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.
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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 | Mark Spencer | ||||||
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||||||
Deputy Prime Minister | Dominic Raab (since 2021) | ||||||
Leader of the Opposition | Keir Starmer
Jeremy Corbyn (until 2020) | ||||||
Third-party leader | Ian Blackford | ||||||
House of Lords | |||||||
Members | 789 | ||||||
Lord Speaker | The Lord McFall of Alcluith The Lord Fowler (until 2021) | ||||||
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.[4] The 2021 State Opening of Parliament began the second session on 11 May 2021.[5]
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[6] | Current[7] | Change | ||
Conservative[lower-alpha 1] | 365 | 358 | ![]() | |
Labour[lower-alpha 2] | 202 | 199 | ![]() | |
SNP | 48 | 45 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 13 | ![]() | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | ![]() | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 2 | ![]() | |
Alba | 0 | 2 | ![]() | |
Green | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
Speaker | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 9 | ![]() | |
Total | 650 | 649 | ![]() | |
Voting total[lower-alpha 3] | 639 | 638 | ![]() | |
Vacant | 0 | 1 | ![]() | |
Government majority | 87[lower-alpha 4] | 74[lower-alpha 5] | ![]() |
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.
By-elections
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 antisemitic language. Remained as SNP candidate on the ballot and elected as independent. Reinstated after an investigation.[27] | ||
29 May 2020 | Independent | SNP | |||||
28 March 2021 | SNP | Alba | Defected to join new pro-independence party.[28] | ||||
Jonathan Edwards | 23 May 2020 | Plaid Cymru | Independent | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Whip withdrawn following arrest on suspicion of assault.[29] | ||
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.[30] Later reinstated unconditionally.[31] | ||
30 December 2020 | Independent | Conservative | |||||
Claudia Webbe | 28 September 2020 | Labour | Independent | Leicester East | Whip withdrawn after being charged with harassing a woman.[32] | ||
Margaret Ferrier | 1 October 2020 | SNP | Independent | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Whip withdrawn after breaching COVID-19 rules.[33] | ||
Jeremy Corbyn | 29 October 2020 | Labour | Independent | Islington North | Whip withdrawn following Corbyn's statement regarding the report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission into antisemitism.[34] He was reinstated to the party on 17 November 2020 but the parliamentary whip was not restored.[35] | ||
Kenny MacAskill | 27 March 2021 | SNP | Alba | East Lothian | Defected to join new pro-independence party.[36] | ||
Rob Roberts | 25 May 2021 | Conservative | Independent | Delyn | Lost whip and suspended from Parliament for six weeks after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff.[37] | ||
Imran Ahmad Khan | 18 June 2021 | Conservative | Independent | Wakefield | Whip withdrawn after being charged with sexual assault on a 15-year-old boy.[38] | ||
Anne Marie Morris | 12 January 2022 | Conservative | Independent | Newton Abbot | Whip withdrawn after rebelling against the government on an opposition day motion to cut VAT on energy bills.[39] | ||
Christian Wakeford | 19 January 2022 | Conservative | Labour | Bury South | Joined Labour following the Westminster lockdown parties controversy.[40] | ||
Neil Coyle | 11 February 2022 | Labour | Independent | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Whip withdrawn following accusation of Sinophobia on the parliamentary estate.[41] | ||
David Warburton | 2 April 2022 | Conservative | Independent | Somerton and Frome | Suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of three women.[42] | ||
Neil Parish | 29 April 2022 | Conservative | Independent | Tiverton and Honiton | Whip withdrawn after being accused of watching pornography in the House of Commons.[43] |
Progression of government majority and party totals
The majority is calculated as above.
Date | Event | Working Majority[lower-alpha 5] | Con | Lab | SNP | LD | DUP | PC | SDLP | Green | Alliance | Alba | Independent | SF | Speaker | ||
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13 December 2019 | Elected at general election | 87 | 365 | 202 | 48 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7* | 1** | ||||
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 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
1 October 2020 | Ferrier suspended from SNP | 47 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
29 October 2020 | Corbyn suspended from Labour Parliamentary Party[lower-alpha 12] | 200 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
30 December 2020 | Lewis has whip reinstated | 87 | 365 | 4 | |||||||||||||
16 March 2021 | Hill (Lab) resigns from the House of Commons | 88 | 199 | ||||||||||||||
24 March 2021 | Gray (SNP) resigns from the House of Commons | 89 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
27 March 2021 | MacAskill (SNP) defects to Alba | 45 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
28 March 2021 | Hanvey (SNP) defects to Alba | 44 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
4 April 2021 | Gillan (Con) dies | 88 | 364 | ||||||||||||||
6 May 2021 | Mortimer (Con) elected in Hartlepool | 89 | 365 | ||||||||||||||
10 May 2021 | Brabin (Lab) resigns from the House of Commons | 90 | 198 | ||||||||||||||
13 May 2021 | Qaisar-Javed (SNP) elected in Airdrie and Shotts | 89 | 45 | ||||||||||||||
25 May 2021 | Roberts (Con) has whip removed following report into conduct | 87 | 364 | 5 | |||||||||||||
17 June 2021 | Green (LibDem) elected in Chesham and Amersham | 86 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
18 June 2021 | Ahmad Khan (Con) has whip removed following criminal charges | 84 | 363 | 6 | |||||||||||||
1 July 2021 | Leadbeater (Lab) elected in Batley and Spen | 83 | 199 | ||||||||||||||
7 October 2021 | Brokenshire (Con) dies | 82 | 362 | ||||||||||||||
15 October 2021 | Amess (Con) killed | 81 | 361 | ||||||||||||||
5 November 2021 | Paterson (Con) resigns | 80 | 360 | ||||||||||||||
2 December 2021 | French (Con) elected in Old Bexley and Sidcup | 81 | 361 | ||||||||||||||
17 December 2021 | Morgan (LibDem) elected in North Shropshire | 80 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
7 January 2022 | Dromey (Lab) dies | 81 | 198 | ||||||||||||||
11 January 2022 | Morris (Con) loses whip | 79 | 360 | 7 | |||||||||||||
19 January 2022 | Wakeford (Con) defects to Labour | 77 | 359 | 199 | |||||||||||||
3 February 2022 | Firth (Con) elected in Southend West | 78 | 360 | ||||||||||||||
11 February 2022 | Coyle (Lab) has whip removed | 198 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
3 March 2022 | Hamilton (Lab) wins Birmingham Erdington by-election | 77 | 199 | ||||||||||||||
2 April 2022 | Warburton (Con) loses whip | 75 | 359 | 9 | |||||||||||||
29 April 2022 | Parish (Con) loses whip | 73 | 358 | 10 | |||||||||||||
3 May 2022 | Ahmad Khan (Ind) resigns | 74 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
TBD | Parish (Con) intends to resign | 75 | 8 |
* Sinn Féin MPs do not take up their seats in the House of Commons, therefore are unable to vote.
** The Speaker does not ordinarily vote, except for breaking ties.
Notes
- The Government of the United Kingdom is headed by the Prime Minister, who is currently the leader of the Conservative Party, the largest party in the House of Commons.
- Labour, as the largest party not in government, takes the role of Official Opposition. The Labour total includes 25 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[8]
- The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[9] the Speaker and three Deputy Speakers (two Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[10]
- The number of voting government MPs less two non-voting Deputy Speakers (363), minus the sum of all other present MPs less the non-voting Speaker and one Deputy Speaker (276).[7]
- The number of voting government MPs less two non-voting Deputy Speakers (356), minus the sum of all other present MPs less the non-voting Speaker and one Deputy Speaker (282).
- 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 sat as an independent until 29 May 2020 while an investigation was under way.[11]
- Corbyn was also suspended from Labour on this date, but reinstated to the party without PLP whip on 17 November 2020.
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