' expenses scandal: Denis MacShane resigns". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- Siddique, Haroon (14 October 2010). "Labour withdraws whip from former minister facing police inquiry". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- "Denis MacShane MP Rejoins Labour Group". English Elections. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- "Labour suspends MP Eric Joyce after Commons 'assault'". BBC News. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- "Nadine Dorries suspended as Tory MP in I'm a Celebrity row". BBC News. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- "Nadine Dorries reinstated as Conservative MP". BBC News. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- Syal, Rajeev (31 May 2013). "Tory MP Patrick Mercer resigns from party after lobbying sting". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- "Former Tory MP Mercer resigns after Commons suspension". BBC News. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- "MP Mike Hancock suspended by Lib Dems". BBC News. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- "Andy McSmith's Diary: One Lib Dem MP the party can live without". The Independent. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- Syal, Rajeev (18 July 2013). "Lib Dems withdraw party whip from MP David Ward over Israel comment". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- O'Donoghue, Gary (18 July 2013). "MP David Ward has Lib Dem whip withdrawn over Israel comment". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- "Lib Dems get Israel warning". The Jewish Chronicle. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- "MP Nigel Evans rejoins Conservatives". BBC News Online. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw have whip withdrawn over 'sting'". BBC News. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
External links
- General Election 2010 – Results BBC News
- Full election data as a spreadsheet, The Guardian