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Additionally, members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) or the Northern Ireland Assembly are also ineligible for the Commons according to the Wales and Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts respectively, passed in 2014 (but members of the Scottish Parliament are eligible). People who are bankrupt cannot stand to be MPs. [7]
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). It includes both MPs elected at the 2019 general election, held on 12 December 2019, and those subsequently elected in by-elections.
This is a list of parliaments of the United Kingdom, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons and the list of members of the House. [1] The parliaments are numbered from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain. Later ennobled as Viscount Sidmouth. John Hiley Addington: Tory: 1801: Wendover (1801–1802) Bossiney (1802–1803) Harwich (1803–1818) Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1812–18) Paymaster of the Forces (1803–04) Secretary to the Treasury (1801–02) Also Member of the Parliament ...
This Parliament first met on 17 December 2019. [1] [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] The 2022 State Opening of Parliament began the third session on 10 May 2022.
Former Member of the European Parliament for Northamptonshire and Blaby (1994–1999) Lord Bird: 30 October 2015 Crossbench Life peer Social entrepreneur and founder of The Big Issue: Lord Birt: 11 February 2000 Crossbench Life peer Former director-general of the BBC: Lord Black of Brentwood: 9 July 2010 Conservative Life peer