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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.
The House of Commons was reduced from 640 to 625 seats. The 12 University seats were abolished. The 12 double-member seats were abolished, being split into separate constituencies. The Cities of London and Westminster, previously having two seats each, were merged into one seat. Wales gained a seat.
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 table relates to the composition of the House of Commons after the 2024 United Kingdom general election and summarises the changes in party affiliation that took place during the 2024–present Parliament.
The Commons Chamber is modestly decorated in green, in contrast with the more lavishly furnished red Senate Chamber. The arrangement is similar to the design of the Chamber of the British House of Commons. [30] The seats are evenly divided between both sides of the Chamber, three sword-lengths apart (about three metres). [31]
He did take his seat in the House of Commons, though only attended rarely. Dunlop was the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party MP for Mid Ulster from February 1974, until the party split over leader William Craig's proposals for power-sharing with the Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1976.
So far, Republicans have flipped three districts to pick up 210 House seats, while Democrats have secured 198 seats. Either party needs 218 of the 435 seats to secure the majority.
The Conservative Party gained a majority of seats in the 2019 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.