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List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election

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List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
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In the United Kingdom's 2019 general election, 650 members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency.

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Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons. 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.[6][7] The 2023 State Opening of Parliament began the fourth session on 7 November 2023. Notable newcomers to enter the House of Commons in this general election included future cabinet ministers Claire Coutinho, Richard Holden and Laura Trott.[8][9]

The Parliament was marked by extraordinary political turmoil as the governments led by Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak had several high-profile political scandals and crises, which led to the Conservative Party seeing a major decrease in their popularity in opinion polling and the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats making gains from Conservatives, often by very wide margins. On 22 May 2024 Sunak announced that the 2024 general election would be held on 4 July. In light of this announcement, the House of Commons was dissolved by King Charles III on 30 May.[10] The King also approved the prorogation of the fourth session, which took place on 24 May.[11]

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House of Commons composition

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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. The Labour Party and Democratic Unionists both suffered losses. This table relates to the composition of the House of Commons at the 2019 general election and its dissolution on 30 May 2024 and summarises the changes in party affiliation that took place during the 2019–2024 Parliament.

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After the 2019 General Election

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At dissolution of Parliament

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List of MPs elected

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24% of the members elected in the 2019 election were elected for the first time, or were not members of the previous parliament.

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By-elections

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Defections, suspensions, and resignations

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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.

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Progression of government majority and party totals

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The majority is calculated as above.

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* 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.

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Notes

  1. On 29 May 2024, the UK Parliamentary website stated there were 345 Conservative MPs and 205 Labour MPs. However it describes Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Mark Logan as Labour and Conservative MPs respectively at the time of dissolution, despite Logan having defected from the Conservatives and Rusell-Moyle having lost the Labour Party whip prior to dissolution.[16][17]
  2. Includes 24 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[18]
  3. At the time of the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, eight of the independent MPs had been elected as Conservatives at the 2019 general election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and for the remainder of the 2019–2024 Parliament sat as an independent. The remaining nine independent MPs all came from the opposition benches.
  4. Both of the Alba Party's MPs, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[19]
  5. Known as the Brexit Party at the 2019 election.
  6. In 2019-24, the seven members of Sinn Féin followed a policy of abstentionism. They did not swear into the house, and did not take part in its formal processes (to do so would have compelled a by-election).[20] The speaker and deputy speakers (at this Parliament's dissolution, three Conservative and one Labour) by convention exercise only a casting vote.[21]
  7. Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con., Chair of Ways and Means) was on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con.) served as an additional acting deputy speaker from December 2022 until the end of the Parliament.
  8. MP originally elected as Labour Co-operative.
  9. MP originally elected as Labour.
  10. MP originally elected as Conservative.
  11. Seat gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives at the 2019 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.
  12. MP originally elected as Speaker.
  13. 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.[23]
  14. As a mark of respect for the murdered MP. Labour, Lib Dem, Green and Reform UK did not field a candidate to contest the by-election.
  15. Elected as Conservative, sitting as an Independent MP at the time of their resignation.
  16. Elected as SNP, sitting as an independent MP at the time of her removal.
  17. Corbyn was also suspended from Labour on this date, but reinstated to the party without PLP whip on 17 November 2020.
  18. Temporarily restored on 20 July 2022 to allow voting in leadership election.
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