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| | ==Composition== | | ==Composition== |
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| − | The last elections to the House of Commons took place in June 2017. The current distribution of MPs is as follows:<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results</ref> | + | The last elections to the House of Commons took place in December 2019. The current distribution of MPs is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results|title=Results of the 2019 General Election|accessdate=2019-12-18|publisher=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> |
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| − | [[Conservative Party]]: 318 seats | + | [[Conservative Party]]: 365 seats |
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| − | [[Labour Party]]: 262 seats | + | [[Labour Party]]: 203 seats |
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| − | [[Liberal Democrats]]: 12 seats | + | [[Liberal Democrats]]: 11 seats |
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| − | [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (Northern Irish unionists): 10 seats | + | [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (Northern Irish unionists): 8 seats |
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| − | [[Scottish National Party]] (Scottish nationalists): 35 seats | + | [[Scottish National Party]] (Scottish nationalists): 48 seats |
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| | [[Sinn Fein]] (Irish nationalists): 7 seats | | [[Sinn Fein]] (Irish nationalists): 7 seats |
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| | [[Plaid Cymru]] (Welsh Nationalists): 4 seats | | [[Plaid Cymru]] (Welsh Nationalists): 4 seats |
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| − | [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (Irish nationalists): 0 seats | + | [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (Irish nationalists): 2 seats |
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| | [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]]: 1 seat | | [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]]: 1 seat |
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| − | [[Alliance Party]] (Northern Irish nonsecretarians): 0 seats | + | [[Alliance Party]] (Northern Irish nonsecretarians): 1 seats |
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| − | Others: 1 seat | + | Others: 0 seat |
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| | TOTAL: 650 | | TOTAL: 650 |
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| − | As no party had an overall majority, Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] decided to seek a governing agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party. | + | As the Conservatives won more the 326 seats, Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] won a majority and formed a majority government. |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |