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In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [ 2 ] Electoral system
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups , sometimes called caucuses , with members of the same political party .
The British parliament of today largely descends, in practice, from the Parliament of England, although the 1706 Treaty of Union, and the Acts of Union that ratified the Treaty, created a new Parliament of Great Britain to replace the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland, with the addition of 45 MPs and sixteen Scottish ...
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by English constituencies for the Fifty-Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024).
The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality (first-past-the-post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
This is a list of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom who were elected as independents or as a member of a minor political party.. Excluded are the speaker, who traditionally stands for re-election without party affiliation, and MPs who were elected representing a major party but then defected or had the whip removed during a parliamentary term.
Longest ever serving female MP (non-continuous service). Chair of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, former foreign secretary (2006–07), deputy Labour leader (1992–94), Labour leader and Leader of the Opposition (1994). Previously served Oct 1974–79, and the only sitting MP elected in the October 1974 general election. 010
Removed as MP via recall petition following suspension from the House of Commons due to allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct. Kingswood: Chris Skidmore: Conservative: Damien Egan: Labour: Resigned in protest over the government issuing new oil and gas licenses. [47] Rochdale: 29 February 2024 Tony Lloyd: Labour: George Galloway ...