List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
The List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election refers to the fifty-eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is the legislature following the 2019 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The UK Parliament comprises the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons, which consists of 650 MPs each returned by a parliamentary constituency.[1]
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 | Sir Lindsay Hoyle | ||
Leader | Jacob Rees-Mogg | ||
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Sir 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 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 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 | 202 | |
SNP | 48 | 48 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 11 | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | |
SDLP | 2 | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | |
The Speaker | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 650 | ||
Voting total[lower-alpha 3] | 639 | ||
Government majority[lower-alpha 4] | 87 |
For full details of changes during the 58th 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 | Hanvey was suspended by the SNP and disowned as a candidate on 28 November 2019 pending an investigation into Hanvey's use of antisemitic language. As this was after the close of nominations, he appeared as the SNP candidate on the ballot paper. He was elected and took his seat as an independent. He was re-admitted to the party after completing an antisemitism education course and apologising.[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] | ||
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 (363) less the sum of all other voting MPs (276).[7]
- MP originally elected as Conservative.
- MP originally elected as Labour Co-operative.
- MP originally elected as Labour.
- 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. "MP suspended after using antisemitic language on social media readmitted to SNP". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards arrested on suspicion of assault". BBC News. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.